Modeling the effect of damage in composite structures : simplified approaches / Christos Kassapoglou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kassapoglou, Christos, author.

Series:

Aerospace series (Chichester, England)

Aerospace Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Structural analysis (Engineering).

Composite materials--Design.

Composite materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Comprehensively covers new and existing methods for the design and analysis of composites structures with damage present<br /><br /> <ul> <li>Provides efficient and accurate approaches for analysing structures with holes and impact damage</li> <li>Introduces a new methodology for fatigue analysis of composites</li> <li>Provides design guidelines, and step by step descriptions of how to apply the methods, along with evaluation of their accuracy and applicability</li> <li>Includes problems and exercises</li> <li>Accompanied by a website hosting lecture slides and solutions</li> </ul>

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""Series Preface ""; ""Preface ""; ""Chapter 1 Damage in Composite Structures: Notch Sensitivity ""; ""1.1 Introduction ""; ""1.2 Notch Insensitivity ""; ""1.3 'Complete' Notch Sensitivity""; ""1.4 Notch Sensitivity of Composite Materials ""; ""Exercises ""

""References """"Chapter 2 Holes ""; ""2.1 Stresses around Holes ""; ""2.2 Using the Anisotropic Elasticity Solution to Predict Failure ""; ""2.3 The Role of the Damage Zone Created Near a Hole ""

""2.4 Simplified Approaches to Predict Failure in Laminates with Holes: the Whitney-Nuismer Criteria """"2.5 Other Approaches to Predict Failure of a Laminate with a Hole ""; ""2.6 Improved Whitney-Nuismer Approach ""

""2.7 Application: Finding the Stacking Sequence Which Results in Good OHT Performance """"Exercises ""; ""References ""; ""Chapter 3 Cracks ""; ""3.1 Introduction ""; ""3.2 Modelling a Crack in a Composite Laminate ""; ""3.3 Finite-Width Effects ""

""3.4 Other Approaches for Analysis of Cracks in Composites """"3.5 Matrix Cracks ""; ""Exercises ""; ""References ""; ""Chapter 4 Delaminations ""; ""4.1 Introduction ""; ""4.2 Relation to Inspection Methods and Criteria ""

""4.3 Modelling Different Structural Details in the Presence of Delaminations ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 20, 2015).

ISBN:

9781119013242

1119013240

9781119013235

1119013232

9781119013228

1119013224

OCLC:

905988914