Mechanics Of Composite Materials

Contents:
Introduction to composite materials; macromechanical behaviour of a lamina; micromechanical behaviour of a lamina; macromechanical behaviour of a laminate; bending, buckling and vibration of laminated plates; other analysis and behaviour topics; introduction to design of composite structures; optimization concepts. Appendices: matrices and tensors, maxima and minima of functions of a single variable, typical stress- strain curves, governing equations for beam equalibrium and plate equalibrium, buckling and vibration.