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PARISUTHAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE
Department of Aeronautical Engineering
AY 2020 - 2021 III Year VI Sem. REHEARSAL - 2
AE8603 –COMPOSITE MATERIAL & STRUCTURES
Duration: 3Hr’s Max. Marks: 100
PART - A (10 x 2 = 20 MARKS)
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS:
1. List out the applications of composite materials.
2. What is orthotropic material?
3. Differentiate neutral axis and arbitrary axis.
4. What is the number of independent elastic constants required to characterize the following class of materials:
orthotropic, transversely isotropic, isotropic.
5. Write the advantages and disadvantages of Tsai-hill failure theory.
6. Define quasi-isotropic laminate.
7. Differentiate open mould and closed mould processes with examples.
8. List out the different types of resin materials.
9. Distinguish between face dimpling and face crippling.
10. Name any five components of aircraft where sandwich panels are used.
PART - B (5 x 13 = 65 MARKS)
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
11. Describe in an in-depth manner the various types resins and its properties used for the fabrication 13
a) of a composite material.
(OR)
b) Using elasticity approach, obtain an expression for the upper bound on apparent young’s modulus 9
for anisotropic composite materials.
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12. i) Find the compliance matrix[S] for a graphite/epoxy lamina whose material properties are given as E 1= 7
a) 181GPa, E2=10.3 GPa, E3=10.3 GPa, v12=0.28, v 23=0.60, v 13=0.27 and G12= 7.17 GPa, G23= 3.0 GPa,
G31= 7.0GPa. How can the stiffness matrix for the same lamina be determined?
ii) A unidirectional lamina with continuous fibers at Ө=600 to the x-axis has the following properties: E1= 14 6
GPa, E2=3.5 GPa, v12=0.4 and G12= 4.2 GPa. The lamina is subject to the following stresses: σ X=-3.5
MPa, σ y= 7.0 MPa and Txy= -1.4 GPa. Compute the stresses and strains with respect to the principal
material directions.
(OR)
Calculate the longitudinal modulus and tensile strength of a unidirectional composite containing
b) 60% by volume of carbon fibres (E1f=294 GPa and σ1 fu= 5.6 GPa) in a toughened epoxy matrix (Em= 13
3.6 GPa, σ mu= 105 GPa).Compare these values with the experimentally determined values of (E1=162
GPa and σ1u= 2.94 GPa). What fraction of the load is carried by fibers in the composites?
13.
a) Derive the governing differential equation for a laminated unidirectional anisotropic plate and 13
deduce the condition for orthotropic and isotropic plates.
(OR)
b) A composite laminate has 3 layers with fiber orientation (0/45/0).top and bottom layer 13
thickness is 1.5mm and middle layer thickness is 2mm .Nx=150N/m Ny=300N/m Nxy =
200N/m, Mx=1000N My=1000N Mxy = 500N, Compute the strain curvature. E1=180Gpa
E2=15Gpa v12=0.28 G12=5Gpa.
14. Explain in detail about the pressure bag molding process with a neat sketch. Write the relative 13
a) merits and demerits of the pressure bagging process.
(OR)
b) Enumerate about the various process floe involved for resin transfer molding process.
15 Describe in detail about the integrally co-cured structures used for the fabrication of airplane 13
a) structural components.
(OR)
b) Explain the production of graphite fibers from PAN precursor. Are carbon and graphite the 13
same? Discuss the advantages and characteristics of graphite fibers.
PART-C (1x15=15 MARKS)
16 Find the stiffness matrices [A], [B], [D], for 3 ply(0/30/60) Graphite epoxy lamina using
a) classical lamina theory .Assume E1=175Gpa E 2=23Gpa v12=0.28 G12=12Gpa and each ply
having thickness of 5mm.
(OR)
b) A thin walled cylindrical pressure vessel is to be designed for maximum strength using glass
fiber/epoxy prepegs using filament winding. Outline the design principles involved in the design of the
pressure vessel. Use any one of the failure criteria for design.
