Table of Contents
Chapter 1 – Effects of Thermo-Oxidation on Composite Materials and Structures at High Temperatures pp. 1-52
Authors / Editors: (Marco Gigliotti, Jean-Claude Grandidier, Marie Christine Lafarie-Frenot, Institut Pprime, CNRS, ENSMA, Université de Poitiers, Département Physique et Mécanique des Matériaux, France)
Chapter 2 – Damping in Composite Materials and Structures pp. 53-136
Authors / Editors: (Jean-Marie Berthelot, Mustapha Assarar, Youssef Sefrani, Abderrahim El Mahi, ISMANS, Institute for Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Le Mans, France, and others)
Chapter 3 – Mechanical States Induced by Moisture Diffusion in Organic Matrix Composites: Coupled Scale Transition Models pp. 137-190
Authors / Editors: (F. Jacquemin, S. Fréour, Institut de Recherche en Génie-Civil et Mécanique (UMR-CNRS, Université de Nantes, Saint-Nazaire Cedex, France)
Chapter 4 – Fatigue and Fracture of Short Fibre Composites Exposed to Extreme Temperatures pp. 191-228
Authors / Editors: (Gangadhara Prusty, Jung-Hoon Sul, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia)
Chapter 5 – Fatigue of Polymer Matrix Composites at Elevated Temperatures – A Review pp. 229-252
Authors / Editors: (John Montesano, Zouheir Fawaz, Kamran Behdinan, Cheung Poon, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada)
Chapter 7 – Development and Application of Fibre-Reinforced Metal Laminates in Aerospace Structures pp. 293-311
Authors / Editors: (Terry P. Crouch, Y.X. Zhang, School of Engineering and Information Technology, The University of New South Wales, Australian Defense Force Academy, Canberra, Australia)
Chapter 8 – Critical Aeroelastic Behaviour of Slender Composite Wings in an Incomprenssible Flow pp. 313-339
Authors / Editors: (Enrico Cestino and Giacomo Frulla, Aerospace Engineering Department, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 – 10129 – Torino, Italy)
Chapter 9 – Exact Solution for the Postbuckling of Composite Beams pp. 341-371
Authors / Editors: (Samir A. Emam, Department of Mechanical Design and Production, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt)
Chapter 10 – Buckling Behaviors of Elastic Functionally Graded Cylindrical Shells pp. 373-408
Authors / Editors: (Huaiwei Huang, Qiang Han, Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, PR China)
