Publisher's Synopsis
A composite material is a material made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties that, when combined, produce a material with characteristics different from the individual components. The text Principles of Composite Material Mechanics presents a unique blend of classical and contemporary mechanics of composites technologies. Bionics principles, abnormal elasticity, and moving interfaces of adaptive composite materials have been focused in first chapter. Second chapter describes the concept of so-called virtual laboratories that are based on a netcentric approach. Third chapter discusses frequency dependences of effective material parameters (permittivity and permeability) of different types of composites. Features and applications of policryps composite materials have been described in fourth chapter. Fifth chapter focuses on digital microscopy and image analysis applied to composite materials characterization. Sixth chapter deals with the effect of interface structures on the mechanical properties of fiber reinforced composite materials. Seventh chapter authenticates with experimentally investigated strength data that the physical properties, and in particular, the mechanical behavior of a material depend on the growth habits to produce the modal microstructure of the material. Eighth chapter discusses the development of an in-situ laser cladding technique to deposit a TiC-based MMC coating on a steel substrate with no cracks and excellent bonding to the substrate and a high hardness. Ninth chapter aims to examine the properties of composites that different carbon materials with different measurements can reinforce. Last chapter deals with new superhard ternary borides in composite materials.
