Design with Composite Materials Course

Course Description:

Design with Composite Materials is provided by Kettering University and the Center for Advanced Automotive Technology (CAAT) and is an introductory course focusing on students learning properties, manufacturing processes, and design guidelines of fiber-reinforced composite materials. The basics of composite properties, mechanics, and manufacturing processes are introduced. Design guidelines and drafting notations will be emphasized for composite components with various fiber-reinforcements such as unidirectional fibers, random short fibers, and laminate stacking sequences. The lecture handouts, together with homework assignments, and course projects are designed to train the targeted students in community colleges with CAD experience, for associate degrees and/or certificate programs. Included materials in the Design with Composite Materials course are a syllabus, course projects, homework, and lectures. Information is provided for obtaining homework answers and instructor lecture notes for topics three and four.

Course Content:

The 5-page syllabus includes information about the course, prerequisites, reference books, learning outcomes, course topics and roadmap, and grading and assessment.

Seven PowerPoint lectures, five homework assignments, and two course projects are included.

Below is a list of the files contained within the .zip attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis. Files are .docx and .ppt.

Full Course – Design with Composite Materials (22 files, 55.3 MB)

     Syllabus and Roadmap (KU-CAAT Syllabus and Roadmap.docx 228 KB)

• Course Projects
  • Manufacturing Processes of Composite Materials (Course Project - Manufacturing.docx 220 KB)
  • Valve Assembly (Course Project - Valve ASSM.docx 628 KB)
• Homework
  • Introduction to Mechanics of Materials (HW1.docx 330 KB)
  • Introduction to Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials (HW2.docx 220 KB)
  • Properties of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials (HW3.docx 309 KB)
  • CLT and Laminate Conventions (HW4.docx 220 KB)
  • Manufacturing Processes of Composite materials (HW5.docx 220 KB)
  • Obtaining Homework Answers (READ ME.docx 14 KB)
• Lectures
  • Introduction to Mechanics of Materials (Topic 1 - Intro to Mechanics of Materials.ppt 1.7 MB)
  • Introduction to Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials (Topic 2 - Intro to Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials.ppt 21.6 MB)
  • Properties of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials (Topic 3 - Properties of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials.ppt 2.4 MB)
  • Classical Laminate Theory and Conventions (Topic 4 - Classical Laminate Theory and Conventions.ppt 4.5 MB)
  • MFG Processes of Composite Materials (Topic 5 - MFG Processes of Composite Materials.ppt 21.5 MB)
  • Composite Design Process and Methodology (Topic 6 - Composite Design Process and Methodology.ppt 299 KB)
  • Composite Design Guidelines (Topic 7 - Composite Design Guidelines.ppt 633 KB)
  • Obtaining Lecture Notes (READ ME.docx 14 KB)
  • Thumbnails (Thumbs.db 130 KB)