K.K.

Chawla

Composite Materials
Science and Engineering

Updated and enlarged third edition of a widely used text

Offers an integrated and completely up-to-date coverage of
composite materials
New material including plenty of new exercises and illustrations, and
new chapters on fatigue and creep of composites

3rd ed. 2012, XXIII, 542 p. 265 illus., 211

illus. in color.

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This updated third edition of Krishan Chawlas widely used textbook, Composite Materials,
offers integrated and completely up-to-date coverage of composite materials. The book
focuses on the triad of processing, structure, and properties, while providing a wellbalanced treatment of the materials science and mechanics of composites.

In this edition of Composite Materials, revised and updated throughout, increasing use
of composites in industry (especially aerospace and energy) and new developments in
the field are highlighted. There is a new chapter on non-conventional composites, which
covers polymer, metal and ceramic matrix nanocomposites, self-healing composites, selfreinforced composites, biocomposites and laminates made of metals and polymer matrix
composites. The third edition also includes new solved examples and problems as well as
increased coverage of:

Carbon/carbon brakes

Composites for civilian aircraft and jet engines

Second generation high-temperature superconducting composites

Composites for use in windmill blades

WC/metal particulate composites

Examples of practical applications in various fields are given throughout the book,
and extensive references to the literature are provided. The book is intended for use in
graduate and upper-division undergraduate courses, and as a reference for the practicing
engineers and researchers in industry and academia.

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