- Docente: Antonio Motori
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ING-IND/22
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Civil Engineering (cod. 8211)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Chemical and Process Engineering (cod. 0929)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Mechanical Engineering (cod. 0938)
Learning outcomes
The course provides knowledge on properties, application and manufacturing technology of the main composite materials.The student achieves comprehension of the mechanisms which allow to obtain particular properties on the basis of thematerial components and its architecture; moreover, he gains ability in the choice of the most suitable composite material on the basis of the technological requirements of the product.
Course contents
General characteristics of composite materials.
Structure, properties and manufacturing technologies of metal, ceramic and polymer matrix.
Structure, properties and manufacturing technologies of the main particles and fibres used in composites.
Microstructure of composite materials. Interfaces and their effects on the properties of composites. Concepts on mechanics of anisotropic materials. Lamina and laminates. Models for the estimation of the properties of thin laminates, based on the properties of matrix and filler.
Main fabrication processes, properties, design concepts and applications of composite materials.
Measurement of chemical-physical and mechanical properties of composites. Tests and Standards.
Readings/Bibliography
W.D. Callister, Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, J. Wiley & Sons, New York, 2007.
S.K. Mazumdar, Composites Manufacturing: Materials, Product and Process Engineering, CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton, Florida (U.S.A.), 2002.
S.W. Tsai, Composite materials: Design and Applications, CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton, Florida (U.S.A.), 2002.
P.K. Mallick, Fiber-reinforced composites, Marcel Dekker Ltd., New York (U.S.A.), 1993.
International Tests and Standards on measurement of the main properties of composite materials.
Assessment methods
Oral examination.
Teaching tools
Laboratories for practice on the experimental measurement of chemical-physical andmechanical properties of composite materials.
Visits to industries which produce composite materials will be made at the end of the course.
Office hours
See the website of Antonio Motori