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SANDWICH CONSTRUCTION
BASIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES: Structural sandwich is a layered composite formed by bonding two thin facings…
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Effective Axial Modulus
The unit cell as shown in Figure 7.2 is used to compute the effective axial…
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Strength of Material Approximations
In general, the laminates made are thin. Hence, for such laminates the analysis done using…
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Mass Fractions
Let  and  be the mass of fibres, matrix and composite, respectively. We know that (7.6) The mass…
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Volume and Mass Fractions, Density and Void Content
In the present section we are going to introduce some important concept of relative fraction…
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Micromechanics
Strength of Materials Approach Introduction In the earlier lectures we have used the effective properties…
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Glass Fibre
·         Fibers of glass are produced by extruding molten glass, at a temperature around 1200 through…
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Boron Fiber
This fibre was first introduced by Talley in 1959 [15]. In commercial production of boron…
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Reinforcements materials and forms
Figure 1.6: Periodic Table showing the materials used in advanced composites (blue blocks) and conventinal…
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What are the types of fibres?
The fibres that are used in the fabrication of a composite can be divided into…