The following are some of the viewgraphs that are used in the classroom.
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Lecture File | |
| l | Introduction to Composite Materials, Terminology, and Laminate Definitions. | Lecture-00.pdf |
| l | Introduction to Classical Lamination Theory (CLT): Constitutive Relations for Orthotropic Layers. | Lecture-01.pdf |
| l | Introduction to Classical Lamination Theory (CLT): Constitutive Relations for Off-axis Unidirectional Layers. | Lecture-02.pdf |
| l | Introduction to Classical Lamination Theory (CLT): Through-the-thickness Laminate Strain Distribution. | Lecture-03.pdf |
| l | Introduction to Classical Lamination Theory (CLT): Through-the-thickness Laminate Stress Distribution, and A, B, D matrices. | Lecture-04.pdf |
| l | Introduction to Classical Lamination Theory (CLT): Elastic coupling, and Engineering Stiffness Properties of Laminated Composis. | Lecture-05.pdf |
| l | In-plane Stiffness Design, definition of Lamination Parameters. | Lecture-06.pdf |
| l | In-plane Stiffness Design, Miki's In-plane stiffness diagram. | Lecture-07.pdf |
| l | Laminate in-plane stiffness design. Graphical representation of engineering properties in Miki's in-plane stiffness diagram. | Lecture-08.pdf |
| l | Introduction to optimization. | Lecture-09.pdf |
| l | Laminate in-plane stiffness design as an integer linear programming problem. | Lecture-10.pdf |
| l | Laminate in-plane stiffness design using Branch and Bound algorithm. | Lecture-11.pdf |
| l | Introduction to Genetic Algorithms. Genetic operators: Crossover, Mutation, and Interchange. | Lecture-12.pdf |
| l | Laminate thickness minimization using GA. | Lecture-13.pdf |
| l | Introduction to strength of composites. Failure criteria for isotropic materials. | Lecture-14.pdf |
| l | Strength of fiber reinforced layers. Failure criteria for orthotropic layers. | Lecture-15.pdf |