Composites

A major basic text on the theory and structural applications of laminated anisotropic plates. Detailed coverage of problems of bending under transverse load, stability, and free-vibrations, as well as laminated beams, expansional strain effects, curved plates, and free-edge effects...

From a background in sandwich structures to thermoelastic problems of sandwich structures and sandwich shell theory, this book provides the knowledge needed to analyze, design, and optimize various sandwich structures. It covers special failure modes, such as face wrinkling and core shear instabilit..