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MANE 6160 - Advanced Design with Composites

Advanced topics in structural design with continuous-fiber advanced composites. Development of plate equations including interlaminar stresses. Introduction to and use of constrained numerical optimization program. Statistical effects on failure. Saint Venant’s principle for anisotropic materials. Failure criteria, including stress concentration effects. Plate and shell buckling. A detailed student design project is assigned.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4130 or permission of instructor.

When Offered: Spring term annually .



Credit Hours: 3