The response of thin-walled structures to flexure, torsion, pressure loads and temperature variations is analyzed by energy and approximate methods. Study of conventional and advanced composite materials, and the effects of creep and plasticity. 302 or equivalent and engineering standing. Relation between properties of constituent materials and those of composite. Processing methods for materials and for some structures.
Lab focuses on preparation and testing of composite materials and their constituents.
MA 214, CHE 236, PHY 232, MSE 201, or consent of instructor. Orthogonal sets of functions, Fourier series and integrals, solution of boundary value problems, theory and application of Bessel functions and Legendre polynomials. MA 432G or equivalent. Stress, deformation and strain. Continuum balance principles of mass, momentum and energy, the equations of motion and the energy equation.