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| Title: | Composite Materials Research Progress
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| Author: | Lucas P Durand (ed) |
| ISBN: | 1600219942 : 9781600219948 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 180x260mm |
| Pages: | 307 |
| Weight: | .838 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - March 2008 |
| List Price: | 85.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Materials science |
Composite materials are engineered materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties and which remain separate and distinct on a macroscopic level within the finished structure. Fibre Reinforced Polymers or FRPs include Wood comprising (cellulose fibers in a lignin and hemicellulose matrix), Carbon-fiber reinforced plastic or CFRP, Glass-fibre reinforced plastic or GFRP (also GRP). If classified by matrix then there are Thermoplastic Composites, short fiber thermoplastics, long fibre thermoplastics or long fibre reinforced thermoplastics There are numerous thermoset composites, but advanced systems usually incorporate aramid fibre and carbon fibre in an epoxy resin matrix. Composites can also utilise metal fibres reinforcing other metals, as in Metal matrix composites or MMC. Ceramic matrix composites include Bone (hydroxyapatite reinforced with collagen fibres), Cermet (ceramic and metal) and Concrete. Organic matrix/ceramic aggregate composites include Asphalt concrete, Mastic asphalt, Mastic roller hybrid, Dental composite, Syntactic foam and Mother of Pearl. Chobham armour is a special composite used in military applications. Engineered wood includes a wide variety of different products such as Plywood, Oriented strand board, Wood plastic composite (recycled wood fibre in polyethylene matrix), Pykrete (sawdust in ice matrix), Plastic-impregnated or laminated paper or textiles, Arborite, Formica (plastic) and Micarta. Composite materials have gained popularity (despite their generally high cost) in high-performance products such as aerospace components (tails, wings , fuselages, propellors), boat and scull hulls, and racing car bodies. More mundane uses include fishing rods and storage tanks. This new book presents the latest research from around the world.
Preface; Multi-Scale Analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Parts Submitted to Environmental and Mechanical Loads; Optimization of Laminated Composite Structures: Problems, Solution Procedures and Applications; Major Trends in Polymeric Composites Technology; An Experimental and Analytical Study of Unidirectional Carbon Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Modified By SiC Nanoparticle; Damage Evaluation and Residual Strength Prediction of CFRP Laminates by Means of Acoustic Emission Techniques (Damage Evaluation of CFRPS by Acoustic Emission); Research Directions in the Fatigue Testing of Polymer Composites; Damage Variables in Impact Testing of Composite Laminates; Electromechanical Field Concentrations and Polarization Switching by Electrodes in Piezoelectric Composites; Recent Advances in Discontinuously Reinforced Aluminum Based Metal Matrix Nanocomposites; Index.
