Analysis and Performance of Fiber Composites (Society of Plastics Engineers Monographs) - Hardcover

Agarwal, Bhagwan D.; Broutman, Lawrence J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471511528 ISBN 13: 9780471511526

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1990

Synopsis

Today, fiber composites are found in such diverse products as aircraft, automobiles, electronics and appliances. This new edition of "Analysis and Performance of Fiber Composites" explores the mechanics and material characteristics of composite fiber materials, while examining their performance in practical design applications. Material new to this edition includes a chapter on fabrication methods emphasizing reinforced plastics, computer programs for calculating lamina and laminate properties, and new material on experimental methods and fracture mechanics.

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About the Author

About the authors Bhagwan D. Agarwal is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Dean of Research and Development at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. He has been Visiting Professor at the University of Utah and the University of Rhode Island. He has also been a consultant to such firms as Fel–Pro and Borg–Warner Chemicals and a number of organizations in India. The author of numerous technical research papers, Dr. Agarwal has also contributed chapters to several scientific books. Dr. Agarwal received a PhD in mechanics from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Lawrence J. Broutman is President of L. J. Broutman & Associates, Ltd. and Research Professor of Materials Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Dr. Broutman is a leading consultant to industry and government, a prolific contributor to numerous scientific journals, and coeditor of the texts, Modern Composite Materials and Treatise on Composite Materials. The author is a holder of several patents and a recipient of countless honors and awards for his scientific contributions. Dr. Broutman received a BS in civil engineering, and an MS and an ScD in materials science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

From the Inside Flap

Fiber reinforced composite materials are so integral to today,s product manufacture, a world without this innovative technology is impossible to imagine. Now routinely used in such high–tech fields as electronics, automobiles, aircraft, and space vehicles, they are also essential to everyday staples of modern life: containers and piping, sporting goods, and appliances. And no wonder. They offer outstanding mechanical properties, versatility of design, light weight, corrosion and impact resistance, excellent fatigue strength as well as ease of fabrication. This Second Edition of the reference classic, the standard text for composite materials courses worldwide, offers an unparalleled look at this important class of engineering materials. It offers a comprehensive treatment of the subject from the mechanics, materials, and analysis of fiber composites, to their fabrication, characterization, and performance in practical design applications in a single, newly expanded volume. Enhanced coverage, designed to provide a view of the total composites industry, includes a new chapter on fabrication methods with an emphasis on reinforced plastics, new material on experimental methods and fracture mechanics, as well as expanded discussion of predictive techniques, and micromechanics analysis. The balance of the text includes an up–to–date discussion of:

• computer analysis of laminates
• damage identification using nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques
• damage due to low–velocity impact
• influence of moisture on performance of polymer matrix composites
• stress corrosion of glass fibers and glass reinforced plastics

The new revisions in format numbering of sections and subsections, plus additional subject headings have made the Second Edition an even more accessible reference for students in mechanics and mechanical and aerospace engineering, as well as professional design engineers. The wealth of exercise problems at the end of each chapter serves to enhance comprehension of the material both in the classroom and at home. New features include a survey of commercially available computer software packages for calculating lamina and laminate properties, as well as a listing of the properties of commercial composites. Fiber composites, the fruit of pure innovative science, have brought countless improvements to our day–to–day lives. And no other reference to date describes the groundwork for this phenomenon with such clarity and depth. Analysis and Performance of Fiber Composites, Second Edition is an informative look at one of engineering science s most fascinating frontiers.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471511528
• ISBN 13: 9780471511526
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 472