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Lecture Notes on Composite Materials

Current Topics and Achievements

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Editors:
  1. René Borst

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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  2. Tomasz Sadowski

    1. Department of Applied Mechanics Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University Lublin, Lublin, Poland

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  • There are no contemporary competing titles since all other (edited) books date from 2000 or before
  • Modern mechanics concepts such as multiscale methods, issues such as multi-physics and modern ways to deal with damage and fracture are put together in a single volume for the first time

Part of the book series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications (SMIA, volume 154)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Analysis Of Homogeneous And Non-Homogeneous Plates

    • Holm Altenbach
    Pages 1-36

  3. Numerical methods for The Modelling Of Debonding In Composites

    • R. de Borst
    Pages 37-76

  4. Micromechanics Of Composites

    • Ryszard Pyrz
    Pages 77-97

  5. Non-Symmetric Thermal Shock In Ceramic Matrix Composite (Cmc) Materials

    • Tomasz Sadowski
    Pages 99-148

  6. A Precis Of Two-Scale Approaches For Fracture In Porous Media

    • R. de Borst, J. Rethore, M.-A. Abellan
    Pages 149-171

  7. Initial Deformations On Behaviour Of Elastic Composites

    • Eduard Marius Craciun
    Pages 173-192

  8. Energy Criteria For Crack Propagation In Pre-Stressed Elastic Composites

    • Eduard Marius Craciun
    Pages 193-237
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Composite materials are heterogeneous by nature, and are intended to be, since only the combination of different constituent materials can give them the desired combination of low weight, stiffness and strength. At present, the knowledge has advanced to a level that materials can be tailored to exhibit certain, required properties. At the same time, the fact that these materials are composed of various, sometimes very different constituents, make their mechanical behaviour complex. This observation holds with respect to the deformation behaviour, but especially with respect to the failure behaviour, where complicated and unconventional failure modes have been observed. It is a challenge to develop predictive methods that can capture this complex mechanical behaviour, either using analytical tools, or using numerical me- ods, the ?nite element method being the most widespread among the latter. In this respect, developments have gone fast over the past decade. Indeed, we have seen a paradigm shift in computational approaches to (composite) ma- rial behaviour. Where only a decade ago it was still customary to carry out analyses of deformation and failure at a macroscopic level of observation only – one may call this a phenomenological approach – nowadays this approach is being progressively replaced by multiscale methods. In such methods it is r- ognized a priori that the overall behaviour is highly dependent on local details and ?aws.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    René Borst

  • Department of Applied Mechanics Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University Lublin, Lublin, Poland

    Tomasz Sadowski

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lecture Notes on Composite Materials

  • Book Subtitle: Current Topics and Achievements

  • Editors: RenĂ© Borst, Tomasz Sadowski

  • Series Title: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8772-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8771-4Published: 23 December 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7981-7Published: 30 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8772-1Published: 11 December 2008

  • Series ISSN: 0925-0042

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7764

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 237

  • Topics: Engineering, general, Materials Science, general

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