BHARATHIYAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COMPOSITE MATERIALS
Unit-I
TWO MARK QUESTIONS
Year: VI-MECH A & B

Answer all questions (20x2=40)

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What is a composite?
What are natural composites? Give examples.
What is a reinforced composite?
What is Filled composite? Give some examples of fillers commonly used in
composites.
5. What are the general requirements of all composite materials?
6. What is the role of a coupling agent present in the interface between
reinforcement and matrix?
7. What is the basic principle used in the fibre reinforced composites?
8. What are whiskers? Name some whiskers that are currently available.
9. List the types of fibres used as reinforcements in composites.
10.What are the disadvantages of glass fibres?
11.Define Filled Composites.
12.List some typical ceramic matrix composite systems.
13.What are the advantages of thermo plastic matrices?
14.Define Cermets/Ceramal.
15.What are fiber metal laminates?
16.What are the classifications of polymers?
17.Define the terms filament, strand, yarn.
18.What is Interface?
19.What is roving?
20.What are the roles of matrix in FRP?

BHARATHIYAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COMPOSITE MATERIALS
Unit-II
TWO MARK QUESTIONS
Year: VI-MECH A & B

Answer all questions (20x2=40)

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Define the term fibres.

What are liquid resins?
List various factors affecting polymer materials properties.
List the kind of structures commonly formed in polymers.
What do you mean by branching?
Give examples of various filler materials used in plastics.
What are plasticizers? What is the purpose of adding them in a polymer?
Name some common plasticizers.
8. Define the term polymer.
9. What for catalysts added to a polymer?
10.Why are lubricants added to polymer?
11.Define the term thermoplastics. Give some examples
12.What are thermosetting plastics? Give some examples.
13.Which polymers are called naturally occurring polymers?
14.Name some of the naturally occurring and some synthetic polymers.
15.. List the various advantages of plastics.
16.What is polypropylene and what is its repeated structural unit.
17.What is the function of fiber surface treatment?
18.Why the coupling agents are used with glass fiber?
19.Why silane is preferred as coupling agent with glass fibers?
20.What is fiber architecture?

BHARATHIYAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COMPOSITE MATERIALS
Unit-III
TWO MARK QUESTIONS
Year: VI-MECH A & B

Answer all questions (20x2=40)

1. Draw the flowchart for composite laminate part fabrication?
2. Define release film?
3. What is Bleeder plies?
4. What is RTM process?
5. Define Shrinkage.
6. What is the purpose of vacuum bag?
7. What are the factors influencing the cure cycle?
8. What is the significance of finding Gel time?
9. What are the types of open mould process?
10.What are the types of closed mould process?
11.Define Viscosity of Fluid.
12.Write short notes on filament winding?
13.What is compression moulding?
14.. Give names of various polymers used in advanced polymer composites.
15.Define epoxy.
16.Name the materials used in hand layup process.
17.What is the application of Bag molding process?
18.How is the maximum temperature inside the layup determined?
19.What are the advantages of compression molding process?
20.What are the factors affecting the quality of composites?

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DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COMPOSITE MATERIALS
Unit-IV
TWO MARK QUESTIONS
Year: VI-MECH A & B

Answer all questions (20x2=40)

1. What are two basic approaches to the micromechanics of composite
materials?
2. What are the approaches performed in elasticity?
3. Define lamina.
4. Define stress.
5. What are the basic assumptions made in lamination theory?
6. Describe the maximum principal stress theory?
7. What are the uses of lamination theory?
8. Describe the maximum principal strain theory?
9. What are isotropic materials?
10.What are anisotropic materials?
11.What are orthotropic materials?
12.What is called fiber pullout?
13.Name any two FEA softwares used in composite?
14.What is important function of matrix in FRP?
15.What are the two failure modes present in compression?
16.What are the assumptions made for macro mechanics of laminated
composites?
17.List few special types of laminates?
18.What are quasi-isotropic laminate?
19.What is the difference between homogeneous and isotropic material?
20.Define rule of mixture.

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DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COMPOSITE MATERIALS
Unit-V
TWO MARK QUESTIONS
Year: VI-MECH A & B

Answer all questions (20x2=40)

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What are fatigue properties of composite material?

What are the variables influencing the cycle to failure?
What is S-N diagram?
When will the number of cycles to failure increase?
What is the common practice of specifying the fatigue strength of the
material?
6. Write the ASTM code for tension-tension fatigue cycling test
7. Name the two types of fatigue test on composites
8. Write the formula for finding the maximum fatigue stress.
9. What will be the effect of lower fatigue strength in flexure?
10.What is the effect of notches on fatigue strength?
11.What is the damage mechanism during fatigue failure?
12.Why strain-controlled test is expected produce a higher fatigue life than
stress controlled test?
13.What are the factors influencing strength of bonded joints?
14.Write any two advantages of bonded composites.
15.Why failure theories are not applicable to composite materials?
16.Write down the maximum strain theory.
17.What are the basic joints of composites?
18.Write any two advantages of mechanical joints.
19.Write any two disadvantages of mechanical joints.
20.Write any two advantages of bonded joints.