Lectures

(all lectures are offered in German only)

Fibres: Properties, Manufacturing, Applications

Content (excerpt)

• Markets for fibres and textiles
• Characteristics and characterization of fibres
• Natural fibres
• Chemical fibres
• High performance fibres
• Textiles and new applications
• Textile process

Polymer Composite Materials Technology – Materials

Content (excerpt)

• Basic building blocks of fibre bundles: fibres, textiles, matrix
• Natural fibre composites: biocomposites
• Composite of connected: sandwich materials
• Defects of composites: distortion, porosities, etc.

Technology of Polymeric Fibre Composites – Processes

Content (excerpt)

• Thermoset Composites Processes: RTM, MVI
• Thermoplastic Composites Processes: Thermoforming, TFP Hybrid Yarns
• Quality Assurance in Fibre Composites: SHM, NDT
• CFRP in the Future: Fibre-Metal Hybrids, Recycling of Composite Materials

Mechanics I: Fundamentals of Mechanics of Fiber Composites

Content (excerpt)

• Mechanical Properties of Fibres and Matrix Systems
• Mixing Rules for Determining Elastic Characteristics
• Classic Laminate Theory
• Failure Criteria for Fibre Composites

Mechanics II: Further topics, building on the lecture Mechanics I

Content (excerpt)

• Damping properties of fibre composites
• Orthotropic disc theory – Orthotropic shelf theory
• Notches in fibre composites
• Calculation of fibre composites by means of the FEM

Further information about the lectures can be found here: https://www.fb4.uni-bremen.de/studium_e.html