Handbook of polymer-fibre composites /

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Imprint:Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex : Longman Scientific & Technical, 1994.
Description:xiv, 418 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Polymer science and technology series
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1641489
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Other authors / contributors:Jones, F. R.
ISBN:0582065542
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Fibrous reinforcements for composite materials
  • General introduction / F. R. Jones. 1.1. Acicular particulate reinforcement / R. Rothon. 1.2. Alumina fibres / J. E. Bailey. 1.3. Aramid fibres / L. S. Penn. 1.4. Boron fibres / J. E. Bailey. 1.5. Boron nitride and other covalent ceramic fibres / J. H. Sharp and R. J. P. Emsley. 1.6. Carbon fibres from PAN - preparation and properties / F. R. Jones. 1.7. Carbon fibres from PAN - structure / D. J. Johnson. 1.8. Carbon fibres from PAN - surface treatment F / R. Jones. 1.9. Carbon fibres from pitch / B. Rand and M. Turpin. 1.10. Glass fibres - type and form / F. R. Jones. 1.11. Glass fibres - surface treatment / F. R. Jones. 1.12. Knitted reinforcements / F. K. Ko. 1.13. Polyethylene fibres / D. L. M. Cansfield and I. M. Ward. 1.14. Rigid rod polymer fibres / R. J. Young. 1.15. Silicon carbide fibres / J. H. Sharp and R. J. P. Emsley. 1.16. Silicon nitride and silicon carbonitride fibres / R. J. P. Emsley and J. H. Sharp
  • Ch. 2. Matrices. 2.1. Advanced thermoplastics / J. Barnes. 2.2. Conventional thermoplastics / R. S. Bailey. 2.3. Conventional thermoplastics - pultruded composite tapes / G. Cuff. 2.4. Epoxy resins / F. R. Jones. 2.5. High temperature resins - thermosetting polyimides / J. N. Hay. 2.6. High temperature resins - other thermosets / J. N. Hay. 2.7. Phenolic resins - laminates / P. A. Sheard. 2.8. Phenolic resins - moulding compounds / A. Smith. 2.9. Time-temperature-transformation diagrams for thermosets / B. Ellis. 2.10. Unsaturated polyester resins / R. A. Panther. 2.11. Urethane methylacrylates / F. R. Jones. 2.12. Vinyl ester resins / F. R. Jones
  • Ch. 3. Fabrication of polymer composites. 3.1. A guide to selection / F. R. Jones. 3.2. Autoclave moulding / F. R. Jones. 3.3. Centrifugal casting / F. R. Jones. 3.4. Continuous fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites - shaping / J. Barnes. 3.5. Bulk moulding compounds and dough moulding compounds / A. G. Gibson. 3.6. Filament winding / V. Middleton. 3.7. Hand lay / T. M. Gotch. 3.8. Injection moulding - thermoplastics / M. J. Folkes. 3.9. Injection moulding - thermosets / A. G. Gibson. 3.10. Injection moulding - fibre management by shear controlled orientation / P. S. Allan and M. J. Bevis. 3.11. Long glass fibre reinforced thermoplastic sheet / P. M. Jacobs. 3.12. Pultrusion / A. G. Gibson. 3.13. Recycling of polymer fibre composites / D. W. Clegg. 3.14. Reinforced reaction injection moulding (RRIM) / F. R. Jones. 3.15. Resin transfer moulding (RTM) / C. D. Rudd. 3.16. Resin transfer moulding (RTM) - practicalities / A. A. Adams. 3.17. Sheet moulding compounds / A. G. Gibson. 3.18. Spray deposition / T. M. Gotch. 3.19. Structural RIM (SRIM) / P. A. Sheard and M. Parmar
  • Ch. 4. Mechanical properties of composites - micromechanics. 4.1. Continuous fibre reinforcement / J. E. Bailey. 4.2. Continuous fibre reinforcement - Young's moduli / J. E. Bailey. 4.3. Continuous fibre reinforcement - strength / J. E. Bailey. 4.4. Continuous fibre reinforcement - off-axis properties of unidirectional laminae / J. E. Bailey. 4.5. Hybrid effect / M. G. Bader. 4.6. Interfacial bond strength determination - critique / I. Verpoest. 4.7. Interfacial bond strength determination - fragmentation / I. Verpoest and M. Desaeger. 4.8. Interfacial bond strength determination microdebond pull-out test / L. S. Penn. 4.9. Interfacial bond strength determination: pull-out test / M. J. Pitkethly. 4.10. Laminates - angle plied / S. L. Ogin. 4.11. Laminates - crossply cracking / F. R. Jones. 4.12. Laminates - residual thermal and related strains / F. R. Jones. 4.13. Laminates - statistics of transverse cracking / P. W. M. Peters. 4.14. Short fibre reinforcement - direct measurement of fibre strain using Raman spectroscopy / R. J. Young. 4.15. Short fibre reinforcement - stress transfer in discontinuous fibre composites / M. G. Bader. 4.16. Short fibre reinforced thermoplastics / M. G. Bader. 4.17. Short fibre reinforced thermosets / F. Chen
  • Ch. 5. Mechanical properties - macromechanics. 5.1. Damage accumulation - fracture mechanics / S. L. Ogin. 5.2. Delamination - fracture mechanics / S. L. Ogin. 5.3. Design considerations for aerospace applications / G. W. Meetham. 5.4. Failure criteria / P. A. Smith. 5.5. Fatigue - aramid fibre reinforced plastics / B. Harris. 5.6. Fatigue - carbon fibre composites / P. T. Curtis. 5.7. Fatigue - glass fibre reinforced plastics / B. Harris. 5.8. Fatigue - life prediction - role of materials and structure / P. Irving. 5.9. Fatigue - life prediction - damage calculation and assessment / P. Irving. 5.10. Impact performance - CFRP laminates / G. Dorey. 5.11. Impact performance - residual compression strength / G. Dorey. 5.12. Impact resistance - fibre reinforced polymers / P. Hogg. 5.13. Knitted fabric composites - properties / F. K. Ko. 5.14. Laminate theory / P. A. Smith. 5.15. Non-destructive evaluation of composites / B. Harris. 5.16. Standard test methods for composite materials / E. W. Godwin
  • Ch. 6. Environmental aspects. 6.1. Mechanical properties under hygrothermal conditions / E. G. Wolff. 6.2. Moisture absorption - Fickian diffusion kinetics and moisture profiles / T. A. Collings. 6.3. Moisture absorption - anomalous effects / F. R. Jones. 6.4. Osmosis and blistering in GRP / F. Chen and A. W. Birley. 6.5. Stress corrosion cracking of GRP / F. R. Jones. 6.6. Thermal spiking/thermal cycling effects / F. R. Jones.