Research Catalog

Title

Composite materials : design and applications / Daniel Gay, Suong V. Hoa.

Author

Gay, Daniel, 1942-

Publication

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Additional Authors

Hoa, S. V. (Suong V.)

Description

xiv, 548 pages : illustrations; 27 cm

Summary

"Responding to the need for a comprehensive reference on the design and applications of composites, Composite Materials: Design and Applications, Second Edition provides an authoritative examination of the composite materials used in current industrial applications. It delivers practical guidance to those working in this rapidly developing area of engineering." "This timely resource delivers unique analysis and design solutions needed to conceptualize and design components made from composites. It is an indispensable guide for students and practicing engineers working with composite materials."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

Matériaux composites. English

Alternative Title

Matériaux composites.

Subject

• Composite materials

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-543) and index.

Contents

1. Composite materials, interest, and properties -- 2. Fabrication processes -- 3. Ply properties -- 4. Sandwich structures -- 5. Conception and design -- 6. Joining and assembly -- 7. Composite materials and aerospace construction -- 8. Composite materials for other applications -- 9. Anisotropic elastic media -- 10. Elastic constants of unidirectional composites -- 11. Elastic constants of a ply along an arbitrary direction -- 12. Mechanical behavior of thin laminated plates -- 13. Elastic coefficients -- 14. The Hill-Tsai failure criterion -- 15. Composite beams in flexure -- 16. Composite beams in torsion -- 17. Flexure of thick composite plates -- 18. Applications.

ISBN

• 9781420045192 (alk. paper)
• 1420045199 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2007061450

OCLC

• OCM77012939
• 77012939
• SCSB-5351602

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries