Material for 4th Year Engineering Materials
Handouts
12 lectures:
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Polymer Processing, lecture 1 (Extrusion)
handout not available online
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Polymer Processing, lecture 2 (Injection Moulding)
handout not available online
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Polymer Processing, lecture 3 handout [PDF]
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Composite Mechanics, lecture 1 handout [PDF]
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Composite Mechanics, lecture 2 handout [PDF]
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Composite Mechanics, lecture 3 handout [PDF]
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Composite Mechanics, lecture 4 handout [PDF]
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Composite Mechanics, lecture 5 handout [PDF]
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Composite Mechanics, lecture 6 handout [PDF]
Scans of acetates written during the lecture are also
available (again in PDF format for easier printing):
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Adhesives and Joints, lecture 1 handout [PDF]
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Adhesives and Joints, lecture 2 handout [PDF]
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Final lecture: revision and course-review. Handout not
available online. If you're missing the notes, please
obtain them from a colleague or talk to me personally.
References and Reading
Polymer Processing
The polymer processing section of the course is drawn from
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Principles of Polymer Engineering, 2nd Ed.
;
N. G. McCrum, C. P. Buckley and C. B. Bucknall
;
Oxford University Press, 1997.
The first edition is very similar to the second. This book is available
in the library and it is strongly recommended that you use it during
your revision
Composite Material Mechanics
The earlier part of the composite mechanics material presented is drawn
from a few sources.
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Acoustic Fields and Waves in Solids
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B. A. Auld
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John Wiley and Sons, 1973.
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Theory of Elastic Waves in Crystals
;
F. I. Fedorov,
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Plenum Press, 1968.
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Theory of Elasticity of an Elastic Body
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S. G. Lekhnitskii
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Holden-Day, 1963.
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Wave Propagation in Layered Anisotropic Media with Applications to
Composites
;
A. H. Nayfeh
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Elsevier, 1995.
It should not be necessary to consult any of these texts while studying
this course.
The later material (calculation of composite properties based on
properties of fibre and matrix; failure criteria), is covered in:
Principles of Polymer Engineering, 2nd Ed.
;
N. G. McCrum, C. P. Buckley and C. B. Bucknall
;
Oxford University Press, 1997.
Adhesives and Joints
The final topic covered in the lectures, dealing with adhesives and
joints, draws most of its material from
Plastics -- Materials and Processing
;
A. Brent Strong
;
Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1996.
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