Contents : Design of composite products; the assessment loop; the outline design loop; the detailed design loop; the validation loop; fibres; matrix resins; lamina (one ply)/laminate (many plies) properties; reinforcement forms; core materials; ancillary materials; fabrication processes; non- destructive testing; environmental effects; fatigue and stress rupture; impact effects; adhesive bonding; bolted joints; statistics; composite markets and products; costing; plant layout; quality; troubleshooting; case study of product development; hints and tips.

La première partie donne pour chaque catégorie de produits, les noms et adresses, téléphones, télécopies, des fabricants, fournisseurs, agents et distributeurs, dans le monde entier. La seconde partie rassemble les données concernant les produits fournis par les différentes sociétés (utilisations, types, caractéristiques dimensionnelles, poids…).

Written from a conceptual point-of-view and emphasizing fundamentals, "Fiber-reinforced composites, second edition" offers fully up-to-date, thoroughly expanded sections on fibers and matrix, including thermoplastic matrix...discontinuous fibers and laminated structures...static mechanical properties, fatigue properties, and damage tolerance...resin flow, bag molding, filament winding, and resin transfer molding...and environmental effects, as well as entirely new coverage of current topics such as thermoplastic composite manufacturing...delamination initiation...metal and ceramic matrix composites...woven fabrics...residual stresses...alternate micromechanical equations...and much more !