
Impact Engineering of Composite Structures
Serge Abrate(Editor)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 27. December 2010
Book
Hardback
VII, 403 pages
978-3-7091-0522-1 (ISBN)
Description
The book provides an introduction to the mechanics of composite materials, written for graduate students and practitioners in industry. It examines ways to model the impact event, to determine the size and severity of the damage and discusses general trends observed during experiments.
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Series
Edition
2011 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Vienna
Austria
Publishing group
Springer Wien
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
VII, 403 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
781 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7091-0522-1 (9783709105221)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-7091-0523-8
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Person
Serge Abrate
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Energy
Southern Illinois University
Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-6603, USA
Content
S. Abrate: Introduction to the mechanics of composite materials. - S. Abrate: Mechanics of plates. - S. Abrate: Impact Dynamics. - U. K. Vaidya: Impact response of laminated and sandwich composites. - G. Belingardi, G. Chiandussi: Vehicle crashworthiness design. - W. J. Cantwell, M. Mujib, R. Day: The impact resistance of fiber metal laminates and hybrid materials. - R. Zaera: Ballistic impacts on polymer matrix composites, composite armor, personal armor