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Analysis of Composite Laminates

Theories and Their Applications

  • 1st Edition - March 8, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Dinghe Li
  • Language: English

Composite Laminated: Theories and Their Applications presents the latest methods for analyzing composite laminates and their applications. The title introduces the most important… Read more

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Description

Composite Laminated: Theories and Their Applications presents the latest methods for analyzing composite laminates and their applications. The title introduces the most important analytical methods in use today, focusing on fracture, damage, multi-physics and sensitivity analysis. Alongside these methods, it presents original research carried out over two decades on laminated composite structures and gives detailed coverage of laminate theories, analytic solutions and finite element models. Specific chapters cover An introduction to composites, Elasticity, Shear, State space theory, Layerwise theories, The extended layerwise method, Fracture and damage mechanics, Multi-physical fracture problems, Analytical methods of stiffened sandwich structures, Progressive failure analysis, and more.

This volume offers a comprehensive guide to the state-of-the-art in the analysis and applications of composite laminates, which play a critical role in all types of engineering, from aerospace to subsea structures, including in medical prosthetics, circuit boards and sports equipment.

Key features

  • Presents a guide to the analysis and application of advanced composite materials
  • Gives detailed exposition of plate/shell theories and their implementation in finite element code architecture
  • Considers the robustness, effectiveness and applications aspects of laminated plate/shell methods
  • Gives hands-on experience of code architecture, providing composite analysis software which can be plugged in to commercial applications
  • Presents experimental research alongside methods, laminate theories, analytic solutions, and finite element models

Readership

Graduate students studying the mechanics of composite materials. Practitioners in civil, aerospace, and automotive industries who are engaged in analysis, design and optimization of composite structures. Commercial software specialists

Table of contents

1. An introduction of composite is presented, including history and applications, constituents and basic analysis schemes

2. Elasticity fundaments used in this book are briefly introduced, including the fundamental equations of elasticity, general Hook’s low and energy principles of elasticity

3. Shear deformation theories are introduced, including Classical Laminated Plate Theory (CLPT), First-order shear deformation theory (FSDT), High-order Shear Deformation Theory (HSDT) and Higher-order Shear Deformation Theory (HrSDT)

4. State space theory is introduced. The Hamilton canonical equation is deduced from the differential and variational schemes for the laminated composite plates and shells. The solving methods are developed based on
exact solution, finite element method and meshless method. In addition, the state space theory is extended into bonding imperfection of composites

5. Layerwise theories are introduced, including Integrate layerwise methods and Discrete layerwise theories.

6. Extended layerwise method is established for the composite laminated beams, plates and shells with multiple delaminations and transverse cracks

7. The fracture and damage mechanics of composites

8. The multi-physical fracture problems are presented, including thermo-mechanical, piezoelectric, chemo-mechanical and chemo-thermomechanical
coupling

9. The analysis methods of stiffened and sandwich structures are studied based on state space theory, layerwise method and extended layerwise method

10. The progressive failure analysis problems of composite laminated plates, stiffened plates and sandwich plates are studied by the continuous damage mechanics and layerwise theory

11. The static responses and frequencies sensitivity analysis of laminated composites based on state space theory, layerwise method are discussed, including composite plates, stiffened plate/shells and sandwich plates

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 8, 2022
  • Language: English

About the author

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Dinghe Li

Dinghe Li is Associate Professor and Vice President in the College of Aeronautical Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China (CUAC). He holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Tsinghua University. His research focuses on solving the basic mechanical problems involved in composite engineering structures, and his team has developed a high-performance composite structure analysis system, with over 200,000 lines of code. He has published over 50 journal papers and one book, and holds two software copyrights.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, College of Aeronautical Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China (CUAC), Tianjin, China; Vice President, College of Aeronautical Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China (CUAC), Tianjin, China

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