An Introduction to Composite Materials
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This fully expanded and updated edition provides both scientists and engineers with all the information they need to understand composite materials, covering their underlying science and technological usage. It includes four completely new chapters on surface coatings, highly porous materials, bio-composites and nano-composites, as well as thoroughly revised chapters on fibres and matrices, the design, fabrication and production of composites, mechanical and thermal properties, and industry applications. Extensively expanded referencing engages readers with the latest research and industrial developments in…
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Key features
- Includes four completely new chapters on surface coatings, highly porous materials, bio-composites and nano-composites
- Thoroughly revised throughout, with chapters on fibres and matrices, the design, fabrication and production of composites, mechanical and thermal properties, and industry applications
- Includes increased coverage of background science, including the manipulation of stresses and strains as second-rank tensors, and fracture mechanics
- Contains a comprehensive set of homework questions, with model answers available online, explaining how calculations associated with the properties of composite materials should be tackled, as well as access to educational software
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139050586
- Subjects Engineering,Materials Science and Engineering
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 29 August 2019
- ISBN: 9780521860956
- Dimensions (mm): 247 x 174 mm
- Weight: 0.88kg
- Contains: 215 b/w illus.
- Page extent: 360 pages
- Availability: In stock
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 04 July 2019
- ISBN: 9781139050586
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