Composite Strength & Stiffness

If you need to focus on improving the strength and stiffness elements of your composite designs this course will give you a knowledge of composite properties and an understanding of how each of the plies effect the global part.

Composites are a much more complex material to predict the behaviour of than traditional bulk plastics and metals.

In this course we will give you an understanding of the theory behind how to build up the part properties of a composite from the properties of the individual plies. We'll then look at how to take those part properties back down to the ply level to work out when the first ply will fail.

What we’ll cover:

• The fundamentals and physical principles of strength and stiffness
• The difference between Micro and Meso levels:
  • Micromechanics (via rule of mixtures):
    • In-plane stiffness and in-plane strength
  •  Mesomechanics:
    • ABD matrix
    • Coupling effects
    • Polar plots
    • Carpet plots
    • First ply failure
• The basics of Classical Lamination Theory
• How coupling works
• Performing basic calculation on strength and strain
• Performing the preliminary design of a simple composite structure
• Building intuition on how composite structures work

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If you have any questions about this course or whether it's right for you please contact our training team.

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Call: +44 (0)117 370 7600, 9:00 - 16:00 GMT Monday - Friday