Composite Material

This book presents a comprehensive study of Composite Materials - Unit II, covering fiber-reinforced, laminated, particulate/dispersed, metal-matrix and polymer-matrix composites. It begins with the fundamentals of composite materials, explaining the roles of the matrix, reinforcement and fiber-matrix interface, followed by classification, fiber architectures and design philosophy. Micromechanics is developed through the rule of mixtures, transverse properties, Halpin-Tsai relations, load t...