Product Description
Providing the main tools used for preliminary design of composites, this concise text covers all design aspects such as fibre and matrix selection, fabrication processes, prediction of material properties, and structural analysis of beams, plates, shells and other structures. The emphasis of the book is on practicality and design, not only through numerical examples, but also through explanations of the material. Incorporated throughout this book are modern analysis and design methodology, as well as special design-oriented sections and numerous examples. At the end of each chapter, suggested exercises are included to test the understanding of the material presented. Software, entitled Computer Aided Design Environment for Composites CADEC, is included which will allow for easy calculation of design equations.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 6 reviews)

An excellent first look into composites by Guillermo J. CREUS (PORTO ALEGRE, RS Brazil)

5 Stars
January 24, 2003
Introduction to composite materials design, by E. Barbero, is anexcellent first book on composites. After describing composites and its fabrication it gives notions and up to date expressions for micromechanics and describes lamination theory; The book has information for the design of structural parts using compositesand a software for practical calculations.I have used the book with several groups of students at the master level with very good results.

Review of Introduction to Composite Materials Design by James C. Iatridis, PhD (Burlington, VT United States)

5 Stars
January 02, 2003
Barbero's book is an excellent text of composite materials design and analysis for early graduate and advanced undergraduate students. After using this text for 2 years, my students and I continue to be impressed with the book's organization, clear writing, good examples, and useful software.This text provides a practical framework that can be applied equally well toward developing a thorough understanding of lamination theory or the fairly rapid application of this theory to advanced problems in composite materials design.

Review of Introduction to Composite Materials Design by Carl Zweben (Devon, PA USA)

5 Stars
December 11, 2002
This is an excellent book for the practicing engineer and the instructor. It is full of thoughtful and useful insights that I have not found in other texts.The availability of free downloadable micromechanics and structural analysis software makes it unique.I am impressed with the scope, which covers materials, manufacturing processes, micromechanics and behavior of plates and shells. There is a considerable amount of useful detail, such as types of stiffeners. In addition, it touches on important practical issues such as corrosion and flammability. Each chapter has exercises and a significant list of references, making it a useful classroom text.I highly recommend it....

A mechanical engineering professor's review by Amir Rezaei, Ph.D. (Charleston, WV)

5 Stars
December 09, 2002
In this distinctive text, author Ever Barbero focuses on the introduction to composite materials design and its fundamental concepts. The logical order of topic presentation on composites is a major strength of the text. The text is so well written that any engineering student can easy understand the fundamentals of composites without having prior knowledge of composites. Design content is distributed throughout the book in a form that attracts the reader into the design rather than the mathematical complexity that usually exists in mechanics of composites. This book would be my first choice to adopt to teach the fundamentals of composites to a class of mainly undergraduate students.

A very good book for advanced senior and graduate students.

4 Stars
July 31, 1999
The author has achieved an excellent balance of depth and clarity in this relatively easy to follow book. The fundamental concepts of mechanics and elasticity, that are necessary for the explanation of the mechanics of fibrous composites, are presented in a very concise and clear manner so that students with standard background in mechanics can easily extend their knowledge from basic mechanics to the mechanics of composites. Yet, the book provides enough description and contents to help the student deal with practical problems in design.

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