Composite materials
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Composite materials Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Composite materials (subject code 3162112) as prescribed for Metallurgy · Semester 6 divides the course into 6 units, covering 27 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3162112)Unit 1 Introduction
- advantages and limitations
- industrial scenario and applications
Unit 2 Material and microstructural parameters of composites. Unidirectional-fibre composites
- Fibre characteristics
- Longitudinal strength and modulus of composites
- minimum and critical fibre volume fractions
- factors affecting strength
- Transverse strength and modulus
Unit 3 Failure modes. Single and multiple fractures. Short-fibre composites
- Stress transfer
- critical fibre length
- Modulus and strength
- Whiskers and whisker reinforced composites
Unit 4 Particulate composites
- Large-particle composites and dispersion-strengthened composites
- Zirconia toughened ceramics
- Interface: Interface characteristics and their effects on adhesive
- frictional and mechanical bonding mechanisms
- Coupling agents and their role on the properties composites
- Interface coatings
Unit 5 Properties of composites
- Static mechanical properties
- impact and creep properties
- fracture behaviour and damage tolerance
Unit 6 Advanced composites
- hybrid composites
- sandwich composites
- in-situ composites
- smart composites
- self-healing composites
- carbon-carbon composites
- surface 4 Subject Code: 3162112 w.e.f
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