Composites Design and Manufacture is a core module for "with composites" engineering as a specialist pathway" available to students on

• BEng/MEng (honours) Mechanical Engineering
  UCAS codes are H300 (BEng)/H304 (MEng).
• BEng/MEng (honours) Marine Technology(
  UCAS codes are J610 (BEng)/J612 (MEng).
• BEng (honours) Mechanical Engineering with Aerospace (Level 6 Top-Up)
  Leonardo Helicopters apprentices registered with Yeovil College.

This module was an option embedded in STAD322 for the BEng/MEng (honours) Civil Engineering course during 2007-2012.

The Digital Learning Environment (MooDLE) and Definitive Module Record (DMR) can be accessed via the following links if you have University of Plymouth login credentials:

• MATS347 MooDLE Student Portal.
• University of Plymouth Module Record for MATS 347 (September 2023):
  assessment is 50% by examination and 50% by coursework
  (module record only available with University of Plymouth login credentials).

The composites degree is accredited by both IMechE and IOM3.
The Aerospace degree is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Membership of those professional organisations is highly recommended.
Also SAMPE provides professional support with a more industrial flavour:

This module is complemented by MATS348 Composites Engineering. Students should also complete a quality management module as integral part of the learning for this degree pathway.  These modules provide an integrated approach to structural analysis, design, materials and processing selection, and quality issues for composite materials.

This module aims to:

• develop a broad understanding of the diverse range of constituent materials and to appreciate the principles which guide their selection for engineering applications
• appreciate the range of manufacturing processes for composite materials and to understand the interactions between manufacture, quality and performance.

Theme	Topic book icon from SoftIcons	Lecturer	Reading lists = recommended key texts
A	Materials Selection and Characterisation	John Summerscales	ILS TalisAspire  JS' list A Clyne & Hull  Bunsell et al
B	Stress Analysis (now in MATS348)	Maozhou Meng (formerly Stephen Grove)	ILS TalisAspire  JS' list B Daniel & Ishai   Gay   Gibson   Hollaway   Piggott
C	Manufacturing Processes	John Summerscales	ILS TalisAspire  JS' list C Åström   Strong

Primo is the single place where you can find resources to support your learning, teaching and research.  The Library catalogue uses the Dewey system.  The following shelfmarks are relevant to this course:

Fibre-reinforced polymer-matrix composite materials and structures:
links for case studies, courses, resources, software, suppliers, videos

The following resources cover most issues:

• SM Lee (editor), International Encyclopedia of Composites  v1   v2   v3   v4   v5   v6, VCH Publishers, 1990.
• A Kelly and C Zweben, Comprehensive Composite Materials six-volume encyclopedia, Elsevier, 2000.
• L Nicolais and A Borzacchiello (editors), Wiley Encyclopedia of Composites, five volumes, 2011 (not yet available in Plymouth University Library).

• J Graham-Jones and J Summerscales (editors)
  Marine Applications of Advanced Fibre-reinforced Composites
  Elsevier (Woodhead Publishing imprint), Cambridge, September 2015. ISBN 978-1-78242-250-1.
• R Pemberton, J Summerscales and J Graham-Jones (editors)
  Marine Composites: Design and Performance
  Elsevier (Woodhead Publishing imprint), Cambridge, 2019. ISBN 978-0-08-101912-2. ISBN: 978-0-08-102264-1.

The Granta CES EduPack software is "the world-leading teaching resource for materials in engineering, science, processing and design".  The Plymouth University license agreement permits students and staff to load the software on their home computer/laptop.  The instructions can be found in the announcements on the MATS347 and MATS232 MooDLE sites.

HEALTH & SAFETY
It is important that all students are aware of the Health and Safety considerations for this module.  You will be required to attend the Health and Safety presentation and to sign to confirm that you have done so before you will be allowed to use the facilities in the composites laboratory (Babbage 111). This support material can be accessed online.

This twenty-credit module was "new" in Academic Year 2004/05 as MATS324 and renumbered as MATS347 from AY 2015/16.  It combines two former ten-credit modules:

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