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Smart Material and Intelligent System Design (NOC19-ME68) : Assignment 2

This document contains a 10 question assignment on smart materials and intelligent systems design. The questions cover a range of topics including suitable materials for the nose cone of a space shuttle, composite manufacturing techniques, properties of metal matrix composites, calculating void volume fraction in a lamina, determining stresses in composite laminates, identifying components of a composite, calculating extensional stiffness matrices, determining stresses in principal material directions of an angled ply laminate, and identifying coupling effects in a laminate with a given stacking sequence.

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Smart Material and Intelligent System Design (NOC19-ME68) : Assignment 2

This document contains a 10 question assignment on smart materials and intelligent systems design. The questions cover a range of topics including suitable materials for the nose cone of a space shuttle, composite manufacturing techniques, properties of metal matrix composites, calculating void volume fraction in a lamina, determining stresses in composite laminates, identifying components of a composite, calculating extensional stiffness matrices, determining stresses in principal material directions of an angled ply laminate, and identifying coupling effects in a laminate with a given stacking sequence.

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Assignment 2

Smart Material and Intelligent System


Design (NOC19-ME68)
TOTAL = 20 marks

1. The temperature on the surface of a space shuttle can go up to 1500 oC,


what in your opinion is a good material for the nose cone of the space
shuttle?
a. Nylon fiber
b. Vitreous Silica fibers
c. Smart material reinforced composite
d. Carbon-carbon composite
e. Kevlar fiber

2. Which of the following is not a composite manufacturing technique?


a. Hand lay-up technique
b. Resin transfer moulding
c. Pultrusion
d. Centrifugal casting
e. Filament winding

3. Metal matrix composites (MMC) find their applications in tank armour and
Hubble Space Telescope antenna booms due to their high operating
temperatures. Arrange the following MMCs with increasing order of their
longitudinal tensile strength:
(i) Carbon-6061 Al (ii) SiC-6061 Al (iii) Carbon-AZ31 Mg (iv) Borsic-Ti
(v) Boron-6061 Al
a. (iii)-(i)-(iv)-(ii)-(v)
b. (i)-(ii)-(iii)-(iv)-(v)
c. (v)-(ii)-(iv)-(i)-(iii)
d. (i)-(v)-(iii)-(ii)-(iv)
e. (iv)-(v)-(iii)-(ii)-(i)
4. The void volume fraction for a lamina can be calculated using the following
relation:
𝑊 𝑊𝑐 −𝑊𝑓
( 𝑐+ )
𝜌𝑐 𝜌𝑚
a. 𝑣𝑣 = 1 − 𝑊𝑓
𝜌𝑓
𝑊 𝑊𝑐 −𝑊𝑓
( 𝑐− )
𝜌𝑐 𝜌𝑚
b. 𝑣𝑣 = 1 − 𝑊𝑓
𝜌𝑓
𝑊𝑓 𝑊𝑐 −𝑊𝑓
( + )
𝜌𝑓 𝜌𝑚
c. 𝑣𝑣 = 1 − 𝑊𝑐
𝜌𝑐
𝑊 𝑊𝑐 −𝑊𝑓
( 𝑐+ )
𝜌𝑐 𝜌𝑚
d. 𝑣𝑣 = 1 + 𝑊𝑓
𝜌𝑓
𝑊𝑐 𝑊𝑐 −𝑊𝑓
( − )
𝜌𝑐 𝜌𝑚
e. 𝑣𝑣 = 1 + 𝑊𝑓
𝜌𝑓

5. For the lamina shown in figure, find the stresses in the L and T directions.
Lamina has the following elastic constants:
𝐸𝐿 = 14𝐺𝑁/𝑚2 , 𝐸𝑇 = 3.5𝐺𝑁/𝑚2 , 𝐺𝐿𝑇 = 4.2𝐺𝑁/𝑚2 , 𝜈𝐿𝑇 = 0.4, 𝜈𝑇𝐿 = 0.1

a. 𝜎𝐿 = 3.33𝑀𝑃𝑎, 𝜎𝑇 = 1.25𝑀𝑃𝑎, 𝜏𝐿𝑇 = 5𝑀𝑃𝑎


b. 𝜎𝐿 = 4.42𝑀𝑃𝑎, 𝜎𝑇 = 2.22𝑀𝑃𝑎, 𝜏𝐿𝑇 = 5𝑀𝑃𝑎
c. 𝜎𝐿 = 4.42𝑀𝑃𝑎, 𝜎𝑇 = 3.16𝑀𝑃𝑎, 𝜏𝐿𝑇 = 3.24𝑀𝑃𝑎
d. 𝜎𝐿 = 3.16𝑀𝑃𝑎, 𝜎𝑇 = 0.34𝑀𝑃𝑎, 𝜏𝐿𝑇 = 5.24𝑀𝑃𝑎
e. 𝜎𝐿 = 3.33𝑀𝑃𝑎, 𝜎𝑇 = 2.8𝑀𝑃𝑎, 𝜏𝐿𝑇 = 3.24𝑀𝑃𝑎
6. A unidirectional composite is subjected to the following stresses: 𝜎𝐿 =
3.0𝑀𝑃𝑎, 𝜎𝑇 = 0.5𝑀𝑃𝑎, 𝜏𝐿𝑇 = 3.5𝑀𝑃𝑎. Lamina has the following elastic
constants: 𝐸𝐿 = 14𝐺𝑁/𝑚2 , 𝐸𝑇 = 3.5𝐺𝑁/𝑚2 , 𝐺𝐿𝑇 = 4.2𝐺𝑁/𝑚2 , 𝜈𝐿𝑇 =
0.4, 𝜈𝑇𝐿 = 0.1. The normal and shear strains are:
a. 𝜖𝐿 = 200 ∗ 10−6 , 𝜖 𝑇 = 57 ∗ 10−6 , 𝛾𝐿𝑇 = 833 ∗ 10−6
b. 𝜖𝐿 = 232 ∗ 10−6 , 𝜖 𝑇 = 59 ∗ 10−6 , 𝛾𝐿𝑇 = 832 ∗ 10−6
c. 𝜖𝐿 = 200 ∗ 10−5 , 𝜖 𝑇 = 57 ∗ 10−5 , 𝛾𝐿𝑇 = 833 ∗ 10−5
d. 𝜖𝐿 = 232 ∗ 10−5 , 𝜖 𝑇 = 59 ∗ 10−5 , 𝛾𝐿𝑇 = 832 ∗ 10−5
e. 𝜖𝐿 = 200 ∗ 10−7 , 𝜖 𝑇 = 57 ∗ 10−7 , 𝛾𝐿𝑇 = 833 ∗ 10−7
7. Label A, B, C for a hypothetical composite with linear matrix material

a. A – Composite , B – Fiber , C – Matrix


b. A – Fiber , B – Composite , C – Matrix
c. A – Composite , B – Matrix , C – Fiber
d. A – Fiber , B – Matrix , C – Composite
e. A – Matrix , B – Fiber , C – Composite

8. For a bimetallic strip with zero ply angle, made of 5mm thick layers of steel
and aluminum, Esteel = 210 GPa, EAl = 70 GPa, √steel = 0.3, √Al = 0.33, G12 (steel)
= 84 GPa, and G12 (Aluminum) = 26.32 GPa, the Extensional Stiffness Matrix is:
a. [1200.65 305.6 0; 305.6 1200.65 0; 0 0 632.8] ‘;’ indicates end
of row.
b. [1518.75 413.6 0; 413.6 1518.75 0; 0 0 558.6]
c. [409.6 1512.75 0; 1512.75 409.6 0; 0 0 551.6]
d. [1512.75 409.6 0; 409.6 1512.75 0; 0 0 551.6]
e. None of these
9. A normal stress σxx of 10 MPa is applied on a unidirectional angle ply lamina
containing fibers at 30o to the x-axis as shown in the figure. Determine the
stresses in the principal material directions.

a. σ11 = 7.5 MPa, σ22 = 2.5 MPa, 𝜏12 = 4.33 MPa


b. σ11 = 9.5 MPa, σ22 = 3.5 MPa, 𝜏12 = 6.39 MPa
c. σ11 = 3.5 MPa, σ22 = 4.5 MPa, 𝜏12 = 4.42 MPa
d. σ11 = 7.5 MPa, σ22 = 2.5 MPa, 𝜏12 = 4.56 MPa
e. σ11 = 6.5 MPa, σ22 = 5.5 MPa, 𝜏12 = 7.88 MPa

10. A laminate with sequence [-45/0/+45/90] has


a. Zero bending extension coupling
b. Zero bending-twist coupling
c. Zero shear extension coupling
d. All
e. None

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