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Components and structures manufactured from fibre reinforced polymer composites are used increasingly in a variety of industries. Composite materials have many desirable properties over conventional metallic materials including high corrosion resistance, high strength to weight ratio, and they can easily be optimised to suit any applied load. Moreover, composites are durable materials which are important in attaining a more sustainable and almost maintenance free infrastructure. However, there is still a lack of practicing engineers who are trained to design and use fibre composite materials.

This course provides knowledge and theory on the governing principles of fibre composite materials and structures, characterization, performance and other technical aspects relating to the design and use of fibre composites in various engineering applications.

On completion of this course students should be able to:

1. review and communicate the recent advances in composite materials, constituent materials of composites, and composite manufacturing processes;
2. predict the mechanical properties of composite materials;
3. analyse unidirectional lamina and laminates;
4. evaluate and critique the techniques used for composite property evaluation;
5. appraise and report the desirability of composite materials and structures in various engineering applications.