1st Edition
Failure Mechanisms in Composites How and Why Continuous Fibre Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites Fail
1. Introduction. Part I.:Fundamental Failure Mechanisms of Unidirectional Composites. 2. Fibre Direction Tensile Failure. 3. Fibre Direction Compressive Failure. 4. Transverse Tensile Failure. 5. Transverse Compressive Failure. 6. Shear Failure. Part II: Failure in Laminates. 7. Delamination. 8. Fibre-Dominated Tensile Failure. 9. Fibre-Dominated Compressive Failure. 10. Matrix-Dominated Failure. 11. Failure under More Complex Loading. Part lll: More Complex Failures. 12. Notched Failure. 13. Impact and Residual Strength 14. Failure of Composite Joints. 15. Introduction to Fatigue. 16. Failure in Components and Structures.
Biography
Michael R. Wisnom is Professor of Aerospace Structures in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Bristol. He was founding Director of the Advanced Composites Collaboration for Innovation and Science (ACCIS), established in 2006, and Bristol Composites Institute in 2017. He has published more than 500 research papers on the failure of composites.
