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By
V.V. Vasiliev, Department of Mechanics and Optimization of Processes and Structures, Russian State University of Technology, Moscow, Russia
E. Morozov, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
Description
This book is concerned with the topical problems of mechanics of advanced composite materials whose mechanical properties are controlled
by high-strength and high-stiffness continuous fibers embedded in polymeric, metal, or ceramic matrix. Although the idea of combining
two or more components to produce materials with controlled properties has been known and used from time immemorial, modern composites
were only developed several decades ago and have now found intensive application in different fields of engineering, particularly in
aerospace structures for which high strength-to-weight and stiffness-to-weight ratios are required.
There already exist numerous
publications that cover anisotropic elasticity, mechanics of composite materials, design, analysis, fabrication, and application of composite
structures but the difference between this book and the existing ones is that this is of a more specific nature. It covers specific
features of material behaviour such as nonlinear elasticity, plasticity, creep, and structural nonlinearity and discusses in detail the
problems of material micro- and macro-mechanics that are only slightly touched in existing books, e.g. stress diffusion in a unidirectional
material with broken fibers, physical and statistical aspects of fiber strength, coupling effects in anisotropic and laminated materials,
etc.
The authors are designers of composite structures who were involved in practically all the main Soviet and then Russian projects
in composite technology, and the permission of the Russian Composite Center - Central Institute of Special Machinery (CRISM) to use in
this book the pictures of structures developed and fabricated in CRISM as part of the joint research and design project is much appreciated.
Mechanics and Analysis of Composite Materials consists of eight chapters progressively covering all structural levels of
composite materials from their components through elementary plies and layers to laminates.
Audience
For researchers and specialists in mechanical engineering involved with and interested in composite technology, and design and analysis
of composite structures; also for engineering graduate students as a reference text.
Contents
Preface.
Introduction.
Structural Materials. Composite Materials. Fibers for Advanced Composites. Matrix materials.
Processing. References.
Fundamentals of Mechanics of Solids.
Stresses. Equilibrium Equations. Stress Transformation.
Principal Stresses. Displacements and Strains. Transformation of Small Strains. Compatibility Equations. Admissible Static and Kinematic
Fields. Constitutive Equations for an Elastic Solid. Formulations of the Problem. Variational Principles. Principle of minimum total
potential energy. Principle of minimum strain energy. Mixed variational principles. References
Mechanics of a Unidirectional
Ply.
Ply Architecture. Fiber-Matrix Interaction.
Theoretical and actual strength.
Statistical aspects of fiber strength. Stress
diffusion in fibers interacting through the matrix. Fracture toughness. Micromechanics of a Ply. Mechanical Properties of a Ply under
Tension, Shear, and Compression. Longitudinal tension. Transverse tension. In-plane shear. Longitudinal compression. Transverse compression.
Hybrid Composites. Phenomenological Homogeneous Model of a Ply. References.
Mechanics of a Composite Layer.
Isotropic
Layer. Linear elastic model. Nonlinear models. Unidirectional Orthotropic Layer. Linear elastic model. Nonlinear models. Unidirectional
Anisotropic Layer. Linear elastic model. Nonlinear models. Orthogonally Reinforced Orthotropic Layer. Linear elastic model. Nonlinear
models. Angle-Ply Orthotropic Layer. Linear elastic model. Nonlinear models. Free-edge effects. Fabric Layers. Lattice Layer. Spatially
Reinforced Layers and Bulk Materials. References
Mechanics of Laminates.
Stiffness Coefficients of a Generalized Anisotropic
Layer. Stiffness Coefficients of a Homogeneous Layer. Stiffness Coefficients of a Laminate. Quasi-Homogeneous Laminates. Laminate composed
of identical homogeneous layers. Laminate composed of inhomogeneous orthotropic layers. Laminate composed of angle-ply layers. Quasi-Isotropic
Laminates. Symmetric Laminates. Antisymmetric Laminates. Sandwich Structures. Coordinate of the Reference Plane. Stresses in Laminates.
Example. References
Failure Criteria and Strength of Laminates.
Failure Criteria for an Elementary Composite Layer
or Ply. Maximum stress and strain criteria. Approximation strength criteria. Interlaminar strength. Practical Recommendations and Discussion.
Examples. References
Environmental, Special Loading, and Manufacturing Effects.
Temperature Effects. Thermal conductivity.
Thermoelasticity. Hydrothermal Effects and Aging. Time and Time-Dependent Loading Effects. Viscoelasticity. Durability. Cyclic loading.
Impact loading. Manufacturing Effects. References
Optimal Composite Structures.
. Optimal Fibrous Structures. Composite
Laminates of Uniform Strength. Application to Pressure Vessels. References.
Name index.
Subject index.
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Hardbound, 424 pages, publication date: FEB-2001
ISBN-13: 978-0-08-042702-7
ISBN-10: 0-08-042702-2
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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