Recent Advances in Layered Materials and Structures

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Natural and Synthetic Layered Fillers as Advanced Matter for Improvement of Composites Performance

   • Daniela de França da Silva Freitas, Luis Claudio Mendes

   Pages 1-23

3. High Temperature Tribology of Surface Coatings

   • Arkadeb Mukhopadhyay, Tapan Kumar Barman, Prasanta Sahoo

   Pages 25-48

4. Aramid Polycarbonate Resin Film Engineered Composite for Ballistic Protection: Engineered Layered Materials

   • Ramdayal Yadav, Minoo Naebe, Xungai Wang, Balasubramanian Kandasubramanian

   Pages 49-66

5. Fiber-Reinforced Composites for Restituting Automobile Leaf Spring Suspension System

   • M. V. Sarath, Swaroop S. Gharde, Odelu Ojjela, Balasubramanian Kandasubramanian

   Pages 67-105

6. Fabrication of Aluminium Metal Matrix Nanocomposites: An Overview

   • Deepak M. Shinde, Prasanta Sahoo

   Pages 107-132

7. Aluminium Hybrid Composites Reinforced with SiC and Fly Ash Particles—Recent Developments

   • Bhabani Ranjan Pal, Shouvik Ghosh, Prasanta Sahoo

   Pages 133-170

8. Tribological and Corrosion Behavior of Al-TiB2 Metal Matrix Composites—An Overview

   • Suswagata Poria

   Pages 171-197

9. Mg-WC Nanocomposites—Recent Advances and Perspectives

   • Sudip Banerjee, Suswagata Poria, Goutam Sutradhar, Prasanta Sahoo

   Pages 199-228

10. Understanding Fabrication and Properties of Magnesium Matrix Nanocomposites

    • Sudip Banerjee, Suswagata Poria, Goutam Sutradhar, Prasanta Sahoo

    Pages 229-252

11. Dynamics of Axially Functionally Graded Timoshenko Beams on Linear Elastic Foundation

    • Hareram Lohar, Anirban Mitra, Sarmila Sahoo

    Pages 253-285

12. Dynamic Sensitivity Analysis of Random Impact Behaviour of Hybrid Cylindrical Shells

    • Vaishali, Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Sudip Dey

    Pages 287-306

13. Statistical Energy Analysis Parameters Investigation of Composite Specimens Employing Theoretical and Experimental Approach

    • Avinash Borgaonkar, Maruti Mandale, Shital Potdar, Ch Sri Chaitanya

    Pages 307-330

14. Surrogate Model Validation and Verification for Random Failure Analyses of Composites

    • Subrata Kushari, Arunasis Chakraborty, Tanmoy Mukhyopadhyay, Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Saiket Ranjan Maity, Sudip Dey

    Pages 331-352

15. Iosipescu Shear Test of Glass Fibre/epoxy Composite with Different Delamination Geometries: A Shear Behaviour Study

    • Tanmoy Bose, Subhankar Roy, Nudurupati S. V. N. Hanuman

    Pages 353-373

16. Parametric Study of Dispersed Laminated Composite Plates

    • Celal Cakiroglu, Gebrail Bekdaş

    Pages 375-385

17. Modeling Fracture in Straight Fiber and Tow-Steered Fiber Laminated Composites—A Phase Field Approach

    • Hirshikesh, Ratna Kumar Annabattula, Sundararajan Natarajan

    Pages 387-410

18. An Iso-Geometric Analysis of Tow-Steered Composite Laminates: Free Vibration, Mechanical Buckling and Linear Flutter Analysis

    • S. Natarajan, S. M. Dsouza, A. L. N. Pramod, Hirshikesh, D. Adak, K. Kamdi

    Pages 411-431

This book provides topical information on innovative, structural and functional materials and composites with applications in various engineering fields covering the structure, properties, manufacturing process, and applications of these materials. It covers various topics in layered structures and layered materials. It discusses the latest developments in the materials engineering field. This book will be useful for academicians, researchers, and practitioners working in the fields of materials engineering, layered structures, and composite materials.

• layered structures and materials
• Composites Performance
• Composite Plates
• Ballistic Protection
• Fiber Reinforced Composites

• Department of Civil Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata, Kolkata, India

  Sarmila Sahoo

Dr. Sarmila Sahoo is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India. Dr. Sahoo received Bachelor of Engineeing (Civil Engineering) from Bengal Engineering College (D.U.), Shibpur (presently, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur), Master of Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering) from Jadavpur University and Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) from Jadavpur University. A national scholarship holder throughout career, she was the recipient of GATE fellowship from MHRD and Senior Research Fellowship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India. She has worked in Design and Development Unit at Conveyor and Ropeway Services Pvt. Ltd. She has earlier taught Civil Engineering at Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology, Kolkata. Her research interests are finite elements method, vibration of plates and shells, functionally graded materials, composite materials, corrosion protection of construction steel. She is actively engaged in research and currently supervising a number of research students for their doctoral thesis. She has published over 80 research articles in international journals and conference proceedings. She has authored a book with Springer and a number of book chapters so far. She is associated with the editorial and review board of a number of international journals. She is a member of International Association of Engineers.

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