Introduction to design with light alloys, ceramic and sintered materials: mechanical properties, fatigue behaviour, design approaches, constitutive modelling and FEM
Short fiber composites: constituents and mechanical properties and dependence on direction; Generalized Hooke's law for anisotropic continuous, fatigue, modelling and FEM.
Composites Laminate: Micromechanics, Macromechanics and failure criteria for orthotropic lamina; Laminate configuration and production methods; Classic Laminate theory, ABBD equation, effective constants; Laminate failure analysis, thermomechanical analysis, interlaminar stresses; Design guidelines, examples of design of structural elements; Flexure of laminated beams and panels; Fatigue of composites materials; FEM and software tools for laminate analysis.
Design for Additive Manufacturing: Design approaches, properties, opportunities for structural optimization. Application of cellular structures (metallic foams, honeycombs, lattices) homogenization methods and modelling
Sandwich structures: constituents and properties, failure modes, stress analysis, FEM modelling
Adhesive joints: classification, analytical and numerical approaches for the study of stress state, design methods