The Essentials of Composite Materials: A Guide for Engineering and Beyond combines the theory of composite materials and their applications with a focus on the main industries where they are used. Using the author’s experience as a naval architect boat builder and composites designer this book offers a guide to the selection of the most appropriate production processes procedures and materials for a particular project. It comprehensively covers polymer matrix composites explaining what composite materials are their components and what they can be used for. • Combines theoretical material with practical examples in a uniquely accessible way. • Explores fabric structures materials resins procedures and manufacturing processes including details that can only be discovered through hands-on work. • Covers the more analytical side explaining classical laminate plate theory composite systems strength and failure criteria. • Discusses applications in automotive aerospace civil medical device and naval industries. This text serves as a practical tool for readers working in the composite fields as well as those looking to enter it. |The Essentials of Composite Materials A Guide for Engineering and Beyond
