The six-volume Delaware composites design encyclopedia provides basic knowledge about the design and analysis of composite materials and structures. It is intended for use by engineers, material scientists, designers, and other technical personnel involved in the applications of composite materials to industrial products. Volume 6, Test methods, contains a review of test methods (ASTM standards and guides) for characterizing constituent properties, composite thermomechanical properties, and physical properties. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
This book presents a list of six volumes of the Delaware Composite Design Encyclopedia dealing with mechanical behaviour and properties of composite materials, microchemical material modeling, processing and fabrication technology, failure analysis, design studies, and test methods. Volume IV covers the Failure Analysis of Composite Materials.
This book presents a list of six volumes of the Delaware Composite Design Encyclopedia dealing with mechanical behaviour and properties of composite materials, microchemical material modeling, processing and fabrication technology, failure analysis, design studies, and test methods.
Introduction to Anisotropic Elasticity - Special Applications: Mechanics of Anisotropic Materials - Micromodels for Continuous Fiber Composites - Micromodels for Particulate/Discontinuous Fiber Composites - Introduction to Viscoelasticity - Micromodels for Predicting Viscoelastic Behavior - Transport Properties
The book aims at giving an overview of current methods in engineering mechanics of FRP components and structures as well as hybrid components and structures. Main emphasis is on basic micro and macro mechanics of laminates. Long as well as short fibre composites are studied, and criteria for different kinds of rupture are treated. Micromechanical considerations for material characterization and mechanisms of static ductile and brittle rupture are studied, as well as FRP structures under thermal and dynamic loading programs. Optimum design and manufacture situations are described as well. The book makes designers familiar with the opportunities and limitations of modern high quality fibre composites. Practical engineering applications of the described analytical and numerical methods are also presented.
Structural Health Monitoring of Aerospace Composite Structures offers a comprehensive review of established and promising technologies under development in the emerging area of structural health monitoring (SHM) of aerospace composite structures. Beginning with a description of the different types of composite damage, which differ fundamentally from the damage states encountered in metallic airframes, the book moves on to describe the SHM methods and sensors currently under consideration before considering application examples related to specific composites, SHM sensors, and detection methods. Expert author Victor Giurgiutiu closes with a valuable discussion of the advantages and limitations of various sensors and methods, helping you to make informed choices in your structure research and development. - The first comprehensive review of one of the most ardent research areas in aerospace structures, providing breadth and detail to bring engineers and researchers up to speed on this rapidly developing field - Covers the main classes of SHM sensors, including fiber optic sensors, piezoelectric wafer active sensors, electrical properties sensors and conventional resistance strain gauges, and considers their applications and limitation - Includes details of active approaches, including acousto-ultrasonics, vibration, frequency transfer function, guided-wave tomography, phased arrays, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (ECIS), among other emerging methods
