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Lecture  Materials selection and characterisation (overview) PowerPoint Reading List   Lecture  Composite manufacturing processes (overview) PowerPoint Reading List
A1  Some basic equations and definitions.

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 ILS/A1   C1  Reinforcement fibres. 114 KB ILS/C1
A2  Elastic moduli and Poisson's ratios.  Thermal characterisation 146 KB ILS/A2   C2  Reinforcement fabrics. 1036 KB ILS/C2
A3  Interfaces.  Interphases.  Voids.  Meso-mechanics. 405 KB ILS/A3   C3  Mould tools. 1317 KB ILS/C3
A4  Strength.  Failure mechanisms.  Fractography. 1111 KB ILS/A4   C4  Health & safety. 65 KB ILS/C4
A5  Creep.  Fatigue.  Impact. 1460 KB ILS/A5   C5  Contact moulding: hand- and spray- techniques. 1608 KB ILS/C5
A6  Hybrid Composites. 123 KB ILS/A6   C6  Extrusion and Injection Moulding. RTM. 396 KB ILS/C6
A7  Environmental resistance of composites. 122 KB ILS/A7   C7  Resin infusion under flexible tooling (RIFT). 5940 KB ILS/C7
A8  Environmental implications of composites. 76KB ILS/A8   C8  Pre-pregs. Vacuum bagging. Autoclave. Compression. 83 KB ILS/C8
A9  Sustainable composites 272 KB ILS/A9   C9  Filament winding. Pultrusion. Tube rolling. etc 412 KB ILS/C9
A10  Core materials for sandwich panels. 131 KB ILS/A10   C10  Machining, bonding and repair. 262 KB ILS/C10
A11  Adhesives and bonded structures. 66 KB ILS/A11   C11  Periodic table. Electron configuration atoms/ molecules. 157 KB ILS/C11
A12  Non-destructive testing. 570 KB ILS/A12   C12  Morphology of polymer molecules. 179 KB ILS/C12
A13  Acoustic emission. See A12 ILS/A13   C13  Thermoplastic polymers. See C12 ILS/C13
A14  Smart materials. Intelligent structures.  Biomimetics. 2220 KB ILS/A14   C14  Phenolic (PF) resins. Epoxy (Ep) resins. 104 KB ILS/C14
A15  CMC - MMC - Natural materials - PMC. 92 KB ILS/A15   C15  Unsaturated polyester (UPE)/Vinyl ester (VE) resins. See C14 ILS/C15
A16  Nanotechnology. 195 KB ILS/A16   C16  Process control. See reprint ILS/C16
 Polymer composites in bridges (~10 MB)        Marine applications of composites (~10 MB) 2840 KB  
 Foundation Year lecture (composites applications) 1048 KB        Disposal of marine composites 980 KB  
   Smallpeice lecture (modern materials) 2158 KB        QLCA of flax fibre 2470 KB  
             New ROM for natural fibre composites 4330 KB  
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