Microstructural Design of Fiber Composites

by Tsu-Wei Chou

Overview

This book addresses the issue of designing the microstructure of fiber composite materials in order to obtain optimum performance. Besides the systematic treatment of conventional continuous and discontinuous fiber composites, the book also presents the state-of-the-art of the development of textile structural composites as well as the nonlinear elastic finite deformation theory of flexible composites. The author's experience during twenty years of research and teaching on composite materials is reflected in the broad spectrum of topics covered, including laminated composites, statistical strength theories of continuous fiber composites, short fiber composites, hybrid composites, two- and three-dimensional textile structural composites and flexible composites. This book provides the first comprehensive analysis and modeling of the thermo-mechanical behavior of fiber composites with these distinct microstructures. Overall, the inter-relationships among the processing, microstructures and properties of these materials are emphasized throughout the book. The book is intended as a text for graduate or advanced undergraduate students, but will also be an excellent reference for all materials scientists and engineers who are researching or working with these materials.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521019651
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/15/2005
Series:	Cambridge Solid State Science Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	592
Product dimensions:	5.47(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Thermoelastic behaviour of laminated composites; 3. Strength of continuous-fiber composites; 4. Short-fiber composites; 5. Hybrid composites; 6. Two-dimensional textile structural composites; 7. Three-dimensional textile structural composites; 8. Flexible composites; 9. Nonlinear elastic finite deformation of flexible composites; References; Author index; Subject index.