Engineering Research
Materials Science
Engineering Series
Trends in Composite Materials and their Design
Description:
Composite materials are increasingly finding use in diverse applications requiring a wide range of property and performance requirements. Low density, high specific strength and stiffness are the main features that make composite materials most suitable for structural applications. The field covers the concurrent manipulation of the material’s composition and of the internal architecture of the composite in order to obtain the desired properties. The ability to tailor composite materials precisely is of great importance in structural applications. A systematic approach to the optimum tailoring of composite materials is a challenging design problem. The focus should be on the practical design aspects, and that is what is addressed in this special-topic volume.
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Papers from a recent conference, 14 in all, shed light on the latest research on composite materials. While focus is on polymer matrix composites, there is also coverage of metal matrix composites, polymer composite-grid-reinforced concrete, and a metal-polymer sandwich hybrid system. Specific topics include numerical optimization of the structure of fiber reinforced composites, modeling of fiber jamming phenomena during processing of fiber reinforced composite parts, performance of non-crimp fabric composites in shear, and testing of rubber nanocomposites. Other subjects are vibration damping behavior of fiber reinforced composites, and a press joining rolling process for hybrid systems. The book is illustrated with b&w images. The editor is affiliated with Ai-Shams University, Egypt.