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This course is specifically aimed at designers and engineers who require a working knowledge of composite materials, their properties and relevant processes. Once covered, you will learn how to translate this new knowledge into appropriate designs.

Designing with composites is more complex than many other materials however, the extra opportunities that can be exploited once the process is understood are well worthwhile.

This course removes much of the mystery surrounding composite materials to allow practical and economic designs to be achieved.

Topics Covered

• Principles of Composites
• Materials
  • Glass, Aramid, Carbon
  • Comparison of the various fibre types
    • What’s available in the designers armoury
  • Resins
    • What are available?
    • What are the pertinent properties for the engineer?
• Processes
  • Underlying principles,
  • Process Descriptions,
• Properties
  • Mechanical
    • Strength, Stiffness, Fatigue, Creep, Impact
  • Physical
    • Fire, Thermal Expansion
  • Environmental
    • Temperature effects, Corrosion Resistance, Moisture effects
• Property prediction
  • Glass content / Resin to Glass ratio, thickness calculations
  • Rule of Mixtures, Young’s Modulus, Strength, Expansion coefficient, Poisson’s ratio, Density
  • Off-axis E, off-axis strength
  • Unit strength, unit modulus
• Cost and performance
  • Material costing, Process costs, Cost comparisons with competitive materials.
• Design Codes
  • BS4994
    • General approach
    • Design factors
    • Relevance to design in general
  • Eurocomp
    • Background & use
    • Design factors
• Case study
  • Vertical cylindrical tank

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