This book provides a refreshingly different approach to composites materials and their applications which will be valuable to engineers in a variety of disciplines interested in the wide topic area of composite materials and applications. There has not been, to date, a book, especially single authored, which covers the wide range of specifically non-structural applications found here.

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Composite Materials is a modern reference book, tutorial in style, covering functions of composites relating to applications in electronic packaging, thermal management, smart structures and other timely technologies rarely covered in existing books on composites. It also treats materials with polymer, metal, cement, carbon and ceramics matrices, contrasting with others that emphasise polymer-matrix composites. This functional approach will be useful to both practitioners and students. A good selection of example problems, solutions and figures, together with a new and vibrant approach, provides a valuable reference source for all engineers working with composite materials.

Inhalt

Applications of Composite Materials Science of Composite Materials Composite Materials for Thermal Applications Composite Materials for Electrical Applications Composite Materials for Thermomagnetic applications Composite Materials for Thermoelectric Applications Composite Materials for Dielectric Behaviour Composite Materials for Optical Applications Composite Materials for Magnetic Applications Metal-matrix Composites for Magnetic Applications Composite Materials for Electrochemical Applications Composite Materials for Biomedical Applications Composite Materials for Vibration Damping Intrinsically Smart Structural Composites Polymer-matrix Composites for Smart Structures