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Title:Leading-Edge Composite Material Research
Author:Tobias G Wouters (ed)
ISBN:1600219950 : 9781600219955
Illustrations:colour illus & charts
Format:Hardback
Size:180x260mm
Pages:386
Weight: .994 Kg.
Published:Nova Science Publishers - March 2008
List Price: 85.99 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Polymer chemistry


This book presents new and significant research progress on composite materials which 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 fibres in a lignin and hemicellulose matrix), Carbon-fibre reinforced plastic or CFRP, Glass-fibre reinforced plastic or GFRP (also GRP). If classified by matrix then there are Thermoplastic Composites, short fibre 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.

Preface; Expert Commentary -- Future Prospects for MMCs; Short Communication -- Meso/Nanostructured Composites Based on Self-Assembled Poly(styrene-b-ethylene oxide) Block Copolymer Matrices; Research and Review Studies -- Durability Aspects of Polymer Composites Used for Restoration and Rehabilitation of Structures; Smart Adhesively Bonded Composite Joints: Analysis and Design; Thermosetting Laminates Quality: From Fibre Waviness to FEM Cure Modeling; Modelling of Multilayered Piezoelectric Composites; Cyclic Deformation of Discontinuously Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites -- A Review; Biodegradable Polymer Composites; Composite Materials Studied at a Molecular Scale. Use of Fluorescent Labels; Thermal and Wear Studies of Polymer-Fullerence Composites; An Approach for Welding Particle Reinforcement Aluminum Matrix Composites: Transient Pulse-Impact Liquid-Phase Welding; Index.