Overview
- Comprehensive introduction to the most successful among many theories on the failure of fiber composites
- Written by Puck's pupil and appointed successor Martin Knops
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Fiber Reinforced Plastics (FRP) are widely used for the design of load-bearing structures. Life time prediction based on failure analysis is therefore essential for many applications in Aeronautics, Automotive and Civil Engineering. Analysis of Failure in Fiber Polymer Laminates presents Alfred Puck´s failure model, which, among several other theories, predicts fracture limits best and describes the failure phenomena in FRP most realistically – as confirmed within the “World-wide Failure Exercise”. Using Puck´s model the composite engineer can follow the gradual failure process in a laminate and deduce from the results of the analysis how to improve the laminate design. This capability distinguishes the model from other phenomenological and global models. It thus reduces the number of required component tests and iteration loops in the design process and paves the way to sorely needed software for crash-simulation of FRP-structures.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Analysis of Failure in Fiber Polymer Laminates
Book Subtitle: The Theory of Alfred Puck
Authors: Martin Knops
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75765-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-75764-1Published: 25 April 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09490-3Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-75765-8Published: 05 April 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 205
Topics: Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Solid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Engineering Design