COMPOSITE MATERIALS

(MEC 18103)
Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad

Micro-mechanics:
Mechanics of materials method, Bounding methods,
Semi-emperical methods, Longitudinal and Transverse
elastic properties, Inplane Shear modulus, Stress – Strain
relations for General anisotropic, Specially Orthotropic
and Transversely Isotropic Materials, 2D Transformation of
Stress – Strain, Elastic parameters, Engineering Constants,
3D Transformation of Stress – Strain, Elastic parameters.

Instructor: Dr. Subhabrata Koley

November 24, 2020

 Review on Solid Mechanics:

Fundamental concepts of Solid Mechanics

The individual phases of a material (i.e., the individual fibre
and matrix) are considered to be continua, and the composite is
also considered to be continuum
Concept of Tensors
Tensors are physical entities whose components are the
coefficients of a linear relationship between vectors.

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 APPARATUS REQUIRED:

• A Fixed pulley.
• A Belt
• A Rope
• Weight Hangers
• Measuring Weights

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 FIGURE:

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 THEORY1:

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 THEORY2:

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 THEORY3:

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 EXPERIMENTAL SET UP:

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 PROCEDURE:

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 OBSERVATION TABLE:

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 CONCLUSIONS TO BE MADE:

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 DEMONSTRATION OF THE EXP:

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 SAMPLE CALCULATION:

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 ASSIGNMENT:

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 Levels of observation and the importance of different
scales in composite structure
Scales of Analysis for Composite Material
• Composite Materials need to be
understood at different scales of
measurement.
• Micro mechanics: Study of composite
materials by understanding interaction
between constituent materials on a
microscopic scale.
i Such an approach helps one
theoretically compute material
properties and failure mechanisms of
composites.
ii Such an approach is difficult to use for
large structures because of
computational limitations.

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 Description of microstructure

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 Different methods of micro mechanical analysis

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