Chawla K.K. Composite Materials: Science and Engineering

3rd edition. — Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012, Corrected at 2 ^nd printing, 2013, XXIII, 542 p. 265 illus., 211 illus. in color. — ISBN: 978-0-387-74364-6, ISBN: 978-0-387-74365-3 (eBook), DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-74365-3.Updated and enlarged third edition of a widely used text
Offers an integrated and completely up-to-date coverage of composite materials
New material including plenty of new exercises and illustrations, and new chapters on fatigue and creep of compositesThis updated third edition of Krishan Chawla’s widely used textbook, Composite Materials, offers integrated and completely up-to-date coverage of composite materials. The book focuses on the triad of processing, structure, and properties, while providing a well-balanced treatment of the materials science and mechanics of composites.
In this edition of Composite Materials, revised and updated throughout, increasing use of composites in industry (especially aerospace and energy) and new developments in the field are highlighted. 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. The third edition also includes new solved examples and problems as well as increased coverage of:
Carbon/carbon brakes
Composites for civilian aircraft and jet engines
Second generation high-temperature superconducting composites
Composites for use in windmill blades
WC/metal particulate composites
Examples of practical applications in various fields are given throughout the book, and extensive references to the literature are provided. The book is intended for use in graduate and upper-division undergraduate courses, and as a reference for the practicing engineers and researchers in industry and academia.Content Level » Graduate
Keywords » Carbon/carbon composites - Ceramic matrix composites - Composites - Creep of composites - Design of composites - Fatigue of composites - Fibers - Laminated composites -Metal matrix composites - Micromechanics - Polymer matrix composites - Superconducting composites
Related subjects » Civil Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Polymer Science - Special types of MaterialsReinforcements
Matrix Materials
Interfaces
Polymer Matrix Composites
Metal Matrix Composites
Ceramic Matrix Composites
Carbon Fiber/Carbon Matrix Composites
Multifilamentary Superconducting Composites
Micromechanics of Composites
Macromechanics of Composites
Monotonic Strength and Fracture
Fatigue and Creep
Designing with Composites
Non-Conventional Composites