
Impact Behaviour of Fibre-Reinforced Composite Materials and Structures
- 1st Edition - October 12, 2000
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: S. R. Reid, G Zhou
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 8 5 5 7 3 - 4 2 3 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 8 5 5 7 3 - 8 9 0 - 4
This study covers impact response, damage tolerance and failure of fibre-reinforced composite materials and structures. Materials development, analysis and prediction of structural… Read more

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Request a sales quoteThis study covers impact response, damage tolerance and failure of fibre-reinforced composite materials and structures. Materials development, analysis and prediction of structural behaviour and cost-effective design all have a bearing on the impact response of composites and this book brings together for the first time the most comprehensive and up-to-date research work from leading international experts.
- State of the art analysis of impact response, damage tolerance and failure of FRC materials
- Distinguished contributors provide expert analysis of the most recent materials and structures
- Valuable tool for R&D engineers, materials scientists and designers
R&D engineers, materials scientists and designers
Impact behaviour of fibre-reinforced composites; Recent developments in impact damage assessment of fibre composites; Modelling impact of composite structures using small specimens; Impact damage – tolerant composite structural design; Damage resistance and tolerance of thick laminated woven roving GFRP plates subjected to low-velocity impact; Elastic impact stress analysis of composite plates and cylinders; Impact behaviour and analysis of CFRP laminated plates; Perforation of FRP laminates and sandwich panels subjected to missile impact; High velocity impact damage to polymer matrix composites.
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 12, 2000
- No. of pages (eBook): 320
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9781855734234
- eBook ISBN: 9781855738904
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S. R. Reid
S. R. Reid is the Conoco Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST).
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G Zhou
Dr Gang Zhou is Lecturer in the Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering at Loughborough University.
Affiliations and expertise
Loughborough University, UKRead Impact Behaviour of Fibre-Reinforced Composite Materials and Structures on ScienceDirect