EG409Composite Materials
Course Prerequisites ToolSNHU EG409 has 3 direct prerequisites, with 17 courses in its complete prerequisite tree.
Undergraduate · 3 credits
This is an introductory course on the theoretical and practical design, analysis, and fabrication of polymer matrix composites. The course starts with an overview of composite materials and related manufacturing methods. As a baseline, the behavior of uni-directional composites is addressed, including stiffness and strength prediction methods. The topic of short fiber composites is also covered with an emphasis on load transfer mechanics and property averaging. The analysis of orthotropic laminas includes stress-strain relations, prediction of engineering constants, and transformation matrices. Finally, Lamination Theory is covered as a means to design and analyze laminated composite structures with the introduction of failure theories. The course is supported by a significant laboratory component where the students fabricate and mechanically test various composite material systems for comparison of measured properties to theoretical predictions. A Design Project, involving both computer code implementation of Lamination Theory, design and analysis of a composite component, and fabrication and evaluation of the composite component, is the capstone of the course.
Prerequisite Tree
- EG325 — Mechanics of Materials II
- MAT350 — Applied Linear Algebra
- EG208 — Materials Science
- EG202 — Mechanics of Materials I
- MAT275 — Calculus II: Integration and Series
- EG200 — Statics
- EG208 — Materials Science
- ETE202 — Strength of Materials
- EG200 — Statics
- EG208 — Materials Science
- MAT275 — Calculus II: Integration and Series
- ETE200 — Fundamentals of Statics
- EG326 — Aircraft Structures
- MAT325 — Calculus III: Multivariable Calculus
- MAT330 — Differential Equations
- EG202 — Mechanics of Materials I
- MAT275 — Calculus II: Integration and Series
- EG200 — Statics
- EG208 — Materials Science
- ETE202 — Strength of Materials
- EG200 — Statics
- EG208 — Materials Science
- MAT275 — Calculus II: Integration and Series
- ETE200 — Fundamentals of Statics
- MAT330 — Differential Equations
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