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Handbook of Composites

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  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. George Lubin

    1. Grumman Aerospace Corporation, USA

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. An Overview of Composites

    1. An Overview of Composites

      • Dominick V. Rosato
      Pages 1-14

  3. Raw Materials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Unsaturated Polyester Resins

      • Ivor H. Updegraff
      Pages 17-37

    3. Vinyl Ester Resins

      • Matthew B. Launikitis
      Pages 38-49

    4. Polybutadiene Resins

      • Maxwell Stander
      Pages 50-56

    5. Epoxy Resins

      • Lynn S. Penn, T. T. Chiao
      Pages 57-88

    6. High-Temperature Resins

      • Tito T. Serafini
      Pages 89-114

    7. Glass-Filled Thermoplastics

      • Allen M. Shibley
      Pages 115-135

    8. Fiberglass Reinforcement

      • Charles E. Knox
      Pages 136-159

    9. High Silica and Quartz

      • Hugh Shulock, Richard R. Saffadi
      Pages 160-170

    10. Boron and other High-Strength, High-Modulus, Low-Density Filamentary Reinforcing Agents

      • Harold E. DeBolt
      Pages 171-195

    11. Graphite Fibers and Composites

      • Dennis M. Riggs, Richard J. Shuford, Robert W. Lewis
      Pages 196-271

    12. Aramid Fibers and Composites

      • C. C. Chiao, T. T. Chiao
      Pages 272-317

  4. Processing Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 319-319
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    2. Hand Lay-Up Techniques

      • Charles Wittman, Gerald D. Shook
      Pages 321-367

    3. Bag Molding Processes

      • A. Slobodzinsky
      Pages 368-390

    4. Thermoset Matched die Molding

      • P. Robert Young
      Pages 391-448

    5. Filament Winding

      • A. M. Shibley
      Pages 449-478

    6. Continuous Manufacturing Processes

      • W. B. Goldsworthy
      Pages 479-490
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The development of advanced composites, tion. Forecasts indicate that the potential spanning a brief period from inception to usage in automobiles in the early 1990's will application of only 15 to 20 years, epitomizes amount to millions of pounds of advanced the rapidity with which a generation's change composites. in the state-of-the-art can take place. This is in We find ourselves in a peculiar position. marked contrast to past history, in which it The hardware capability is progressing so has usually required 25 years or more of rapidly that the knowledge and familiarity of research before a new structural material was the designer can hardly keep pace. We have an technologically ready. obligation now not just to mature this ad­ In the mid-1950's the U.S. Air Force identi­ vanced technology and its applications, but fied the promise for early application of a new also to communicate the state-of-the-art to the class of materials-advanced composites­ designer in a form in which it can be applied and established its feasibility by the fabrication readily to practical structures. I believe that of raw fiber with exceptional strength- and this book, Handbook of Composites, will modulus-to-weight ratios. The practical fabrica­ clearly provide a portion of this missing link.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Grumman Aerospace Corporation, USA

    George Lubin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of Composites

  • Editors: George Lubin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7139-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-7141-4Published: 22 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-7139-1Published: 27 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 786

  • Number of Illustrations: 263 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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