Composite Materials Engineering

<p>This book provides a compilation of innovative fabrication strategies and utilization methodologies that are frequently adopted in the advanced composite materials community. </p><p></p><p>It addresses developing appropriate composites to efficiently utilize macro- and nanoscale features. It covers a selection of key aspects of composite materials including history reinforcements matrix materials mechanical properties physical properties theory and applications. The volume reviews the research developments of a number of widely studied composite materials with different matrices.</p><p></p><p>Key features of this book: </p><p></p><ul> <p/><li>Contains new coverage of nanocomposites</li> <p/><li>Reflects the latest theoretical and engineering and industrial applications of composite materials</li> <p/><li>Provides design methods with numerical information and technical formulations needed for researchers</li> <p/><li>Presents a critical review of progress in research and development on composite materials</li> <p/><li>Offers comments on future research direction and ideas for product development</li> </ul>