High Performance Fibers and Composite
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The official GTU curriculum for High Performance Fibers and Composite (subject code DI05029051) as prescribed for ICT · Semester 5 divides the course into 6 units, covering 53 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 (DI05029051)Unit 1 Introduction
- to High performance fibers Definition of High-Performance (Speciality) Fibres. Differentiate between High-Performance (Speciality) Fibres and commodity fibres. Characteristics of High-Performance and Speciality Fibres Requirements of High-Performance and Speciality Fibres Classification of High Performance Fibres: (i) Based on the performance properties
- (ii) Based on the nature of bonding Applications of high performance fibers
Unit 2 High
- strength High modulus fibers Raw material
- manufacturing process
- properties, and applications of High strength High modulus fibers such as Aramids
- Polybenzothiazoles (PBT)
- polybenzoxazoles (PBO)
- Aromatic Polyester fiber (Vectran)
- Carbon Fibres from PAN Precursors
- Viscose and Pitch Fibres
- Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMPE) fiber
Unit 3 Thermal and
- Chemical resistance fibers, and Inorganic fibers Definition of Thermally Resistant Fibres, and Chemically Resistant Fibres Raw material, and properties of thermally resistance fibers such as Melamine- Formaldehyde Fibre
- Phenol-Formaldehyde Fibre (Novolac)
- Oxidized acrylics or PANOX and Polybenzimidazoles (PBI) Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Textile Manufacturing Technology Subject Code : DI05029051 Subject Name: High Performance Fibers and Composite Applications of thermally resistance fibers Raw material, and properties of Chemically resistance fibers such as Polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC)
- Polyetheretherketones (PEEK)
- Poly(ether imide) (PEI)
- Polyphenylene sulphide (PPS) Applications of chemically resistance fibers Raw material
- manufacturing process
- properties and uses of Inorganic fibers such as Glass fiber and Ceramic fibers Types of glass fibers – AR-Glass
- E-Glass and S-Glass)
- their composition and properties. Types of ceramic fibers – Oxide Based Fibres and Non-Oxide Ceramic Fibres
Unit 4 Elastomeric
- Functional fibers, and fibers for Medical applications Definition of Elastomeric fibre, and Super Absorbent Polymers Raw material
- manufacturing process
- properties and uses of Elastomeric fibers Definition and properties of smart & functional fibers – Shape Changing Fibres
- Phase Change Materials (PCM)
- Non Circular (Profile) fibres
- Bicomponent fibers
- Micro Fibres, and Electrospun Nanofibres Raw material
- properties of fibers used for medical applications – Polylactic acid (PLA) and Super absorbent polymer (SAP)
Unit 5 Introduction
- of Composite Materials Definition of Composites. Need and advantages of Composites Constituents of Composites – Reinforcement and Matrix, and their role in composite structure Classification of composite material according to reinforcement (fibres – glass
- natural fibres
- according to scale
- according to matrix phase (Thermoplastics
- Metal Matrices
- Ceramic Matrices) Importance of fiber properties in Composites: length
- aspect ratio
Unit 6 Composite
- testing, and applications Composite manufacturing process such as Hand lay- up and spray-up
- Resin transfer moulding (RTM)
- Injection Moulding
- Compression Moulding
- Filament winding
- Film Stacking
- Pultrusion Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Textile Manufacturing Technology Subject Code : DI05029051 Subject Name: High Performance Fibers and Composite Advantages and properties of Natural fiber reinforced composite Properties of Composites: i
- Mechanical properties: strength
- impact resistance ii
- Physical properties: density
- thermal and moisture behaviour iii
- Factors affecting properties (fibre content
- bonding) Tensile
- flexural, and impact testing of composites Applications of composite material such as aerospace and automotive applications
- marine and wind energy applications
- sports goods
- high-temperature applications