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Mechanics of Composite Structures

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This book has proven to be incredibly useful and is one of the most complete references I own. It covers the basics as well as what I'd consider to be advanced topics. Recently I've used it as a reference to verify methods for: i) stiffness of a built-up orthotropic open beam section made up of varying laminates; ii) orthotropic plate buckling (long/short & varying boundary conditions); and iii) buckling of open-section orthotropic beams (flexural-torsional, lateral-torsional & local). The book often does a better job of explaining the behaviour than my "approved" methods sources. That's why I decided to write this review.

One word of warning, his notation doesn't always match what I'm used to. The author seems to have a love of squiggly Greek characters, and doesn't hesitate to use them in place of more common notation (common being what's used in MIL-HDBK/CMH-17 and most other references I've used).

This book is simply great ...the initial 3-4 chapters covers the complete fundamentals needed for the composite study and the remaining chapters deals with all the particular structural problems encountered. I used this book for my thesis work.

The best part of this book is the compilation method. The boxes in between the sections is one of the very good summarizing practice. Also the appendix content help a lot in understanding the problem and the mechanics. According to me this is one of the most complete book in terms of the theory of mechanics of composite materials.

Very good price and right on time. The book came brand new in its original package. Thanks