Composite materials : design and applications

"Responding to the need for a comprehensive reference on the design and applications of composites, Composite Materials: Design and Applications, Second Edition provides an authoritative examination of the composite materials used in current industrial applications. It delivers practical guidan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Gay, Daniel, 1942-
Other Authors Hoa, S. V.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2007]
EditionSecond edition.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781420045208
1420045202
9781628706215
162870621X
9781420045192
1420045199
Physical Description1 online resource (xiv, 548 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Principles of construction. Composite materials, interest, and properties ; Fabrication processes ; Ply properties ; Sandwich structures ; Conception and design ; Joining and assembly ; Composite materials and aerospace construction ; composite materials for other applications
  • pt. II. Mechanical behavior of laminated materials. anisotropic elastic media ; Elastic constants of unidirectional composites ; elastic constants of a ply along an arbitrary direction ; Mechanical behavior of thin laminated plates
  • pt. III. Justifications, composite beams, and thick plates. elastic coefficients ; the Hill-Tsai failure criterion ; composite beams in flexure ; Composite beams in torsion ; Flexure of thick composite plates
  • pt. IV. Applications. Applications.