A course on Damage, Fatigue and Failure of Composite Materials

byProf.Dr.RameshTalreja

June,3th-5th2013,attheInstituteforCarbonComposites,TechnischeUniversitätMünchen

TheInstituteforCarbonComposites(LCC)isveryhappytoinviteyoutothis3daycoursewithProf.Dr.RameshTalreja.Thecourseisvaluableforengineersandmaterialsscientistsinindustryandacademia.

Course content (3 days):

Understanding damage and failure of compositemate-rials iscritical for reliableandcost-effectiveengineeringdesign.Bringing togethermaterialsmechanicsandmo-deling,thiscourseprovidesacompactguidetodamage,failureandfatigueofcompositematerials.

Onday 1Prof.Talrejafocusesontheunderlyingprinciplesgoverningcompositedamage,reviewingbasicequationsandmechanicstheory,beforedescribingmechanismsofdamagesuchascracking,breakageandbuckling.

Onday 2,thephysicalmechanismsunderlyingtheforma-tionandprogressionofdamageundermechanicalloadsaredescribedwithampleexperimentaldataandmicro-andmacro-leveldamagemodelsarecombined.

On day 3, fatigue of composite materials is discussedusingfatigue-lifediagrams.

Methodsformorereliabledesignofcompositestructuresarepresented.

Lecturer

Prof.Dr.RameshTalreja

TennecoProfessorTexasA&MUniversity,UnitedStates

Talreja iscurrentlyaprofessorofaerospaceengineeringat Texas A&M University. He has previously taught atGeorgiaTechfor10yearsandattheTechnicalUniversityofDenmarkfor15years.Hehascontributedextensivelytothefieldsofdamage,fatigueandfailureofcompositematerialsbyauthoringnumerousbooksandbookchap-tersaswellaseditingseveralencyclopedicworks.

Dr.Talrejahasauthoredthemonograph“FatigueofCom-positeMaterials”,andhaseditedseveralmajorworksin-cluding“PolymerMatrixComposites”,“DamageMecha-nics of CompositeMaterials” and “MultiscaleModelingandSimulationofCompositeMaterialsandStructures”,aswellascontributedchapterstonumerousbooks.Hisbook, “DamageandFailureofCompositeMaterials”, isappeared fromCambridgeUniversityPress in2012.Heis in theEditorialBoardsofeight journals,andhasser-ved as Associate Editor ofMechanics ofMaterials andas Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of AerospaceEngineering.

Fig.1Fatiguelifediagramforunidirectionalcompositesforaxialtension–tensionloading

Day 1 – Monday, June 3th 2013

08:30-10:30 Registration10:30-12:00 Introduction

DamagemechanismsinUDcomposites,inmultidirectionallamina-tesandintextilecomposites,durabilityandcost-effectivedesign

12:00-13:30 Lunchbreak13:30-15:00 Damage modelsMicro-damagemechanics;1-DShear-lagmodels; 2-Dvariationalmechanicsmodels;computationalmethods

15:00-15:30 Coffeebreak15:30-17:00 Damage models

Continuumdamagemechanics;internalvariableconcepts;homoge-nizationandRVE;damagecharacterization;damagemodetensors;stiffness-damagerelationships

Day 2 – Monday, June 4th 2013

8:30-10:00 Damage mechanicsSynergisticdamagemechanics;multipledamagemodes;viscoelas-ticcompositeswithdamage

10:00-10:30 Coffeebreak10:30-12:00 Damage evolution

CrackformationinUDcomposites;multiplecrackinginquasi-staticloading;strengthbasedmodels;energybasedmodels

12:00-13:30 Lunchbreak13:30-15:00 Failure criteria

Earlyphenomenologicaltheories;criteriawithphysicalconsidera-tions;HashinandPuckformulations;mechanismsbasedmodels

15:00-15:30 Coffeebreak

15:30-17:00 Fatigue damage mechanisms

Mechanismsandlifediagrams;UDcomposites;multidirectionallami-nates,textilecomposites;shortfibercomposites.

Day 3 – Wednesday, June 5th 2013

8:30-10:00 Fatigue life prediction-1Modelingoffatiguedamageevolution;failurecriteria;statisticalconsiderations

10:00-10:30 Coffeebreak10:30-12:00 Fatigue life prediction-2

Multiaxialfatigue;tensionandshearfatigueinteractions;effectofcycliccompression.

12:00-13:30 Lunchbreak

13:30-15:00 Future directions

Multiscalemodels,manufacturingdefects,cost-effectivedesign

15:00-16:00 Cometogether

General Information:

Registration and OrganizationInstituteforCarbonCompositesFacultyofMechnaicalEngineeringTechnischeUniversitätMünchenBoltzmannstr.15D-85748Garching,Germanywww.lcc.mw.tum.de

Byemail:karakus@lcc.mw.tum.deorbyfax:+49(0)89.289.15097

Forinquirespleasecontact:Ms.CigdemKarakus:+49(0)89.289.15128Dr.-Ing.RolandHinterhoelzl:+49(0)89.289.15072

Closing Date for RegistrationMay24th2013,12:00pm

Registration FeeIncl.printedconferencetranscriptandrefreshmentsIndustryparticipants 700€Academicparticipants 350€

Registration ConditionsOnreceiptofyourregistration,confirmationwillbesenttothee-mailaddressgiven.Aninvoicewillbesentviaemailtothegivenaddressunlessotherwisestated.CancellationsreceivedbeforeMay24th2013areexemptfromcharges.Forlatercancellationsandfornon-attendance,thefullamountwillbeincurred.Substitutionofparticipantsispossibleac-cordingtoprioragreement.Programissubjecttochange.

ArrivalThecoursewillbetakeninGarchingHochbrück,InstituteforCarbonComposites,Parkring35-37,85748Garching

By car:ExitautobahnA9atGarching-SüdandfollowthelabelingtoBusinessCampusGarching-Hochbrück.

Local transport:UndergroundlineU6toGarchingHochbrück

Notethatthepublictransportationwillbeconstrictedbet-weenundergroundline“Freimann”and“Kieferngarten”fromMaytillAugust2013.

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