AKTU High Performance Fibres and Composites (BTT072) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech 4th Year

Course Objectives: The objective of this course is to introduce the manufacturing methods and properties of various high-performance fibres known for their high tensile properties or thermal resistance. Another objective of this course is to familiarize the students with fibre reinforced composites, their manufacturing methods and evaluation.

Unit 1: Introduction, history and development of high-performance fibres, Aramid fibres,

polymerisation of meta and para-aramid, concept of liquid crystalline state, dry-jet wet spinning, structure and properties of aramids, applications, introduction about other high-performance fibre, UHMWPE, Aromatic polyester, PBO and PEEK.

Total Lecture required = 8

Unit 2: Carbon fibre, Precursors for carbon fibre, Rayon based, PAN based, and pitch based

carbon fibres, Stabilisation, Carbonisation and Graphitisation, Comparison of carbon fibres from precursors, Surface treatment of carbon fibre, properties and applications, Introduction to Glass fibre, Ceramic fibre, properties and applications.

Total Lecture required = 8

Unit 3: Definitions, Composites, Reinforcements and matrices, Types of reinforcements, Types of

matrices, Types of composites, Carbon Fibre composites, Properties of composites in comparison with standard materials, Applications of metal, ceramic and polymer matrix composites.

Total Lecture required = 8

Unit 4: Hand and spray lay - up, injection molding, resin injection, filament winding, pultrusion,

centrifugal casting and prepregs. Fibre/Matrix Interface, mechanical. Textile composites:

Constituents of composites, roles of reinforcement, matrix and interface, different forms of reinforcement, Thermoplastic and thermoset matrices, 3D Woven Textile Structural Polymer Composites.

Total Lecture required = 8

Unit 5: Design, Development, and Characterization of Advanced Textile Structural Hollow

Composites, Testing of composites, tensile, bending and impact testing, three-point bending test, Izod and Charpy impact tests and their differences, Dynamic mechanical analysis, Storage and loss moduli and damping factor.

Total Lecture required = 8 Grand total of lectures required = 40 Course Outcome: After completing the course student will be able to: 1 Understand high-performance fibre, aramid fibre types, polymerisation of aramide and other high-performance fibres. 2 Carbon fibre precursors types, process of manufacturing carbon fibres, properties and applications, introduction of glass fibre and ceramic fibre. 3 Basics of composites and its types, properties and applications of carbon fibre composite, polymer fibre composites. 4 Different techniques to prepare prepegs, manufacturing of textile composites, 3D woven composites. 5 Design and development of hollow composites, testing and characterization of composite materials.

Text Books

1. High Performance Fibres, by J. W. S. Hearle, Woodhead Publishing, 2001
2. High Performance Fibres by S. K. Mukhopadyay, Textile progress Vol. 25, Textile Institute, Manchester, 1993
3. An Introduction to Composite Materials by D. Hull and T.W. Clyne, Cambridge University Press; 3rd edition, 2019
4. Fiber Reinforced Composites Materials: Manufacturing, and Design by P. K. Mallick, CRC Press, 2008
5. Analysis and Performance of Fiber Composites by B. D. Agarwal, L. J. Broutman, K. Chandrashekhara, Wiley, 2015
6. Composite Materials: Science and Engineering by K. K. Chawla, Springer, 2015
7. Advances in Textile Structural Composite by Rajesh Mishra, Polymers MDPI, 2023
8. NPTEL course on High Performance and Speciality Fibres by M. Jassal, IIT Delhi