University of Engineering and Technology Lahore

Section Course Outline Report

Department: Polymer and Process Engineering Printed Date: 08-Nov-2020

Section Course Detail

Semester FALL 2020

Department Polymer and Process Engineering

Section A

Subject Title PPE-301 Mechanical Properties of Polymers

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M easureable Student Learning Outcomes

CLOs Description PLOs Level

CLO1 To be capable of understanding the mechanical behavior of polymers at a PLO01 High

fundamental level

CLO2 To interpret, characterize and analyze data for the estimation of mechanical PLO02 High
properties of polymers and to analyse the linear and non-linear viscoelastic
behavior as well as the yielding and breaking phenomenon of polymers.

CLO3 To demonstrate the complex interaction needed between mechanics and PLO03 High
Polymer Engineering to design polymer product for desired end use
applications

Grading Policy

Quiz 1 10.0% , Mid Exams 30.0% , Quiz 2 10.0% , Assignment 10.0% , Final Exams 40.0%

Class Timings

Section Content

Week Topics
(Lec)

week1 - Introduction of basic mechanics

- Trues Stress, Engg Stress, True Strain, Engg Strain
- Quantitative difference b/w engg. and true stress
- Uniaxial mechanical behaviour of metals

week2 - Yield, Ductility, Toughness, Hardness, Strength

- Constitutive Equations
- Thermal Stress
- Stress Strain Diagram
- Introduction to 3D stress
week3 - 3 dimensional Stress
- 3 dimensional Strain
- Sign Conventions
- Generalised Hooke’s Law

week4 - Strain in 3 D
- Engineering Components of Strain
- Strain Energy Function
- Quiz 1

week5 - Viscoelasticity
- Linear viscoelastic behaviour
- Introduction to Creep and Stress relaxation
- Mathematical Representation of LV
- Mechanical Models

week6 - Mechanical Models: Standard linear solid Model, Multi-element Models

- Retardation and Relaxation time spectra
- Relevant Learning exercises/ Problems

week7 - Dynamic Mechanical Measurements

- Complex Modulus and Complex Compliance
- Alfrey Approximation
- Relevant Learning Exercise/ Problems

week8 - Measurement of Viscoelastic Behaviour: Transient measurements and Dynamic measurements

- Dynamic Mechanical thermal Analysis (DMTA)
- Frequency / temp dependence of LVE behaviour
- Time-temperature Equivalence and superposition

week10 - WLF Equation of time-temperature equivalence

- Flexible Molecular Chain Models, Relevant Learning Exercises
- Impact, Flexural, Frictional, Wearing Properties

week11 - Introduction to Polymer Composites, Pros & Cons,

- Types and Applications
- Future Directions of polymer composites
- Mechanical Properties of FRP Composites
- Volume fraction, Stiffness, Shear Modulus, Poisson’s ratio, Hooke’s law, Failure, Fracture

week12 - Relaxation Transitions in Amorphous Polymers

- Factors affecting Tg in amorphous polymers
- Relaxation Transitions in Crystalline Polymers
- Non-Linear viscoelastic behaviour – Eyring Eq.
- Quiz 2

week13 - Yielding and Instability in Polymers

- Load-Elongation Curves in tensile testing, Cold Drawing, Considére Construction, Yield Stress

week14 - Understanding yield process, Adiabatic heating, Geometrical effect and Cold Drawing
- Crazing & Stress Whitening in polymers

week15 - Breaking Phenomena

- Principles of brittle fracture of polymers: Controlled fracture in brittle polymers

week16 - 5 min Presentations

- Fatigue in polymers
- Relevant Learning Exercises

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