Mechanics of Composite Structural Elements

✍ Scribed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Holm Altenbach, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. Johannes Altenbach, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Wolfgang Kissing (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 487
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This textbook is written for use not only in engineering curricula of aerospace, civil and mechanical engineering, but also for materials science and applied mechanics. Furthermore, it addresses practicing engineers and researchers. No prior knowledge of composite materials and structures is required for the understanding of its content. The structure and the level of presentation is close to classical courses of "Strength of Materials" or "Theory of Beams, Plates and Shells". Yet two extensions have been included: the linear elastic material behavior of isotropic and non-isotropic structural elements, and inhomogeneous material properties in the thickness direction. The Finite Element Analysis of laminate and sandwich structures is briefly presented. Many solved examples illustrate the application of the techniques learned.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Classification of Composite Materials....Pages 1-14
Linear Anisotropic Materials....Pages 15-76
Effective Material Moduli for Composites....Pages 77-90
Elastic Behavior of Laminate and Sandwich Composites....Pages 91-160
Classical and Improved Theories....Pages 161-182
Failure Mechanisms and Criteria....Pages 183-204
Modelling and Analysis of Beams....Pages 205-250
Modelling and Analysis of Plates....Pages 251-314
Modelling and Analysis of Circular Cylindrical Shells....Pages 315-338
Modelling and Analysis of Thin-walled Folded Structures....Pages 339-376
Finite Element Analysis....Pages 377-434
Matrix Operations....Pages 435-440
Stress and strain transformations....Pages 441-442
Differential Operators for Rectangular Plates (Classical Plate Theory)....Pages 443-444
Differential Operators for Rectangular Plates (Shear Deformation Theory)....Pages 445-446
Differential Operators for Circular Cylindrical shells (Classical Shell Theory)....Pages 447-448
Differential Operators for Circular Cylindrical Shells (Shear Deformation Theory)....Pages 449-450
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Material’s properties....Pages 453-458
References....Pages 459-464
Back Matter....Pages 465-468

✦ Subjects

Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods; Classical Continuum Physics; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Mechanics