Provide students with basic knowledge about the particular characteristics, that composite materials have, and distinguish them from conventional engineering materials.
Provide a comprehensive knowledge, of the most important aspects, of the manufacture of components and structures in composite materials. Recognize that each manufacturing technique requires different types of material systems, different conditions and different tools; each technique ́s advantages and disadvantages in terms of processing, size and shapes of manufactured components, unit cost, etc.
Give competences to the future mechanical engineer, to theoretically characterize any type of stacking sequence; and be able to make its calculation and simulation, in order to design components and structures in composite materials.
The student should be aware of the need to design the composite material, as a function of performance requirements, differences in the project in relation to the isotropic materials, and dimensioning the composite part connections to the global assembly, where it belong.
The student should gain sensitivity to the difficulties encountered in the manufacture and design of composite materials.
Know, understand and produce the technical information necessary for technicians to repair composite components and structures of composite materials in the different application areas.