Mechanics of Composite Materials with MATLAB

• Main Authors: Voyiadjis, George Z. (Author), Kattan, Peter I. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Polymers.; Computer simulation.; Mechanics.; Computational intelligence.; Continuum mechanics.; Materials science.; Computational Intelligence.; Materials Science, general.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Polymer Sciences.; Simulation and Modeling.

This textbook makes use of the popular computer program MATLAB as the major computer tool to study Mechanics of Composite Materials. It is written specifically for students in Engineering and Materials Science examining step-by-step solutions of composite material mechanics problems using MATLAB. Ea...

Table of Contents:

• Linear Elastic Stress-Strain Relations
• Elastic Constants Based on Micromechanics
• Plane Stress
• Global Coordinate System
• Elastic Constants Based on Global Coordinate System
• Laminate Analysis — Part I
• Laminate Analysis — Part II
• Effective Elastic Constants of a Laminate
• Failure Theories of a Lamina
• to Homogenization of Composite Materials
• to Damage Mechanics of Composite Materials.