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Title Delamination behaviour of composites / edited by Srinivasan Sridharan
Published Cambridge : Woodhead Pub., 2008

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Description 1 online resource
Series Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering
Woodhead Publishing series in composites science and engineering.
Contents pt. 1. Delamination as a mode of failure and testing of delamination resistance -- pt. 2. Delamination : detection and characterization -- pt. 3. Analysis of delamination behaviour from tests -- pt. 4. Modelling delamination -- pt. 5. Analysis of structural performance in the presence of delamination, and prevention/mitigation of delamination
Summary Given such advantages as low weight compared to strength and toughness, laminated composites are now used in a wide range of applications. Their increasing use has underlined the need to understand their principal mode of failure, delamination. This important book reviews key research in understanding and preventing delamination. The first part of the book reviews general issues such as the role of fracture mechanics in understanding delamination, design issues and ways of testing delamination resistance. Part two describes techniques for detecting and characterising delamination such as piezoelectric sensors, the use of lamb waves and acoustic emission techniques. The next two sections of the book discuss ways of studying and modelling delamination behaviour. The final part of the book reviews research on delamination behaviour in particular conditions such as shell and sandwich structures, z-pin bridging and resin bonding. With its distinguished editor and international team of contributors, Delamination behaviour of composites is a standard reference for all those researching laminated composites and using them in such diverse applications as microelectronics, aerospace, marine, automotive and civil engineering. Reviews the role of fracture mechanics in understanding delamination, design issues and ways of testing delamination resistanceDiscuss ways of studying and modelling delamination behaviourA standard reference for all those researching laminated composites
Notes Dr Srinivasan Sridharan is Professor of Mechanical, Aerospace and Structural Engineering at Washington University of St Louis, USA. He has an international reputation for his research on the delamination behaviour of composites
Subject Composite materials -- Delamination.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Reference.
Composite materials -- Delamination
Form Electronic book
Author Sridharan, Srinivasan
ISBN 9781845694821
1845694821