Stress and strain analysis of continuous fiber composite materials. Orthotropic elasticity, lamination theory, failure criterion, and design philosophies, as applied to structural polymeric composites.

I. Introduction
   A. Definition of a "composite"
   B. Polymeric Materials
   C. Fiberous Materials
   D. Polymeric composites - commercially-available forms
   E. Manufacturing processes

II. Background Review
   A. Force Tensors
   B. Stress Tensors
   C. Strain Tensors

III. Material Properties - Anisotropic Materials
   A. Properties Relating Stress to Strain
   B. Properties Relating Temperature to Strain
   C. Properties Relating Moisture to Strain
   D. Properties Relating Stress (or Strain) to Failure

IV. Elastic Response of Anisotropic Material
   A. Hooke's Law - Stress only
   B. Hooke's Law - Stress and environmental effects

V. Unidirectional Composite Laminates
   A. Hooke's law, referenced to principal material coordinate system
   B. Hooke's law, referenced to arbitrary coordinate system
   C. Failure predictions
   D. Effective engineering properties

VI. Multi-angle Composite Laminates
   A. Thin-plate theory
   B. Classical Lamination Theory
   C. Effective elastic engineering properties

VII. Failure Predictions for Multi-angle Composite Laminates
   A. First-ply failure analysis
   B. Ply discount schemes
   C. Last-ply failure analysis
   D. Free-edge stresses

VIII. Composite Beams
   A. Stresses
   B. Deflections
   C. Failure Predictions

Dr. Patrick B. Stickler received a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. He has Master of Science degrees from Lehigh University and the University of Washington in Manufacturing Systems and Mechanical Engineering, respectively. His Ph.D. is in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington. His doctoral research work was on mechanical behavior and failure mechanisms of composite T-Joint with transverse stitching. Dr. Stickler has worked at Boeing for the past 15 years in manufacturing, design, and research engineering. He is currently on assignment with the 787 Program in Everett, Washington in Technology Integration.

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