Fiberkompositer - material och tillverkning

This course aims to provide basic insight into and practical experience of materials-, manufacturing-, and post-manufacturing-related issues important to successfully design with polymer composites.

After the course you should be able to:

• understand composite related terminology
• name and describe the most common composite material systems and manufacturing processes
• explain how a composite material behaves at thermal, mechanical and environmental load based on the inherent materials micro structure
• for the most common manufacturing processes, explain the physics behind different composite manufacturing steps
• estimate the mechanical properties (as stiffness and strength) for a composite material, using simple rules
• perform and analyse mechanical tests on a composite material and explain discrepancies to predicted mechanical properties
• design a composite component in terms of selecting material, manufacturing process and post-processing method
• select a feasible strategy for quality control
• understand composite specific issues considering joining and repair of composite components
• make discussions on life cycle costs for composite component

Syllabus

Introduction and applications, constituent materials, properties, micromechanics, manufacturing techniques, machining, joining, repair, destructive and non-destructive testing, recycling, and health and safety. Compulsory elements of the course include 

• a project assignment including 2 oral presentations, 1 written report (4 chapters), 4 peer-review reports
• a laboratory assignment including one composite manufacturing part, a analysis report and a experimental testing part 
• an oral examination

The course is given in English.

Prerequisites

Base program B, F, M, T, or equivalent.