Engineering Mechanics of Fibre Reinforced Polymers and Composite Structures

1. Front Matter

   Pages ii-viii

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2. Introduction

   • J. Hult

   Pages 1-8

3. Micromechanics for Macroscopic Material Description of FRPs

   • F. G. Rammerstorfer, H. J. Böhm

   Pages 9-49

4. Description of Thermoelastic Composites by a Mean Field Approach

   • H. J. Böhm

   Pages 51-72

5. Lamination Theory and Failure Mechanisms in Composite Shells

   • F. G. Rammerstorfer, A. Starlinger

   Pages 73-110

6. Fracture and Damage of Composite Laminates

   • P. Gudmundson

   Pages 111-139

7. Damage Evolution and Determination of Thermoelastic Properties of Laminates Containing Cracks

   • P. Gudmundson, W. Zang

   Pages 141-187

8. Fatigue of Composites: A CDM Perspective

   • M. Chrzanowski

   Pages 189-208

9. Computational Methods in Composite Analysis and Design

   • F. G. Rammerstorfer, K. Dorninger, A. Starlinger, I. C. Skrna-Jakl

   Pages 209-231

10. Hybrid Mechanics

    • J. Hult, H. L. Bjarnehed

    Pages 233-262

11. Curing of Epoxy Matrix Composites

    • A. C. Loos, G. S. Springer

    Pages 263-285

12. Environmental Effects

    • G. S. Springer

    Pages 287-314

The book aims at giving an overview of current methods in engineering mechanics of FRP components and structures as well as hybrid components and structures. Main emphasis is on basic micro and macro mechanics of laminates. Long as well as short fibre composites are studied, and criteria for different kinds of rupture are treated. Micromechanical considerations for material characterization and mechanisms of static ductile and brittle rupture are studied, as well as FRP structures under thermal and dynamic loading programs. Optimum design and manufacture situations are described as well. The book makes designers familiar with the opportunities and limitations of modern high quality fibre composites. Practical engineering applications of the described analytical and numerical methods are also presented.

• design
• mechanics
• mechanism
• numerical method

• Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

  J. Hult

• Vienna University of Technology, Austria

  F. G. Rammerstorfer

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