Mechanics of Composite Materials

Preface

Opening Remarks

Session 1. Analysis of Properties I

Mechanical Properties of Composite Materials

Influence of Microstructure on the Thermoelastic and Transport Properties of Particulate and Short-Fiber Composites

Further Applications of the Systematic Theory of Materials with Disordered Constitution

Session 2. Analysis of Properties II

Finite Elastic-Plastic Deformation of Composites

Effective Constitutive Equations for Fiber-Reinforced Viscoplastic Composites

Metal Matrix Composites: Plasticity and Fatigue

Damping Mechanisms in Fiber Reinforced Laminates

Session 3. Strength

Failure of Fiber Composite Laminates

Statistics for the Time Dependent Failure of Kevlar-49/Epoxy Composites: Micromechanical Modeling and Data Interpretation

Analysis of a Hybrid, Uni-directional Laminate with Damage

Modeling of the Failure Process in Notched Laminates

Session 4. Dynamic Properties

Variational Characterization of Waves in Fiber Reinforced Materials

Harmonic Waves in a Periodically Laminated Medium

Computational Methods for Eigenvalue Problems in Composites

Session 5. Laminates I

Elastic Response of Composite Laminates

Nonlinear Effects of Elastic Coupling in Unsymmetric Laminates

Elasticity Solutions for a Class of Composite Laminate Problems with Stress Singularities

Failure Characteristics of Graphite-Epoxy Structural Components Loaded in Compression

Session 6. Laminates II

Optimization of Composite Structures

Mechanics of Bi-modular Composite Structures

Stresses Around Pin-Loaded Holes in Composite Materials

Optimization of Laminated Composite Plates and Shells

An Endochronic Model for the Response of Unidirectional Composites under Off-Axis Tensile Load

Curved Thermal Crack Growth in the Interfaces of a Unidirectional Carbon-Aluminum Composite

Session 7. Damage & Fatigue

Damage Mechanics and NDE of Composite Laminates

Fatigue Failure Mechanism of Composite Laminates

The Role of Matrix Cracking in the Continuum Constitutive Behavior of a Damaged Composite Ply

A Damage Approach to the Fatigue of Composites

Energy Release Rates of Various Microcracks in Short-Fiber Composites

Session 8. Experimental Mechanics

Experimental Mechanics of Composites

Session Chairmen

Participants