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Composite Mechanics 2012, TME240

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1. How many hours per week did you spend on this course?

38 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		3		7%
Around 20 hours/week»		13		34%
Around 25 hours/week»		15		39%
Around 30 hours/week»		5		13%
At least 35 hours/week»		2		5%

Genomsnitt: 2.73

- mostly on assignments and reading» (Around 25 hours/week)

2. How large part of the teaching offered did you attend?

38 svarande

0%»		1		2%
25%»		0		0%
50%»		1		2%
75%»		9		23%
100%»		27		71%

Genomsnitt: 4.6

- Could not attend all classes due to the schedule» (50%)
- ~90%» (100%)

3. What was your priority of this course compared to the other courses you follow?

Much lower»		0		0%
Somewhat lower»		1		2%
Equal»		21		55%
Somewhat higher»		14		36%
Much higher»		2		5%

Genomsnitt: 3.44

- » (Somewhat higher)

Goals and goal fulfilment

4. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		7		18%
The goals are difficult to understand»		0		0%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		9		23%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		22		57%

Genomsnitt: 3.21

5. Are the goals reasonable considering your background and the number of credits?

33 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		2		6%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		31		93%
No, the goals are set too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.93

- might be set a litle low» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)

6. Did the examination assess whether you have reached the goals?

No, not at all»		1		2%
To some extent»		14		41%
Yes, definitely»		18		52%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 2.55

- To Big exam» (No, not at all)
- Difficult to exam this subject in four hours since the calculations are so long. Therefore I think the exam was a good as can be hoped for, nevertheless it was not a very difficult exam.» (To some extent)
- Although knowledge of terminology as orthotropy and transversal isotropy etc was not tested (and many students was confused about the terminology). The students knowledge about manufacturing of composites did not meet the goal in general I think. » (To some extent)
- The exam was too long. I didn"t had time to complete the exam. This was because of all the calculations.» (To some extent)
- The finite element part of the exam could have been omitted. Name of the course was composite mechanics not finite elements. Getting acquainted to the finite elements method of working was ok but having it in the exam... was I think too much and out of place » (To some extent)
- the exam did asses wether the goals were reched BUT the first problem were hughely inflected by monkeywork solving matrices and calculating specific numbers. took more than two houres to solve and was almost a whole assignment 1 to solve. INTE OKEJ, INTE OKEJ! » (To some extent)
- no theory on manufacturing techniques, limitations etc what so ever» (To some extent)
- Yes, but it is was quite surprising with a FEM calculation question on the exam since we only had one lecture and no tutorial concerning this. Seems like the Applied Mechanics students would have a clear advantage in this question compared to the Naval Architecture students since they studied FEM in this lecture period. » (Yes, definitely)
- Personally, I spent to much time on the first task. Therefore, I did not have the time to think task 3b through properly, but started calculating "in panic".» (Yes, definitely)
- Especially if you consider the assignments as part of the examination.» (Yes, definitely)
- even though i have not read them the exam was good and proved knowlage in the area.» (Yes, definitely)
- There was not enough time on the exam for this type of time consuming problems.» (Yes, definitely)

Teaching and course administration

7. To what extent has the teaching been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		1		2%
Some extent»		1		2%
Large extent»		29		76%
Great extent»		7		18%

Genomsnitt: 3.1

- I haven"t attended due to time constraints from other courses, but the other students seem to be very happy with them.» (Small extent)
- Martin is a good teacher, keep up the good work!» (Large extent)
- the assignments were a great help» (Large extent)

8. What is your opinion of the lectures?

Very bad»		0		0%
Rather bad»		0		0%
Rather good »		12		32%
Very good»		25		67%

Genomsnitt: 3.67

- Very good, but some times the content has been to hard to actually understand. This understanding has on the other hand been taken care of during the tutorials and the assignments.» (Rather good )
- Good Handouts, good Lecture notes.» (Rather good )
- Superb, probably one of the best courses during my Chalmers education. Its obvious that Martin has put a lot of time and effort into this course.» (Very good)
- Very structured» (Very good)
- The lectures were really good. Martin is a very good professor in my opinion. Going to lecture was always fun! » (Very good)

9. What is your opinion of the tutorial sessions?

Very bad»		0		0%
Rather bad»		1		2%
Rather good »		18		48%
Very good»		18		48%

Genomsnitt: 3.45

- I would like to state the tutorial sessions as "OK". More focus should be on the theory and solution pattern. When referring to an equation - also tell a little about from where it is derived and what the equation means and also what the different variables means. Erik did not focus much on the calculations, which was good.» (Rather good )
- sometomes somewhat to detailed » (Rather good )
- Probably the best tutorial sessions during my time at Chalmers» (Very good)
- Erik has also been very good, always well prepared, clear solution and good presentation and language.» (Very good)
- Very good. The teacher, Eric, has done a superb job and his way of performing these sessions has given a very high learning effect.» (Very good)
- Very structured as well. However, sometimes it felt like Erik had done all the calculations using Matlab since he shortened the writing on the board. This made it hard during the repetition when preparing for the exam. » (Very good)
- Erik explained all the stuff really good. Good structure of the tutorial. » (Very good)

10. To what extent has the course book been of help for your learning?

38 svarande

Small extent»		1		2%
Some extent»		13		34%
Large extent»		15		39%
Great extent»		9		23%

Genomsnitt: 2.84

- did not buy it» (Small extent)
- The lecture notes are almost very good and the book is a good supplement to get deeper into a subject. » (Some extent)
- The book is rather expensive but not better than the lecture notes so that could it be possible to find another book which can cover all of the content?» (Some extent)
- Expensive and not available as a PDF at Chalmers Library.» (Some extent)
- The book is good but expensive, overall a good investment.» (Large extent)

11. To what extent have the lecture notes been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		1		2%
Some extent»		3		7%
Large extent»		19		50%
Great extent»		15		39%

Genomsnitt: 3.26

- I have mostly read the book.» (Small extent)
- The LN should have references to the litterature.» (Large extent)
- They were a great asset while doing the assignments.» (Large extent)
- more than the book» (Large extent)
- The lecture notes have been bery good in that they have consisely described everything with refs when more information were to be found at other places. Very good!» (Great extent)
- Very good job done. these notes have been essential for the understanding, and they have worked well next to the book. » (Great extent)
- Great complementary to the book.» (Great extent)
- The errors were a little bit annoying, but due to the fact that it is a new course, the lecture notes are really good. Martin did a great job!» (Great extent)
- But if we are expected to deliver an exam without any errors, one could expect the same from the examinor in the lecture notes» (Great extent)
- it was easier to learn by reading the lecture notes than reading the book. since the book was so expensive it probably would be enough with only the lecture notes as course literature.» (Great extent)

12. How well did the course administration and web page work?

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		1		2%
Rather well»		16		42%
Very well»		21		55%

Genomsnitt: 3.52

- Martin is ambitious and well structured. » (Rather well)
- Its very important that thinks like this work as it should and it really has. Always quick to correct errors and respond to email, things like this make students put in more effort. » (Very well)
- Since we were allowed to have LN as aids on the exam, it would have been nice if there were one .pdf to print out instead of 20+.» (Very well)
- However, the student portal is a very bad system, it is down almost every weekend which can be very frustrating when working on assignments. » (Very well)
- Overall good organization for the first time the course was held.» (Very well)

Examination

13. What is your opinion of the form of the examination?

38 svarande

Good»		38		100%
Bad»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1

- Good as the assignments were actually both giving knowledge and testing knowledge.» (Good)
- The 9piont assignments and 9point exam is a great way to structure the course» (Good)
- It was a challenging exam that tested our knowledge and understanding. However as mentioned before it was quite surprising with a FEM question. Other than that it was a fair exam.» (Good)
- I liked it a lot. How ever for the exam it self I prefer the usual mechanics courses arrangement with 5 questions á 5 points. off-course this would have to be combined with the assignment points to equal 50/50 distribution. But 3 questions seemed a little to few. Sometimes it"s harder with fewer questions since it could lead to that you need to be very good at that specific part off the course. (I don"t really think that was the case here, but it could be a problem) It also seems like the idea about having only 3 questions on the exam was a bit forced since both question 2 and 3 had sub-tasks which were not very related.» (Good)
- Too easy to lose points on the assignments» (Good)
- However different questions asked than in the example exam.» (Good)
- Since a lot of calculations during the assignments, more theory on exam could be sufficient. Not enough time on exam for matrix calculations.» (Good)

14. How was the workload in CA1: Stress analysis of thermo-mechanically loaded laminate?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		0		0%
Adequate»		30		78%
High»		5		13%
Too high»		3		7%

Genomsnitt: 3.28

- The assignments feel well planned from the lecturer. They have a good mixture when it comes to difficulties and the content gives a good understanding. As a student I was motivated and gained larger interest to the course through the assignments. The class has spent much time on the assignments, and less time on the exercises, at least until the exam preparations. I think that the timing of the last assignment could be less close to the exam, a week earlier perhaps, in order to not take away attention from the final preparations. I think the final outcome would be better by doing this. » (Adequate)
- An exapmle report would however help a lot. » (Adequate)
- there were theoretical questions we were asked to answer but we had not gone through that kind of aspects on lectures or tutorials so it was kind of hard to answer.» (Too high)
- Not previous experience with matlab so I guess this complicated things a lot.» (Too high)

15. To what extent was CA1 interesting and helpful for learning the topic?

Small/no extent»		0		0%
Some extent»		2		5%
Large extent»		19		50%
Great extent»		17		44%

Genomsnitt: 3.39

- Gave good understanding of the interaction between different plies.» (Large extent)
- You get all the fundamental parts. » (Great extent)

16. How was the workload in CA2: Finite element analysis of fibre-reinforced laminate?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		2		5%
Adequate»		28		73%
High»		8		21%
Too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.15

- To much given readymade - we could have implemented a large part by ourselves.» (Low)
- The ansys part was rather enjoyable, wish I could say the same about the matlab part. Difficulty understanding the theory behind the finite elements method coupled with the difficulty using matlab mad it more or less a nightmare. » (High)
- Good layout for the matlab code» (High)

17. To what extent was CA2 interesting and helpful for learning the topic?

Small/no extent»		0		0%
Some extent»		12		31%
Large extent»		17		44%
Great extent»		9		23%

Genomsnitt: 2.92

- Actually CA2 was done without understanding.» (Some extent)
- In my experience programming some FE plate does not help the understanding for the theory.» (Some extent)
- Matlab part was a bit tricky due to the given FE-code which was in some places slightly confusing. But since the FE-formulations are more like a toolbox which is used in this course it was manageable.» (Large extent)
- why did not miscalculation of A-tilde led to any reduction of the grade?» (Large extent)

18. How was the workload in CA3: Design and assessment of a composite rotor blade?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		4		10%
Adequate»		22		57%
High»		12		31%
Too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.21

- Didn"t get any help when needed» (High)

19. To what extent was CA3 interesting and helpful for learning the topic?

Small/no extent»		5		13%
Some extent»		9		23%
Large extent»		16		42%
Great extent»		8		21%

Genomsnitt: 2.71

- Was more a question of point and click than deep thinking, I think an additional ca in the style of ca2 would give more.» (Small/no extent)
- It would have been better with a simpler structure to make it easier to see the effect of the different stackups. » (Small/no extent)
- reversed engineering to solve this assignment, just click around until you get what you want, you did not necessary need to lern any thing from this as shown from the grading, everyone got 3p» (Small/no extent)
- We should have learnt more about the design methodology and procedure before the assignment - basically most groups just chosed lamina angles by trial&error» (Some extent)
- Hard to now how much "theory" we had to put in the report. There was alot of trail and error.» (Some extent)
- Was not very clear how to systematically increase the behavior of the blade. Felt like we improvised a whole lot. Would have been nice with some clearer directions on how to think when dealing with an arbitrary shape and not just a rectangular plate.» (Some extent)
- would have been nice to know some more about laminate design» (Some extent)
- The assignment was very fun since it was more focused on real "work-life problems" rather than calculations. » (Large extent)
- One practical exercice. Would be also good if you could give us some more hints what laminate setup is good and promising.» (Great extent)

20. How was the level of the written exam in terms of difficulty?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		1		2%
Adequate»		15		39%
High»		18		47%
Too high»		4		10%

Genomsnitt: 3.65

- But difficult to change this, there is no point in simply making the calculations harder because that doesn"t test the composite knowledge but how well we did in earlier math courses. Mayd allow the book and not the lecturenotes since they are such a good summary => makes it to easy to look up stuff at the exam => makes us less likely to study as much as we maybe should.» (Low)
- Reasonable.» (Adequate)
- The questions where good but too time consuming. There was not enough time available on the written exam.» (Adequate)
- as discussed above the difficulty was not to high but the extent of the work to solve problem one was too high.» (Adequate)
- The exam was to long. I see no need to give actual numbers for us to du hand calculations with, should be enough to derive the expressions. Pressing in numbers to the calculator 1 million times shows nothing about how well we"ve understood the subject composite mechanics.» (High)
- High, but fair. » (High)
- Big difference from the example exam» (High)
- För mycket beräkningar som inte visar på någon förståelse alls...» (High)
- 50% of the exam felt like almost new stuff?!» (High)
- I didint ecpect a question like 2a) (FEM part)» (High)
- Too large problems to solve in four hours and I dont think that solving huge equation systems shows how well you understand the course.» (Too high)
- Not enough time! And much more difficul then the exampelexam and the questions in the book!!!!» (Too high)

Study climate

21. How were the opportunities for asking questions and getting help?

Very poor»		2		5%
Rather poor»		1		2%
Rather good»		5		13%
Very good»		26		68%
I did not seek help»		4		10%

Genomsnitt: 3.76

- Espacially during examweek!» (Rather poor)
- Good Email contact.» (Very good)

22. How well has cooperation between you and your fellow students worked?

Very poorly»		0		0%
Rather poorly»		0		0%
Rather well»		4		10%
Very well»		33		86%
I did not seek cooperation»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 3.92

23. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		1		2%
Adequate»		23		60%
High»		14		36%
Too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.34

- The workload was high, but that is reasonable since half of the examination took place during almost all the study weeks» (High)
- But not to highlearned much from working with the assignment even though it took much time» (High)

24. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		1		2%
Adequate»		17		44%
High»		18		47%
Too high»		2		5%

Genomsnitt: 3.55

Summarizing questions

25. What is your general impression of the course?*

Poor»		0		0%
Fair»		1		2%
Adequate»		2		5%
Good»		14		36%
Excellent»		21		55%

Genomsnitt: 4.44 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

- It really showed that this was the first time the course was held.» (Fair)
- Maybe a bit more on the analysis of arbitrary shapes like the blade. I guess it´,s not very common to just have a square plate in the industry. » (Good)
- Maybe add Composite Mechanics II with some advanced stuff. Its a good course and important topics are covered.» (Good)
- I expected to get more FEM from the lecture. May be one more lecture could have helped, especially when problem appeared in the exam and I didn"t know how to approach it.» (Good)
- i think you did a great job. the mix of assignments and exam was good and the lecture notes also. more about the actual design of a specific laminate would be great. » (Good)
- I like the course but still exam was bad» (Good)
- These course is so far one of the best courses I have had on Chalmers. Both the teachers, Martin and Eric, seem really enthusiastic and interested in the students learning outcome. This has at me, given a motivation boost and made me perform higher than I would do else wise. The difficulty level and the workload have been balanced very well. » (Excellent)
- I really liked this course» (Excellent)
- One of the best courses I"ve taken.» (Excellent)
- except from the exam» (Excellent)

26. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

27. What should definitely be changed to next year?

28. Additional comments

* obligatoriska frågor