1st Edition

Filament Winding of Lightweight Composite Structures

By Manoj Kumar Buragohain Copyright 2026
720 Pages 271 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This book provides know-how required to develop filament-wound composite products of different types that are regularly used in varied industrial sectors. Apart from pertinent fundamental concepts, it includes simple geometrical solutions as well as derivation of mathematical relations. On the processing front, filament winding, winding machine and other capital equipment are described. An... Read more

1. Applications of Filament-Wound Products  2. Design Concepts in Filament Winding  3. Materials For Filament Winding  4. An Overview of Manufacturing in Composites  5. An Overview of Filament Winding  6. Tooling and Machinery  7. Mechanics of Filament Wound Composites  8. Geodesic Winding  9. Non-Geodesic Winding  10. Programming for Filament Winding  11. Filament-Wound Composite Pressure Vessel  12. Performance of Filament-Wound Structures  13. Testing and Performance Evaluation  14. Design of Filament-Wound Products  15. Artificial Intelligence in Filament Winding

Biography

Manoj Kumar Buragohain is a scientist with over three decades of experience in composites. He is passionate about product development – structural and configuration design, processing, testing, and innovation. His particular interest is in filament winding, including the computational and processing nuances involved in the design and development of filament-wound structures. He also has a keen interest in teaching. He studied composites at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras after graduating from the National Institute of Technology Rourkela. Currently, he is a senior scientist at the Advanced Systems Laboratory in Hyderabad, India, of the Defence Research & Development Organisation. Also, he is an Adjunct Faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.

He is the author of a comprehensive book titled “Composite Structures: Design, Mechanics, Analysis, Manufacturing, and Testing” and has published several papers in both national and international journals and conferences. He remains professionally active and currently serves as the Chairman of the Hyderabad Chapter of the Indian Society for Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (ISAMPE). He has received several accolades for his contributions to the development of composites, including the National Science Day Commendation Certificate & Silicon Medal, Laboratory Scientist of the Year, DRDO Award for Performance Excellence, Agni Award for Excellence in Self-reliance, DRDO Scientist of the Year, and the ISAMPE Certificate for Outstanding Design and Process Development.