The Essentials of Composite Materials

A Guide for Engineering and Beyond
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-93279-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

The Essentials of Composite Materials: A Guide for Engineering and Beyond combines the theory of composite materials and their applications, with a focus on the main industries where they are used. Using the author’s experience as a naval architect, boat builder, and composites designer, this book offers a guide to the selection of the most appropriate production processes, procedures, and materials for a particular project. It comprehensively covers polymer matrix composites, explaining what composite materials are, their components, and what they can be used for.

• Combines theoretical material with practical examples in a uniquely accessible way.

• Explores fabric structures, materials, resins, procedures, and manufacturing processes, including details that can only be discovered through hands-on work.

• Covers the more analytical side, explaining classical laminate plate theory, composite systems, strength, and failure criteria.

• Discusses applications in automotive, aerospace, civil, medical device, and naval industries.

This text serves as a practical tool for readers working in the composite fields as well as those looking to enter it.

Zielgruppe

Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pacheco, German A.

Pacheco, Germán A.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde
• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, Luftverkehr
• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Meerestechnik, ablandige Plattformen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

0. Front Matter. 1. What Exactly Is A Composite Material?. 2. Polymer Matrix Composites. 3. Fillers or Type of Reinforcements. 4. Role of Fibres and the Matrix. 5. Materials Categories. 6. Material Types. 7. Composite Material Application Field. 8. Advantages and Disadvantages of PMCs. 9. Materials Used in the Naval Industry. 10. Reinforcing Materials Design. 11. Fabric Structures. 12. Thermoset Matrices. 13. High-Performance Thermoplastic Matrices. 14. Material Selection. 15. Manufacturing Methods. 16. Factors to be Considered in the Manufacturing Process Selection. 17. Composite Product Design. 18. Fibre-to-Resin Ratio. 19. Critical Variables during the Process Development in Composite Materials. 20. Thermosetting Materials during Curing Process. 21. Glass Transition Temperature. 22. Solid Polymer Laminate. 23. Composite Systems. 24. Laminated Composite Plates Analysis. 25. Classical Laminate Theory (CLT). 26. Laminate. 27. Introduction to Failure Criteria. 28. Laminate Sandwich Panels. 29. Nomenclature. 30. Composite Recycling. 31. New Technologies Applied to Composite Materials. 32. Integrating AI into Composite Materials.

Über Autor(innen)

Germán A. Pacheco is a naval architect, yacht designer, and composite technician with over 15 years of experience in the marine and aerospace industry. He studied Naval Architecture at the National University of Quilmes in Argentina; he has worked in Australia and other countries for leading naval and aerospace companies. His experience includes the design and construction of vessels—from racing yachts to ferries, catamarans, cargo ships, and patrol boats—as well as the development of composite components for the marine, aerospace, and agricultural sectors. He has also contributed to the field through teaching everything he knows from his experience related to composite materials.