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INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS Fibers Matrix Materials Structural Features and Mechanical Properties of Composite Materials Elastic Properties of Composite Ply Elastic Properties of Angle-Ply Laminate EQUATIONS OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURE MECHANICS Equations of the Elasticity of Theory for an Orthotropic Medium in Orthogonal Curvilinear Coordinates Preliminary Analysis - Basic Assumptions Equations of Engineering Mechanics for Thin-Walled Composite Structures General and Simplified Forms of Governing Equations and Boundary Conditions Composite Structures of Variable Thickness Hygrothermal Effects Nonlinear Stress-Strain Behavior of Composite Materials Geometric Nonlinearity Buckling Dynamic Response COMPOSITE BEAMS, COLUMNS, AND RINGS Governing Equations for Laminated Beams Lateral Bending Buckling Under Axial Compression Dynamic Behaviour Circular Rings THIN-WALLED BEAMS Single-Cell Beams Beams with Open Cross-Section Contour Analysis of Thin-Walled Beams with Multi-Cell Cross-Section Contour COMPOSITE PANELS AND PLATES Equations of the Theory of Laminated Plates Symmetrically Laminated Panels Generally Laminated Plates Axisymmetric Deformation of Circular Plates and Disks CIRCULAR CYLINDRICAL SHELLS Equations of the Theory of Circular Cylindrical Orthotropic Shells Circular Cylindrical Shells with Stress-Strain State Independent of Longitudinal Coordinate Axisymmetric Deformation of Cirular Cylindrical Shells General Case of Circular Cylindrical Shell Loading: Solutions in the Form of Trigonometric Series Simplified Theories of Circular Cylindrical Shells Buckling of Circular Cylindrical Shells Circular Cylindrical Shell Vibrations Buckling and Vibrations of Circular Cylindrical Panels AXISYMMETRIC DEFORMATION OF SHELLS OF REVOLUTION Governing Equations Linear Membrane Theory Boundary-L