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Analysis of Composite Laminates
Theories and Their Applications
- 1st Edition - March 8, 2022
- Author: Dinghe Li
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 8 0 4 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 4 4 2 - 0
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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Request a sales quoteComposite 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.
- 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
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
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Biography
- Preface
- Acronyms
- Chapter 1: Composite analysis overview
- Abstract
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Composite laminates
- 1.3. Analysis schemes
- 1.4. General Hooke's law
- 1.5. Energy principles
- References
- Chapter 2: Shear deformation theories
- Abstract
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Classical laminated plate theory
- 2.3. First-order shear deformation theory
- 2.4. High-order shear deformation theories
- 2.5. Finite element formulations
- References
- Chapter 3: State space theory
- Abstract
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Hamiltonian canonical equation of laminated plates
- 3.3. H-R variational principle of laminated plates
- 3.4. Finite element formulation of state space theory
- 3.5. Meshfree formulation of state space theory
- 3.6. Bonding imperfection in composite laminates
- References
- Chapter 4: Layerwise theories
- Abstract
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Integrate layerwise methods
- 4.3. Reddy's layerwise theory
- 4.4. Discrete layerwise theories
- References
- Chapter 5: Extended layerwise method
- Abstract
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Extended layerwise method of laminated plates
- 5.3. Extended layerwise method of doubly-curved laminated shells
- 5.4. Fracture analysis of composite laminates
- 5.5. Fast uniform-grid delamination scheme
- 5.6. Microfracture analysis of composite laminates
- References
- Chapter 6: Multiphysical analysis
- Abstract
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Thermomechanical analysis
- 6.3. Piezoelectric analysis
- 6.4. Chemo-thermomechanical analysis
- References
- Chapter 7: Analysis of complex composites
- Abstract
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Layerwise/solid-element method of composite stiffened shells
- 7.3. Dynamic thermomechanical analysis of stiffened plates
- 7.4. Analysis methods of sandwich structures
- 7.5. Dynamic thermomechanical analysis of sandwich plates
- 7.6. Dynamic thermo-chemomechanical coupling analysis on aeroengine turbine
- References
- Chapter 8: Progressive failure analysis
- Abstract
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Continuous damage mechanics analysis framework
- 8.3. Progressive failure analysis of low-velocity impact
- 8.4. Progressive failure analysis of composites
- 8.5. Progressive thermomechanical DDZM-XLWM
- References
- Chapter 9: Multiscale analysis
- Abstract
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Layerwise multiscale analysis method
- 9.3. Two-scale C2 of a laminated curved beams
- 9.4. Three-scale C2 of laminated curved beams
- 9.5. C2 of laminated plates
- References
- Chapter 10: Sensitivity analysis
- Abstract
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Sensitivity analysis based on FEM
- 10.3. Evaluation methods
- 10.4. Sensitivity analysis based on SST
- References
- Chapter 11: Analysis codes
- Abstract
- 11.1. Overall framework
- 11.2. Data structures and pre/post process
- 11.3. Solver models
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 542
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 8, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323908047
- eBook ISBN: 9780323914420
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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, ChinaRead Analysis of Composite Laminates on ScienceDirect