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Mechanics of Composite Materials Exam Guide

This document contains 8 questions related to mechanics of composite materials for an exam. The questions cover a range of topics including reasons for using polymers in composites, strain-stress relations for orthotropic laminates, calculating A, B, and D matrices for a specific laminate, deriving expressions for Poisson's ratio and shear modulus using micromechanics, determining coefficients of thermal expansion, failure mechanisms and theories for composites, stress transformations for unidirectional laminates, governing equations for symmetric cross ply laminates, and short notes on polymer matrix composites, lamination theory assumptions, and the influence of coupling terms in A, B, and D matrices.

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Mechanics of Composite Materials Exam Guide

This document contains 8 questions related to mechanics of composite materials for an exam. The questions cover a range of topics including reasons for using polymers in composites, strain-stress relations for orthotropic laminates, calculating A, B, and D matrices for a specific laminate, deriving expressions for Poisson's ratio and shear modulus using micromechanics, determining coefficients of thermal expansion, failure mechanisms and theories for composites, stress transformations for unidirectional laminates, governing equations for symmetric cross ply laminates, and short notes on polymer matrix composites, lamination theory assumptions, and the influence of coupling terms in A, B, and D matrices.

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Subject Code: H1511/R13

M. Tech –II Semester Regular/ Supply Examinations, October, 2015


MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS
(Common to MD and MED)
Time: 3 Hours Max Marks: 60
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry EQUAL marks
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1. a) List out the reasons, why polymers are preferred in making laminated composites.
b) Write a brief note on natural and man made composites.
c) Write a brief note on engineering applications of composites.

2. a) Derive the strain-stress relations for an orthotropic lamina in three-dimensional domain in


terms of engineering constants.
b) Distinguish thermosetting plastics and thermo plastics. [8+4]

3. Compute the [A], [B], and [D] matrices for the laminate [0/90/0/90] with the following
properties. Assume each lamina of thickness is
0.25mm. E1 = 145GPa ; E2 = 10.5GPa ; G12 = 7.5GPa ; υ12 = 0.28

4. a) Derive the expressions to υ12 , and G12 in terms of constituent properties using
micromechanics principles.
b) Find the coefficients of thermal expansion for a 600 angle lamina of glass/epoxy whose
longitudinal and transverse coefficients of thermal expansion are
8.6 x10 −6 m / m / 0C and 22.1x10 −6 m / m / 0C respectively.

5. Discuss the failure mechanisms in fibre reinforced polymer matrix composites and describe a
failure theory which is widely used for testing of polymer composites.

6. a) Deduce a relation between on-axis and off-axis stress transformations for a unidirectional
lamina.
b) Check the failure of a unidirectional lamina with Tsai-Wu failure criterion using the following
properties.
σ 1 = 800 MPa; σ 2 = 300 MPa; σ 12 = 50 MPa
X 11t = 1500MPa; X 11c = −1250MPa; X 22
t c
= 50MPa; X 22 = −200MPa; X 12 = 100MPa

7. Derive the governing differential equations for a symmetric cross ply laminated plate.

8. Write short notes on the following:


a) Polymer matrix composites
b) Assumptions in lamination theory
c) Influence of coupling terms A, B and D matrices
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