ABSTRACT

Designing structures using composite materials poses unique challenges, especially due to the need for concurrent design of both material and structure. Students are faced with two options: textbooks that teach the theory of advanced mechanics of composites, but lack computational examples of advanced analysis, and books on finite element analysis

chapter Chapter 1|35 pages

Mechanics of Orthotropic Materials

chapter Chapter 2|26 pages

Introduction to Finite Element Analysis

chapter Chapter 3|49 pages

Elasticity and Strength of Laminates

chapter Chapter 4|19 pages

Buckling

chapter Chapter 5|17 pages

Free Edge Stresses

chapter Chapter 6|28 pages

Computational Micromechanics

chapter Chapter 7|27 pages

Viscoelasticity

chapter Chapter 8|41 pages

Continuum Damage Mechanics

chapter Chapter 9|23 pages

Discrete Damage Mechanics

chapter Chapter 10|23 pages

Delaminations