Composite Materials in Engineering Structures

by Davis, Jennifer M.

• ISBN13: 9781617288579
• ISBN10: 1617288578
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-10-25
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Summary

Composite materials such as fiber-reinforced composites, aggregate composites, and natural fiber reinforced composites have been used widely in engineering structures in various industries. Composite laminates, especially fiber reinforced metal laminates (FRMLs) have been used extensively in aerospace structures. Composite laminates are materials that involve some combination on a macroscopic scale of two or more different primary structural engineering constituents such as polymers, metals, ceramics and glasses. This book presents current research from across the globe in the study of composite materials, including the effects of thermo-oxidation on composite materials and structures at high temperatures; damping in composite materials; fatigue and fracture of short fiber composites; and solutions for postbuckling of composite beams.

Table of Contents

Preface

Effects of Thermo-Oxidation on Composite Materials & Structures at High Temperatures

Damping in Composite Materials & Structures

Mechanical States Induced by Moisture Diffusion in Organic Matrix Composites: Coupled Scale Transition Models

Fatigue & Fracture of Short Fibre Composites Exposed to Extreme Temperatures

Fatigue of Polymer Matrix Composites at Elevated Temperatures - A Review

The Closed Form Solutions of Infinitesimal & Finite Deformation of 2-D Laminated Curved Beams of Variable Curvatures

Development & Application of Fibre-Reinforced Metal Laminates in Aerospace Structures

Exact Solution for the Postbuckling of Composite Beams

Index

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