Discontinuous-Fibre Reinforced Composites Fundamentals of Stress Transfer and Fracture Mechanics /

• Main Author: Goh, Kheng Lim (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Engineering Materials and Processes,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Computer simulation.; Continuum mechanics.; Structural materials.; Materials Science.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Structural Materials.; Simulation and Modeling.

This book provides a simple and unified approach to the mechanics of discontinuous-fibre reinforced composites, and introduces readers as generally as possible to the key concepts regarding the mechanics of elastic stress transfer, intermediate modes of stress transfer, plastic stress transfer, fibr...

Table of Contents:

• Reinforcing by fibres
• Physical properties of fibres and matrix
• Mechanics of elastic stress transfer
• Fibre debonding, matrix yielding and cracks
• Mechanics of plastic stress transfer
• Composite fracture
• Composite design
• Appendix A Convergence to continuous-fibre composites
• Appendix B Mechanical properties of materials.