Focusing on the relationship between structure and properties, this is a well-balanced treatment of the mechanics and the materials science of composites, while not neglecting the importance of processing. This updated second edition contains new chapters on fatigue and creep of composites, and describes in detail how the various reinforcements, the materials in which they are embedded, and of the interfaces between them, control the properties of the composite materials at both the micro- and macro-levels. Extensive use is made of micrographs and line drawings, and examples of practical applications in various fields are given throughout the book, together with extensive references to the literature. Intended for use in graduate and upper-division undergraduate courses, this book will also prove a useful reference for practising engineers and researchers in industry and academia.
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"… Well-organized, up-to-date, informative … filled with useful tables, graphs, references, suggested readings, and illustrations. The book is well designed for its intended market …" American Scientist
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"covers polymer, metal, and ceramic matrix composites in a well-organized, up-to-date manner. It is filled with useful tables, graphs, references, suggested readings and illustrations." -- American Scientist
"Overall, this is an excellent book for composite materials research. It can be used as a text book for undergraduate seniors,... and as a reference book for engineers." -- Applied Mechanics Review
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"Prof. Chawla has attempted the formidable task of including essentially all types of fiber composite materials and their properties in a single text. By employing an economic writing style and carefully selected references, figures, and suggested readings, he has successfully produced a relatively short but thorough 292-page book…Clear, concise, and complete, this book is an excellent up-to-date introduction to fiber composite materials. I would recommend it for a first course in composite materials at the advanced undergraduate or first-year graduate level. It is also valuable for the practicing engineer or scientist who wishes to become familiar with the growing field of fiber composites.”
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"Readers will find this valuable text to be current, well-written and lucid. In addition each chapter contains many references and suggested reading material.”
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"This book covers thoroughly the broad base of composites. The book is divided into three parts and twelve chapters, plus a very useful set of appendices and problems.”
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"…he uses a conversational style often more intuitive than that used in other works…useful as a course supplement, or as a resource for students already exposed to the subject via a more traditional approach…In summary, a valuable addition to an undergraduate library collection.”
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K.K. Chawla has taught and done research at institutions in Switzerland, Brazil, Canada, and the US and has served as a consultant to industry, national laboratories, and government agencies. He is currently at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His books, used as texts throughout the world, include Ceramic Matrix Composites (1993), Fibrous Materials (1998), Mechanical Metallurgy.
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I read this book as a textbook for a class I took on Composite Materials. This is one of the best textbooks I have read and is a great introductory text to Composites. It is small for a textbook, but covers all the major topics in Composites, thereby making it a great textbook for a one-semester class. It is easy to understand and is suitable for both undergraduates and graduate students. The book contains a lot of figures, graphs, and charts that make the subject matter easy to understand.
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It is a truism that technological development depends on advances in the field of materials. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fiber surface roughness, thermal mismatch between the fiber, ceramic matrix materials, fiber pullout, aluminum alloy matrix, atomic registry, cyclic stress range, unreinforced alloy, fibrous preform, precursor fiber, critical fiber length, superconducting composites, high fiber volume fractions, polymeric matrix materials, orthotropic lamina, oxide fibers, bundle strength, hygrothermal effects, ply stacking sequence, silicon carbide fiber, aluminum matrix, boron fibers, copper matrix, fiber fracture, situ composites Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Suggested Reading, John Wiley, Scripta Met, Academic Press, Marcel Dekker, Pergamon Press, Plenum Press, Handbook of Composites, Metals Park, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Acta Met, Lanxide Corp, Oxford University Press, Commonalty of Phenomena, Englewood Cliffs, Materials Sci, Cambridge University Press, Fibre Sci, Park Ridge, Spectra Shield, After Ogin, Baton Rouge, Composites Sci, Fracture Research New!
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fiber surface roughness, thermal mismatch between the fiber, ceramic matrix materials, fiber pullout, aluminum alloy matrix, atomic registry, cyclic stress range, unreinforced alloy, fibrous preform, precursor fiber, critical fiber length, superconducting composites, high fiber volume fractions, polymeric matrix materials, orthotropic lamina, oxide fibers, bundle strength, hygrothermal effects, ply stacking sequence, silicon carbide fiber, aluminum matrix, boron fibers, copper matrix, fiber fracture, situ composites Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Suggested Reading, John Wiley, Scripta Met, Academic Press, Marcel Dekker, Pergamon Press, Plenum Press, Handbook of Composites, Metals Park, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Acta Met, Lanxide Corp, Oxford University Press, Commonalty of Phenomena, Englewood Cliffs, Materials Sci, Cambridge University Press, Fibre Sci, Park Ridge, Spectra Shield, After Ogin, Baton Rouge, Composites Sci, Fracture Research New!
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- Metal Matrix Composites by Nikhilesh Chawla on 7 pages
- Ceramic Matrix Composites by Krishan Kumar Chawla on 4 pages
- Engineering Mechanics of Composite Materials by Isaac M. Daniel on page 376, page 402, and page 403
- Fibrous Materials (Cambridge Solid State Science Series) by Krishan Kumar Chawla on page 69, and page 71
- Mechanics Of Composite Materials (Materials Science & Engineering Series) by Robert M. Jones on page 375, and page 376
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- Materials Science in Manufacturing by Rajiv Asthana in Front Matter, page 417, and page 443
- Mechanical Behavior of Materials by William F. Hosford on page 365, and page 389
- Metal Matrix Composites by Nikhilesh Chawla on page 109, and page 349
- Mechanics of Materials: A Modern Integration of Mechanics and Materials in Structural Design by Christopher Jenkins on page 353
- Oxide-Based Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic-Matrix Composites: Principles and Materials by Bilge Saruhan on page 43
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