Composite Materials
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The official GTU curriculum for Composite Materials (subject code ME02000501) as prescribed for CADA · Semester 2 divides the course into 4 units, covering 52 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 (ME02000501)Unit 1 Introduction to composite materials
- Classification of composites
- Types of Reinforcements
- Fibers (glass
- natural fibers)
- Particulates and Whiskers
- Types of matrices
- ceramic, and carbon Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Subject Code: ME02000501 Subject Name: Composite Materials matrices
- Comparison of composites with conventional materials
- Characteristics & selection
- Fibre composites
- Laminated composites
- particulate composites
- sandwich construction
- Effect of reinforcement (size
- volume fraction) on overall composite performance
- Advantages & limitations
- applications of composites in aerospace
- marine, and biomedical fields
Unit 2 Manufacturing, Testing and Characterization
- Layup and curing - open and closed mould processing
- Hand lay-up techniques
- filament winding
- resin transfer molding (RTM), and vacuum bagging
- Bag moulding and filament winding
- Injection moulding
- joining and repair
- Mechanical testing: Tensile
- shear, and impact tests
- Types of defects
- Thermal and dynamic testing: Thermo-Gravimetric analysis (TGA)
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
- Non-destructive evaluation (NDE): Ultrasonic testing
- radiography, and acoustic emission
- Acoustic ultrasonic method
Unit 3 Fabrication of Composites
- mechanical fasteners & adhesive bonding joining computer aided design manufacturing tooling fabrication equipment
- Design of Fibre Reinforced Composite structures: Modes of failure: Matrix cracking
- fiber breakage
- Introduction to Lamina and laminate theory
- Composite structural design
- Design criteria
- Laminate design
- Mathematical analysis of the laminate
- Design of composite stiffeners
- forming dies
- Dies for die casting and forging operations
Unit 4 Application developments
- space hardware
- electrical and electronics
- recreational and sports equipment-future potential of composites
- Metal matrix composites: Reinforcement materials
- Characteristics & Selection
- base metals- selection
- Powder metallurgy technique
- liquid metallurgy technique