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Rarely a single material suffice to provide the desired performance for particular applications and we typically resort to a combination of materials (or composite materials). Apart from that a single material may also have defects in its microstructure which influences response. This course describes how to deal with the mechanics aspect of the composite materials. Based on concepts of stress, strain definition for a continuum, this course is oriented towards developing a fundamental understanding of composite materials. At the end of this course, a successful student will be able to: • Evaluate effective properties of a composite material with inclusions of different shapes and put bounds on the homogenized values. • Evaluate effective properties of laminates. • Comprehend concepts of strength and failure criterion in composites and apply to design. Comprehend wave propagation relation in composites. • Appreciate the principles of homogenization used to scale up from micro/meso to that of the continuum level representation.