Advanced Mechanics of Composite Materials

✍ Scribed by V.V. Vasiliev and E. Morozov (Auth.)

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 815
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Advanced Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structural Elements analyzes contemporary theoretical models at the micro- and macro levels of material structure. Its coverage of practical methods and approaches, experimental results, and optimization of composite material properties and structural component performance can be put to practical use by researchers and engineers.
The third edition of the book consists of twelve chapters progressively covering all structural levels of composite materials from their constituents through elementary plies and layers to laminates and laminated composite structural elements. All-new coverage of beams, plates and shells adds significant currency to researchers.
Composite materials have been the basis of many significant breakthroughs in industrial applications, particularly in aerospace structures, over the past forty years. Their high strength-to-weight and stiffness-to-weight ratios are the main material characteristics that attract the attention of the structural and design engineers. Advanced Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structural Elements helps ensure that researchers and engineers can continue to innovate in this vital field.
Detailed physical and mathematical coverage of complex mechanics and analysis required in actual applications - not just standard homogeneous isotropic materials
Environmental and manufacturing discussions enable practical implementation within manufacturing technology, experimental results, and design specifications.
Discusses material behavior impacts in-depth such as nonlinear elasticity, plasticity, creep, structural nonlinearity enabling research and application of the special problems of material micro- and macro-mechanics.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface to the Third Edition, Pages xi-xiii
Chapter 1 - Introduction, Pages 1-27
Chapter 2 - Fundamentals of mechanics of solids, Pages 29-51
Chapter 3 - Mechanics of a unidirectional ply, Pages 53-124
Chapter 4 - Mechanics of a composite layer, Pages 125-241
Chapter 5 - Mechanics of laminates, Pages 243-297
Chapter 6 - Failure criteria and strength of laminates, Pages 299-352
Chapter 7 - Environmental, special loading, and manufacturing effects, Pages 353-433
Chapter 8 - Laminated composite beams and columns, Pages 435-486
Chapter 9 - Laminated composite plates, Pages 487-583
Chapter 10 - Thin-walled composite beams, Pages 585-684
Chapter 11 - Circular cylindrical shells, Pages 685-743
Chapter 12 - Optimal composite structures, Pages 745-796
Author Index, Pages 797-799
Subject Index, Pages 801-818