Composite Materials: Design and Applications, Third Edition

Composite Materials: Design and Applications, Third Edition

<P>Considered to have contributed greatly to the pre-sizing of composite structures, <B>Composite Materials: Design and Applications </B>is a popular reference book for designers of heavily loaded composite parts. Fully updated to mirror the exponential growth and development of composites, this English-language <B>Third Edition</B>:</P> <UL> <LI>Contains all-new coverage of nanocomposites and biocomposites</LI> <LI>Reflects the latest manufacturing processes and applications in the aerospace, automotive, naval, wind turbine, and sporting goods industries</LI> <LI>Provides a design method to define composite multilayered plates under loading, along with all numerical information needed for implementation</LI> <LI>Proposes original study of composite beams of any section shapes and thick-laminated composite plates, leading to technical formulations that are not found in the literature</LI> <LI>Features numerous examples of the pre-sizing of composite parts, processed from industrial cases and reworked to highlight key information</LI> <LI>Includes test cases for the validation of computer software using finite elements</LI> <P></P></UL> <P>Consisting of three main parts, plus a fourth on applications, <B>Composite Materials: Design and Applications, Third Edition</B> features a technical level that rises in difficulty as the text progresses, yet each part still can be explored independently. While the heart of the book, devoted to the methodical pre-design of structural parts, retains its original character, the contents have been significantly rewritten, restructured, and expanded to better illustrate the types of challenges encountered in modern engineering practice.</P>