Bringing together materials mechanics and modelling, this book provides a complete guide to damage mechanics of composite materials for engineers.

Understanding damage and failure of composite materials is critical for reliable and cost-effective engineering design. Bringing together materials mechanics an

The advantages of composite materials include a high specific strength and stiffness, formability, and a comparative resistance to fatigue cracking and corrosio

This monograph presents recent research findings on fracture properties and behavior of the composites, and their damage and cracking process under both quasi-s

Damage Modeling of Composite Structures: Strength, Fracture, and Finite Element Analysis provides readers with a fundamental overview of the mechanics of compos