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This course will cover manufacturing processes and
modeling for fiber reinforced polymer matrix
composite materials. In order to optimize material
formation and avoid process induced defects,
process engineers need a thorough understanding of
the coupling between material transformations,
thermo-mechanical response, heat transfer, and
viscous fluid flow. Students will be given an
overview of applications of composite materials,
forming processes, and types of process induced
defects which may occur. Constituent materials will
be discussed (thermosets, thermoplastics, advanced
fibers), along with thermo-mechanical
characterization methods and material models. The
equations of transport, constitutive laws, and
dimensionless analysis will be reviewed and given
context in process modeling. Models for short fiber
suspensions in injection molding, compression
molding, and extrusion will be introduced. Process
modeling for continuous fiber reinforcement will
include Pultrusion, Sheet Forming, Autoclave
processing, Out-of-Autoclave processing, Filament
Winding, Automated Fiber Placement, and Liquid
Composite Molding.
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