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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS MAK624 - 3 + 0 10

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITDoctorate Of Science
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Associate Professor Ebru Saraloğlu Güler
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) An ability to design multiplex and versatile composite sheets that have generally orthotropic structure according to purpose of using
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNone
COURSE DEFINITIONThis course includes, composite material types; matrix materials, termosets, thermo plastics, fiber materials, active elastic module; mixture rule, main structure relationship of anisotropic materials, laminates; main structure relationship, transform equations, strength and failure criteria, classic laminate sheet theory; main relations, high degree theories, energy methods, bending of laminate sheets and vibration.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Fibers and Matrix Materials
2nd Week Principals of Linear Anisotropic Elasticity
3rd Week Stress-Strain Relations for Orthotropic Materials
4th Week Constitutive Equation for Macroscopic Behaviour of Plate of Composite Materials
5th Week Stress-Strain Relations for Plane Stress
6th Week Stress-Strain Relations in case of Plane Stress in Global Coordinates
7th Week Continous Medium Theory of Fiber Reinforced Composites
8th Week Analysis of Inner Fields in Heterogen Medium
9th Week Analysis of Inner Fields in Heterogen Medium
10th Week Wave Expansion in Composite Materials and Dynamic Effects
11th Week Wave Expansion in Composite Materials and Dynamic Effects
12th Week Principles of Effective- Rigidity Theory
13th Week Introduction to Viscoelastic Composite Viskoelastik Theory
14th Week Introduction to Plastic Composite Theory
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGHyer M. W. (1998), Stress Analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials, Singapore, McGraw-Hill.
Daniel M. Isaac, Ishai Ori (1994), Engineering Mechanics of Composite Materials, NY, Oxford University Press.
Jones M. Robert (1975), Mechanics of Composite Materials, USA, Taylor and Francis Boks.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term135
Project120
Total(%)55
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)55
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)45
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam133
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work14684
Preparation for Final exam14684
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam74,531,5
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam133
Homework
Presentation (including preperation)11010
Term Project Research13232
Total Workload289,5
Total Workload / 309,65
ECTS Credits of the Course10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
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K5  X
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