This enlarged edition covers the latest in composite materials. It includes new chapters on fatigue and creep of composites, applications, and line drawings that emphasize the importance of processing, microstructure and properties in composite materials.

This updated and enlarged third edition of a widely used text offers an integrated and completely up-to-date coverage of composite materials. In addition to being updated, the third edition has a vast amount of new material including plenty of new exercises and illustrations, and new chapters on fatigue and creep of composites. Focusing on the relationship between structure and properties, the book provides a well-balanced treatment of the mechanics and the materials science of composites, while not neglecting the importance of processing. Extensive use is made of micrographs and line drawings to emphasize the importance of processing, microstructure, and properties in composite materials. Examples of practical applications in various fields are given throughout the book, and extensive references to the literature are provided.

Updated and enlarged third edition of a widely used text Offers integrated and completely up-to-date coverage of composite materials Includes many new exercises and illustrations, new material on fatigue and creep of composites, and a new chapter on non-conventional composites Request lecturer material: sn.pub/lecturer-material

Autorentext
Krishan K. Chawla has taught and done research at institutions in Switzerland, Brazil, Canada, and the United States and has served as a consultant to industry, national laboratories, and government agencies. He is currently at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Zusammenfassung
There is a new chapter on non-conventional composites, which covers polymer, metal and ceramic matrix nanocomposites, self-healing composites, self-reinforced composites, biocomposites and laminates made of metals and polymer matrix composites.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Reinforcements.- 3. Matrix Materials.- 4. Interfaces.- 5. Polymer Matrix Composites.- 6. Metal Matrix Composites.- 7. Ceramic Matrix Composites.- 8. Carbon Fiber/Carbon Matrix Composites.- 9. Multifilamentary Superconducting Composites.- 10. Micromechanics of Composites.- 11. Macromechanics of Composites.- 12. Monotonic Strength and Fracture.- 13. Fatigue and Creep.- 14. Designing with Composites.- 15. Non-Conventional Composites.