Autar K Kaw     University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Composite Materials
    Define a composite, enumerate advantages and drawbacks of composites over monolithic materials, and discuss factors which influence mechanical properties of a composite

    Classify composites, introduce common types of fibers and matrices, and manufacturing, mechanical properties and applications of composites

    Recycling of composites

    Introduce terminology used for studying mechanics of composites

Chapter 2- Overview of Composites

    Review definitions of stress, strain, elastic moduli and strain energy

    Develop stress-strain relationships for different types of materials

    Develop stress-strain relationships for a unidirectional/bidirectional lamina

    Find the engineering constants of a unidirectional/bidirectional lamina in terms of the stiffness and compliance parameters of the lamina

    Develop stress-strain relationships, elastic moduli, strengths, thermal and moisture expansion coefficients of an angle ply based on those of a unidirectional/bidirectional lamina and the angle of the ply

Chapter 3- Micromechanical Analysis of a Lamina

    Develop concepts of volume and weight fraction of fiber and matrix, density and void fraction in composites

    Find the nine mechanical and four hygrothermal constants: four elastic moduli, five strength parameters, two coefficients of thermal expansion and two coefficients of moisture expansion of a unidirectional lamina from the individual properties of the fiber and the matrix, fiber volume fraction, and fiber packing

    Discuss the experimental characterization of the above nine mechanical and four hygrothermal constants

Chapter 4- Macromechanical Analysis of a Laminate

    Understand the code for laminate stacking sequence

    Develop relationships of mechanical and hygrothermal loads applied to a laminate to strains and stresses in each lamina

    Find the elastic stiffnesses of laminate based on the elastic moduli of individual laminas and the stacking sequence

    Find the coefficients of thermal and moisture expansion of a laminate based on elastic moduli, coefficients of thermal and moisture expansion of individual laminas, and stacking sequence

Chapter 5- Failure, Analysis and Design of Laminates

    Understand the significance of stiffness, and hygrothermal and mechanical response of special cases of laminates

    Establish the failure criteria for laminates based on failure of individual lamina in a laminate

    Design laminated structures such as plates and thin pressure vessels subjected to in-plane and hygrothermal loads

    Introduce other mechanical design issues in laminated composites

Chapter 6- PROMAL for Windows Software Package: A User's Guide

    Show how to set up PROMAL on a personal computer Show how to use PROMAL for matrix algebra such as multiplication of matrices, solving a set of equations and finding inverse of a matrix, developing and maintaining a database for properties of unidirectional laminas, conducting macromechanics of a lamina, conducting micromechanics of a lamina, conducting macromechanics of a laminate Show by examples how to use each of the above programs