Introduction to Composite Materials Design, Second Edition (Composite Materials: Design and Analysis) [Hardcover]

Ever J. Barbero (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1560327014 | ISBN-13: 978-1560327011 | Publication Date: November 1, 1998 | Edition: 1

Providing the main tools used for preliminary design of composites, this concise text covers all design aspects such as fiber and matrix selection, fabrication processes, prediction of material properties, and structural analysis of beams, plates, shells, and other structures.

Powerful preliminary-design tools, such as "carpet plots," are used in examples throughout the book, and software, entitles Computer Aided Design Environment for Composites (CADEC), is provided, which includes all of the design equations.

 

To download CADEC, visit Dr. Barbero’s book website

Product Details

• Hardcover: 354 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (November 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560327014
• ISBN-13: 978-1560327011
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,317,749 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ever J. Barbero, BSME-BSEE UNRC (1983), Ph.D. Va. Tech (1989), ASME Fellow and SAMPE Fellow, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University. He is recognized internationally for his work on material models for composite materials. He is the author of "Introduction to Composite Materials Design," Taylor and Francis (1998) and "Finite Element Analysis of Composite Materials," CRC-press (2007), as wells as over 100 peer-reviewed publications, numerous conference papers, and mentor of numerous MS and Ph.D. graduates currently serving leadership positions in academia and industry worldwide. He holds two US Patents, #6,455,131 (2002) and #6,544,624 (2003). He received the AE Alumni Academy Award for Outstanding Teaching and numerous research awards. He is a member of the editorial board of Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures (Taylor and Francis), Annals of Solid and Structural Mechanics (Springer), and Revista Internacional de Desastres Naturales, Accidentes e Infraestructura Civil (Universidad de Puerto Rico).

Book Chapters
Barbero, E. J., Ford, K. J. and Mayugo, J. A., Modeling Self-healing of Fiber-reinforced Polymer-matrix Composites with Distributed Damage, Ch. 9 in Self-healing Materials, S. K. Ghosh (Ed.) (2009) Wiley-VCH, ISBN 978-3-527-31829-2
X. Martinez, S. Oller and E. Barbero, 'Study of Delamination in Composites by Using the Serial/Parallel Mixing Theory and a Damage Formulation' Springer, ECCOMAS Series 'Mechanical Response of Composites', 2008 http://www.springer.com/materials/special+types/book/978-1-4020-8583-3?detailsPage=toc .
L. A. Godoy and E. J. Barbero, "Inestabilidad De Compuestos Laminados: Modelado Computacional Mediante La Teoria General De Estabilidad Elastica" Editor: S. Oller (Spain), 2001.
E. J. Barbero, "Construction" Chapter 46, pp. 982-1003, in "Handbook of Composites", 2nd Ed., Stan Peters, Ed., Thompson Science/Chapman & Hall, 1998.
H. V. S. GangaRao and E. J. Barbero, "Construction, Structural Applications" a chapter in the International Encyclopedia of Composites, S. M. Lee, Ed., Vol. 6, 173-187, 1991.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent first look into composites, January 24, 2003

By 

Guillermo J. CREUS (PORTO ALEGRE, RS Brazil) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Introduction to Composite Materials Design, Second Edition (Composite Materials: Design and Analysis) (Hardcover)

Introduction to composite materials design, by E. Barbero, is an
excellent first book on composites. After describing composites
and its fabrication it gives notions and up to date expressions
for micromechanics and describes lamination theory; The book has
information for the design of structural parts using composites
and a software for practical calculations.
I have used the book with several groups of students at the
master level with very good results.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A mechanical engineering professor's review, December 9, 2002

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Amir Rezaei, Ph.D. (Charleston, WV) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Introduction to Composite Materials Design, Second Edition (Composite Materials: Design and Analysis) (Hardcover)

In this distinctive text, author Ever Barbero focuses on the introduction to composite materials design and its fundamental concepts. The logical order of topic presentation on composites is a major strength of the text. The text is so well written that any engineering student can easy understand the fundamentals of composites without having prior knowledge of composites. Design content is distributed throughout the book in a form that attracts the reader into the design rather than the mathematical complexity that usually exists in mechanics of composites. This book would be my first choice to adopt to teach the fundamentals of composites to a class of mainly undergraduate students.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of Introduction to Composite Materials Design, December 11, 2002

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Independent Reviewer "Carl" (Devon, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Introduction to Composite Materials Design, Second Edition (Composite Materials: Design and Analysis) (Hardcover)

This is an excellent book for the practicing engineer and the instructor. It is full of thoughtful and useful insights that I have not found in other texts.

The availability of free downloadable micromechanics and structural analysis software makes it unique.

I am impressed with the scope, which covers materials, manufacturing processes, micromechanics and behavior of plates and shells. There is a considerable amount of useful detail, such as types of stiffeners. In addition, it touches on important practical issues such as corrosion and flammability.

Each chapter has exercises and a significant list of references, making it a useful classroom text.

I highly recommend it....