Everyone involved with the mechanics of composite materials and structures must have come across the works of Dr. N.J. Pagano in their research. His research papers are among the most referenced of all existing literature in the field of mechanics of composite materials. This monograph makes available, in one volume, all Dr. Pagano's major technical papers.
Most of the papers included in this volume have been published in the open literature, but there are a few exceptions -- a few key, unpublished reports have been included for continuity. The topics are: some basic studies of anisotropic behavior, exact solutions for elastic response, role of micromechanics, and some carbon--carbon spinoffs.
The volume can be used as a reference book by researchers in academia, industry, and government laboratories, and it can be used as a reference text for a graduate course on the mechanics of composite materials.

Zusammenfassung
The volume can be used as a reference book by researchers in academia, industry, and government laboratories, and it can be used as a reference text for a graduate course on the mechanics of composite materials.

Inhalt

1. Some Basic Studies of Composite Behavior.- Influence of End Constraint in the Testing of Anisotropic Bodies.- Tension Buckling of Anisotropic Cylinders.- Distortional Energy of Composite Materials.- Thickness Expansion Coefficients of Composite Laminates.- Curing Stresses in Composite Laminates.- Evaluation of Composite Curing Stresses.- 2. Exact Solutions for Elastic Response.- Exact Solutions for Composite Laminates in Cylindrical Bending.- Exact Solutions for Rectangular Bidirectional Composites and Sandwich Plates.- Influence of Shear Coupling in Cylindrical Bending of Anisotropic Laminates.- Further Study of Composite Laminates Under Cylindrical Bending.- Elastic Behavior of Multilayered Bidirectional Composites.- Dynamic Characteristics of Composite Laminates.- Stress Gradients in Laminated Composite Cylinders.- The Stress Field in a Cylindrically Anisotropic Body Under Two-Dimensional Surface Tractions.- 3. Micromechanics.- The Role of Effective Moduli in the Elastic Analysis of Composite Laminates.- On the Significance of Effective Modulus Solutions for Fibrous Composites.- A Study of the Influence of Microstructure on the Modified Effective Modulus Approach for Composite Laminates.- 4. Laminate Theories.- Exact Moduli of Anisotropic Laminates.- 5. Interlaminar Stresses.- Interlaminar Stresses in Composite Laminates Under Uniform Axial Extension.- The Influence of Stacking Sequence on Laminate Strength.- Some Observations on the Interlaminar Strength of Composite Laminates.- On the Calculation of Interlaminar Normal Stress in Composite Laminate.- Stress Fields in Composite Laminates.- Free Edge Stress Fields in Composite Laminates.- Global-Local Laminate Variational Model.- Elastic Response of Composite Laminates.- 6. Involute (Rosette) Bodies.- 7. Some Carbon-Carbon Spinoffs.- Strength Analysis of Composite Turbine Blades.- Validation of Advanced Composite Thermal Stress Analysis Methods.- Interlaminar Shear Strength of Cloth-Reinforced Composites.- Elastic Response of Multi-Directional Coated-Fiber Composites.- 8. Micromechanics of BMC.- Selected Papers of N. J. Pagano.