Overview
This course will begin by covering the fundamental aspects of classical laminated plate theory to provide participants with the required knowledge and skills to be able to critically assess the benefits and penalties associated with using composite laminates in place of metals.
It will also demonstrate, through the development of spreadsheet design tools and the use of design databases, how to achieve performance improvements with respect to buckling, strength and thermal shape stability characteristics, through comparisons between conventional and non-conventional designs.
What You’ll Learn
Topic 1:
Critically assess the benefits and penalties associated with using composite laminates in place of metals
Topic 2:Understand and apply stiffness and compliance matrices for orthotropic laminates in fibre-aligned and general coordinate systems.
Topic 3:Calculate strains and stresses in a general laminate given a set of applied loads.
Topic 4:Calculate the material failure stresses.
Topic 5:Calculate the thermal response due to high temperature curing.
Topic 6:
Calculate the initial buckling stress for composite plates.
Topic 7:Perform Stiffness and Strength tailoring with non-conventional laminate designs to achieve specific performance characteristics.
Who Should Attend
• Graduates of Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering degree programs, who wish to gain deeper insights in the analysis and design of laminated composite materials
• Practicing engineers who require new skills and/or further evidence that non-conventional designs can lead to potential weight savings, improved performance and reduced manufacturing times.
Prerequisites
Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering degree.
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Certificate and Assessment
A Certificate of Participation will be issued to participants who:
- Attend at least 75% of the course
- Undertake non-credit bearing assessment during the course
Schedule
Day 1: 5 Mar 2021
| Welcome and Registration |
| Introduction to Laminated Plate Theory |
| Flat Laminates – Kirchhoff Hypothesis |
| Plane Stress Assumption |
| End of Day |
Day 2: 12 Mar 2021
| Force and Moment Resultants |
| The ABD relation |
| Design Rules |
| End of Day |
Day 3: 19 Mar 2021
| Stress-Strain relationships for Thermal effects |
| Failure criteria |
| Lamination Parameters and Laminate Databases |
| End of Day |
Day 4: 26 Mar 2021
| Buckling of laminated plates |
| Non-conventional Laminate Designs |
| Tailoring for Strength and Stiffness |
| End of Day |
Fees
| Category |
Full Fee |
After SF Funding |
| Singapore Citizen (Below 40) / Singapore PR |
$1,712.00 |
$513.60 |
| Singapore Citizen (40 & above) |
$1,712.00 |
$193.60 |
| Non-Singaporeans |
$1,712.00 |
Not Eligible |
Note:
- All figures include GST. GST applies to individuals and Singapore-registered companies.
- You can opt for either SkillsFuture Funding or Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy. Both cannot be combined.
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Terms & Conditions:
SkillsFuture Funding
To be eligible for the 70% training grant awarded, applicants (and/or their sponsoring organisations where applicable) must:
- Be a Singaporean Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident
- Not receive any other funding from government sources in respect of the actual grant disbursed for the programme
SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy
To be eligible for the 90% enhanced subsidy awarded, applicants (and/or their sponsoring organisations where applicable) must:
- Be a Singaporean Citizen
- Be at least 40 years old
- Not receive any other funding from government sources in respect of the actual grant disbursed for the programme
SIT reserves the right to collect the balance of the programme fees (i.e. the potential grant amount) directly from the applicants (and/or their sponsoring organisations where applicable) should the above requirements not be fulfilled.
SIT reserves the right to make changes to published course information, including dates, times, venues, fees and instructors without prior notice.
