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This book is concerned with the topical problems of mechanics of advanced composite materials whose mechanical properties are controlled by high-strength and high-stiffness continuous fibers embedded in polymeric, metal, or ceramic matrix. Although the idea of combining two or more components to produce materials with controlled properties has been known and used from time immemorial, modern composites have been developed only several decades ago and have found by now intensive application in different fields of engineering, particularly, in aerospace structures for which high strength-to-weightand stiffnessto-weight ratios are required.
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Mechanics and Analysis of Composite Materials Valery V, Vasiliev & Evgeny I? Morozov Elsevier MECHANICS AND ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS MECHANICS AND ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS Valery V. Vasiliev Professor of Aerospace Composite Structures Director of School of Mechanics and Design Russian State University of Technology, Moscow Evgeny V. Morozov Professor of Manufacturing Systems School of Mechanical Engineering University of Natal, South Africa 200 1 ELSEVIER AMSTERDAM. LONDON . NEW YORK . OXFORD. PARIS. SHANNON TOKYO ELSEVIER SCIENCE Ltd The Boulevard, Langford Lane Kidlington, Oxford OX5 lGB, UK @ 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. This work is protected under copyright by Elsevier Science, and the following terms and conditions apply to its use: Photocopying: Single photocopies of single chapters may be made for personal usc i15 allowed by national copyright laws. Permission of the Publisher and payment of a fee is required for all other photocopying, including multiple or systemiltic copying. copying for adverlising or promotional purposes, resale. and all forms of document delivery. Special rates arc available for educational i