Flow Induced Alignment in Composite Materials (Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering) - Hardcover

Papathanasiou, T. D.; Guell, D. C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1855732548 ISBN 13: 9781855732544

Publisher: CRC Press, 1997

Synopsis

From the Preface The purpose of this book is to present within a single volume, detailed information concerning the science, processing, applications, characterization and properties of composite materials reinforced with short fibres that have been oriented in a preferred direction by flows arising during processing. This book is intended to be useful to . . . materials scientists and other specialists in the field . . . and engineers, designers and producers of composites reinforced with short fibres. To our knowledge, this is the first time information pertaining to this important class of engineering materials has been systematically presented within a single volume. The purpose of aligning short fibres in a fibre-reinforced material is to improve the mechanical properties of the resulting composite. Aligning the fibres, generally in a preferred direction, allows them to contribute as much as possible to reinforcing the material. In some instances, the mechanical properties of these aligned, short-fibre composites can approach those of continuous-fibre composites, with the added advantage of low production costs and greater ease of production. The book covers theory, processing, characterization and properties. More specifically, the topics considered . . . include fibre alignment and material rheology; processes that can produce fibre alignment in polymeric, liquid crystal polymeric and metallic composites; materials characterization and mechanical properties; and modelling of processes and material properties.

About this title

About the Authors

Dr T. D.Papathanasiou obtained his engineering diploma from the National technical University of Athens and his PhD in chemical engineering from McGill University. Between 1992 and 1997 he was Unilever Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at Imperial College, London and he is currently Associate professor at the University of South Carolina, USA.

Dr D. C. Geull received his BS in chemical engineering from Iowa State University and his MS and PhD in chemical engineering from MIT. He was then awarded a Director's Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos National laboratory and later accepted a position as a technical staff member there.

From the Back Cover

The purpose of aligning short fibres in a fibre-reinforced material is to improve the mechanical properties of the resulting composite. Aligning the fibres, generally in a preferred direction, allows them to contribute as much as possible to reinforcing the material.

Flow induced alignment in composite materials details, in a single volume, the science, processing, applications, characterisation and properties of composite materials reinforced with short fibres that have been orientated in a preferred direction by flows arising during processing. The topics discussed include fibre alignment and materials rheology; processes that can produce fibre alignment in polymeric, liquid crystal polymeric, and metallic composites; materials characterization and mechanical properties; and modelling of processes and materials properties.

The technology of fibre-reinforced composites is continually evolving and this book provides timely and much needed information about this important class of engineering materials. The book is an essential reference work for industry and an indispensable guide for the research worker, advanced student and materials scientist.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1855732548
• ISBN 13: 9781855732544
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 363