Laminar Composites

by George Staab Educated to Ph.D. at Purdue

Overview

• Mirrors the teaching method used in strength of materials courses
• Straightforward and user-friendly writing style
• Numerous examples in text
• Web-mounted software and solutions manual for instructors

This text provides students with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary to identify, model and solve structural analysis problems. The material is illustrated throughout with numerous diagrammatic examples, as well as example problems similar in nature to those found in lower level strength of materials texts. The difficulty of these and the homework problems varies from simple to complex. A solutions manual is provided for lecturers who adopt the book for classroom teaching.

This book mirrors the teaching method used in strength of materials courses taught in the first years of an undergraduate degree and relate this higher level treatment back to that. The author is involved in the development of the latest teaching methods (with McGraw Hill), and his style is straightforward. There is web-mounted software to back up the book's content, plus a solutions manual for instructors. There are approximately 20-30 homework problems per chapter, making a substantial body of material for teaching use.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128026199
Publisher:	Butterworth-Heinemann
Publication date:	08/11/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	466
File size:	27 MB
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About the Author

Industrial experience with Sikorsky Aircraft. Worked with McGraw-Hill on computer-aided undergraduate teaching materials.

Table of Contents

1 - Introduction to Composite Materials 2 - A Review of Stress, Strain, and Material Behavior 3 - Lamina Analysis 4 - Mechanical Test Methods for Lamina 5 - Lamina Failure Theories 6 - Laminate Analysis 7 - Laminated Composite Beam Analysis 8 – Analysis of Laminated Composite Plates 9 - Composite Shells Appendices

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

The leading reference text for this important class of composite materials – brought fully up-to-date and extended with the addition of key advanced topics.

Editorial Reviews

Presents laminar composites from a mechanics point of view, for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Lamina and laminate analysis are presented with a blend of theoretical developments and examples, and experimental techniques for defining the constitutive relationships of orthotropic lamina are presented. Maximum stress, maximum strain, and several interactive failure theories for orthotropic materials are developed and compared through examples, and lamina and laminate analysis involving mechanical, thermal, and hygral loads are illustrated with step-by-step numerical computations. Includes chapter problems and a glossary. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"...the well illustrated and detailed coverage of material leading to the comprehensive treatment of laminate analysis should equip the student very adequately." —Composites Science and Technology

"This modern, useful, well-written, and well-illustrated book is recommended for use by senior undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and engineers starting their work in the field of composites. A comparatively low price will certainly facilitate purchase of Laminar Composites by individuals and libraries." —Application Mechanical Review

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