STRENGTH AND LIFE OF COMPOSITES

1st edition on 2008
Edited by Stephen W. Tsai

New book: Strength & Life of Composites
Hard Bound,
672 pages

This innovative book is suitable for academia, industry and government personnel interested in composites competitive for aerospace, transportation and wind energy. It provides knowledge and tools to empower innovations that would move beyond many conservative practices.
This book has 3 parts:
1) original papers on strength and life based principally on micromechanics of failure;
2) Tsai's classical laminated plate theory and failure criteria; and
3) description of materials and processing, and tools for design calculations.

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Excerpts from the book:

Title - Part 1
Preface - Part 1
Tutorials
Table of Contents - Part 1
Who we are
Title - Part 2
Preface - Part 2
Table of Contents - Part 2