Composites Design and Manufacture

Composites Design and Manufacture
(Plymouth University teaching support materials)
Materials Selection and Characterisation

Bast Book

Marine Book

Review
papers

Subject
Index

Conference
Calendar

This part of the course will be taught by John Summerscales.

The book recommended to support your learning is
TW Clyne and D Hull, An Introduction to Composite Materials - third edition,
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2019. ISBN 978-0-521-86095-6 (HB). ISBN: 978-1-10864469-3 (eBook). UoP Library second edition.

Materials selection and characterisation overview	Lecture	PowerPoint	Reading List
Some basic equations and definitions.	A1	5.3 MB	ILS/A1
Elastic moduli and Poisson's ratios. Thermal characterisation	A2	367 KB	ILS/A2
Interfaces. Interphases. Meso-mechanics. Voids.	A3	539 KB	ILS/A3
Strength. Failure mechanisms. Fractography.	A4	1523 KB	ILS/A4
Creep. Fatigue. Impact.	A5	1504 KB	ILS/A5
Hybrid Composites.	A6	226 KB	ILS/A6
Durability of composites (in the marine environment) (935 kb PowerPoint ~ no animation).	A7	14524 KB	ILS/A7
Environmental implications of composites. Anti-fouling technologies.	A8	564 KB	ILS/A8
Sustainable composites. Natural fibres. Bio-based resins.	A9	1836 KB	ILS/A9
Core materials for sandwich panels.	A10	253 KB	ILS/A10
Adhesives and bonded structures.	A11	92 KB	ILS/A11
Non-destructive testing.	A12	1401 KB	ILS/A12
Acoustic emission.	A13	See A12	ILS/A13
Smart materials. Intelligent structures. Biomimetics.	A14	2821 KB	ILS/A14
CMC - MMC - Natural materials - PMC.	A15	144 KB	ILS/A15
Nanotechnology.	A16	750 KB	ILS/A16

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Other modules formerly taught by John Summerscales include:
MST326 Quality Management and Safety Engineering (BSc)