Composite Materials
Design and Applications, Third Edition
3rd Edition
Published on 29. July 2014
Book
Hardback
636 pages
978-1-4665-8487-7 (ISBN)
Description
Considered to have contributed greatly to the pre-sizing of composite structures, Composite Materials: Design and Applications is a popular reference book for designers of heavily loaded composite parts. Fully updated to mirror the exponential growth and development of composites, this English-language Third Edition:
Contains all-new coverage of nanocomposites and biocomposites
Reflects the latest manufacturing processes and applications in the aerospace, automotive, naval, wind turbine, and sporting goods industries
Provides a design method to define composite multilayered plates under loading, along with all numerical information needed for implementation
Proposes original study of composite beams of any section shapes and thick-laminated composite plates, leading to technical formulations that are not found in the literature
Features numerous examples of the pre-sizing of composite parts, processed from industrial cases and reworked to highlight key information
Includes test cases for the validation of computer software using finite elements
Consisting of three main parts, plus a fourth on applications, Composite Materials: Design and Applications, Third Edition features a technical level that rises in difficulty as the text progresses, yet each part still can be explored independently. While the heart of the book, devoted to the methodical pre-design of structural parts, retains its original character, the contents have been significantly rewritten, restructured, and expanded to better illustrate the types of challenges encountered in modern engineering practice.
Contains all-new coverage of nanocomposites and biocomposites
Reflects the latest manufacturing processes and applications in the aerospace, automotive, naval, wind turbine, and sporting goods industries
Provides a design method to define composite multilayered plates under loading, along with all numerical information needed for implementation
Proposes original study of composite beams of any section shapes and thick-laminated composite plates, leading to technical formulations that are not found in the literature
Features numerous examples of the pre-sizing of composite parts, processed from industrial cases and reworked to highlight key information
Includes test cases for the validation of computer software using finite elements
Consisting of three main parts, plus a fourth on applications, Composite Materials: Design and Applications, Third Edition features a technical level that rises in difficulty as the text progresses, yet each part still can be explored independently. While the heart of the book, devoted to the methodical pre-design of structural parts, retains its original character, the contents have been significantly rewritten, restructured, and expanded to better illustrate the types of challenges encountered in modern engineering practice.
Reviews / Votes
"Very good illustrations on the problem setup, theory, and physical representation. Very easy to follow."-Dr. Gang Wang, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
"This book covers the topics related to the mechanics of composite materials in a very simple way. ... It is addressed to graduate and undergraduate students as well as to practical engineers who want to enhance their knowledge and learn the guidelines of the use of composite materials. ... This book is...a good classroom material...[and] a good reference."
-Dr. Pierre Rahme, Notre Dame University, Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
"The author has worked out many practical problems in closed form. Such solutions are useful to see the effects of parameters that can form the basis of optimization. Such observations are not always easy to do with digital solutions like those from finite element analysis. Another advantage of closed-form solution is its speed in getting the answers, and it has no numerical convergence issue. ... This is an excellent textbook for teaching and also a reference for practicing engineers. I highly recommend it."
-Stephen W. Tsai, Stanford University, California, USA
More details
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bosa Roca
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Engineers, designers, and technicians, as well as teachers and students at the undergraduate through post-graduate level.
Illustrations
468 s/w Abbildungen, 40 s/w Tabellen
150 b/w images
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
1300 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4665-8487-7 (9781466584877)
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04/2007
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Person
Daniel Gay has led the Laboratoire de Genie Mecanique de Toulouse, now the Institut Clement Ader, from its inception for over 15 years. A former student of the Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, Dr. Gay has authored numerous articles, scientific publications, and industrial reports on composite materials and structures. He has taught at undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels in many schools and institutions, including the Universite Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III (UPS), Instituts Universitaires de Technologie (IUT), Institut National des Sciences Appliquees (INSA), Ecole Nationale Superieure de l'Aeronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE), and Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees (ENSTA).
Content
Composite Materials: Interest and Physical Properties. Manufacturing Processes. Ply Properties. Sandwich Structures. Conception: Design and Drawing. Conception: Fastening and Joining. Composite Materials and Aerospace Construction. Composite Materials for Various Applications. Anisotropic Elastic Medium. Elastic Constants of Unidirectional Composites. Elastic Constants of a Ply in Any Direction. Mechanical Behavior of Thin Laminated Plates. Elastic Coefficients. Damage in Composite Parts; Failure Criteria. Bending of Composite Beams of Any Section Shape. Torsion of Composite Beams of Any Section Shape. Bending of Thick Composite Plates. Applications Levels 1-3.