MAE 6160 - [Advanced Composite Materials]

(crosslisted)
(also CEE 6760, MSE 6550)

Spring. 4 credits.

Next offered 2014-2015. Formerly TAM 6550.

Staff.

Topics center around micromechanical and statistical (reliability) aspects of the strength and fatigue of fibrous composites. Topics include Hedgepeth shear-lag models of stress transfer around arrays of fiber breaks; statistical theories of composite failure to forecast reliability; stress distributions around holes and cuts in composite laminates; and compressive strength of composites.