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Spring 2027 Graduate Catalog
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MEC 552 - Mechanics of Composite Materials

The course is concerned with the analysis of layered composite materials subject to mechanical loads. Cartesian tensor calculus is used. Homogeneous anisotropic media are studied first. The effect of layering is then analyzed. Applications to plates and shell are studied and analytical methods of solution are given. Numerical analysis of composite solids is also considered using finite difference and finite element methods.

3 credits

Prerequisite(s): MEC 536 

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.) ​

Offered Fall or Spring alternate years


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