Fiber Reinforced Plastics and Composites
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Fiber Reinforced Plastics and Composites Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Fiber Reinforced Plastics and Composites (subject code 3172312) as prescribed for Plastic · Semester 7 divides the course into 9 units, covering 18 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 (3172312)Unit 1 General introduction
- Introduction- Composites- Advantages of FRP –Role of resin and reinforcements -Applications of FRP
- Designing in FRP: Selection criteria - material and process sselection
Unit 2 Molds for FRP
- Plaster mold
- wooden Mold - GRP molds- Epoxide molds
- Steel molds- Aluminum alloy molds- Nickel shell molds
Unit 3 Polyester resins
- Introduction-polyester resins – glycols - unsaturated acids - saturated acids-monomers- inhibitors Commercial Polyester resins resins - Gelcoat/top coat resins- General purpose resins - Chemical resistant resins- Reduced flammability resins - Low styrene emission resins – Low shrinkage /low profile resins- Special purpose resin
Unit 4 Catalyst/Accelerators and Inhibitors for unsaturated polyester resins
- Curing reactions Catalyst -diacyl peroxides-ketone peroxides-hydro peroxides-dialkyl and diaralkyl peroxide -peroxy estersperketals
- Accelerators or promoters-metal compounds-totality amine - accelerators-mixed metal salts-t-amine accelerators
Unit 5 Epoxide Resins
- Introduction- Bisphenol A based resins- Glycidyl ester resins- Glycidyl amine resins- Glycidyl ethers of novolac resins- Brominated resins Diluents- Reactive diluents- Non-reactive diluents
- Curing Agents for Epoxide Resins. 04 Subject Code: 3172312 w.e.f
Unit 6 Reinforcements
- Introduction - Surfacing tissue –Glass fiber –various forms and types
- Carbon fiber- Aromatic polyamide (aramid) fibers - Polyester fibers- Polyacrylonitrile fibers – Natural fibers: Cotton – Sisal - Asbestos– Jute- Boron fibers
Unit 7 Molding Processes
- Introduction - Contact molding -hand layup - Spray lay-up- Vacuum bag molding - Pressure bag molding – Resin transfer or resin injection molding-pressure injection- Vacuum impregnation and injection - Hot press/matched metal molding - Filament winding- Centrifugal molding - Continuous sheet manufacture – Pultrusion - Sandwich construction
Unit 8 Bulk, Dough and Sheet molding Compounds and Prepregs
- Introduction- Dough and bulk molding compounds - Sheet mould compounds (SMC) - Prepregs
Unit 9 Wood–Polymer Composites
- WPC Feedstocks
- Manufacture of WPC Products
- Properties of WPC Products
- Applications of WPC Products
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