Composite materials have been well developed to meet the challenges of high-performing material properties targeting engineering and structural applications. The ability of composite materials to absorb stresses and dissipate strain energy is vastly superior to that of other materials such as polymers and ceramics, and thus they offer engineers many mechanical, thermal, chemical and damage-tolerance advantages with limited drawbacks such as brittleness.
Composite Materials: Manufacturing, Properties and Applications presents a comprehensive review of current status and future directions, latest technologies and innovative work, challenges and opportunities for composite materials. The chapters present latest advances and comprehensive coverage of material types, design, fabrication, modelling, properties and applications from conventional composite materials to advanced composites such as nanocomposites, self-healing and smart composites. The book targets researchers in the field of advanced composite materials and ceramics, students of materials science and engineering at the postgraduate level, as well as material engineers and scientists working in industrial R& D sectors for composite material manufacturing.
1. Composite Materials - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. ix 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. Chapter 1 Futuristic synthesis strategies for aluminum-based metal-matrix composites - p. 3 9. Chapter 2 Geopolymer composites modified with nanomaterials - p. 25 10. Chapter 3 Advanced hybrid fiber-reinforced composites for high material performance - p. 53 11. Chapter 4 3D printing composite materials: A comprehensive review - p. 65 12. Chapter 5 Fiber composites of inorganic polymers (geopolymers) reinforced with natural fibers - p. 117 13. Chapter 6 Interphase and interfacial properties of composite materials - p. 151 14. Chapter 7 Durability and life prediction of fiber-reinforced polymer composites - p. 179 15. Chapter 8 Composites for structural strengthening, repair, rehabilitation, and retrofit - p. 205 16. Chapter 9 Vinyl-ester composites reinforced with natural fibers and nanofillers - p. 227 17. Chapter 10 Fracture mechanics of composites: Reinforcement of short carbon and glass fibers - p. 245 18. Chapter 11 Mechanical properties of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fiber-reinforced fly ash geopolymer and fly ash-slag-blended geopolymer composites - p. 265 19. Chapter 12 Thermal damage in carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer composites: A critical review - p. 285 20. Chapter 13 Self-healing and self-sensing smart polymer composites - p. 307 21. Chapter 14 Lightning strike damage on carbon fiber-reinforced composites: Prediction and protection - p. 359 22. Chapter 15 Fire behavior and flame-retardant properties of application-oriented fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs) - p. 383 23. Chapter 16 Advances in multistable composite structures and their applications - p. 421 24. Chapter 17 Intelligent composite materials for use as sensors and actuators - p. 465 25. Chapter 18 High-temperature superlubricity behaviors of γ-Fe2O3@SiO2 nanocomposite coatings - p. 489 26. Chapter 19 Polymeric composites for X-ray shielding applications - p. 503 27. Chapter 20 Synthesis of nuclear-grade nano-sized boron carbide powders and its application in LDPE matrix composites for neutron shielding - p. 543 28. Chapter 21 Shape memory polymer composites and their smart structural applications - p. 581 29. Chapter 22 Analysis of architecture and performance of three-dimensional braided composites - p. 611 30. Chapter 23 Biomass-derived porous carbon nanostructures for supercapacitor applications - p. 637 31. Index - p. 657
Composite materials have been well developed to meet the challenges of high-performing material properties targeting engineering and structural applications. The ability of composite materials to absorb stresses and dissipate strain energy is vastly superior to that of other materials such as polymers and ceramics, and thus they offer engineers many mechanical, thermal, chemical and damage-tolerance advantages with limited drawbacks such as brittleness.
Composite Materials: Manufacturing, Properties and Applications presents a comprehensive review of current status and future directions, latest technologies and innovative work, challenges and opportunities for composite materials. The chapters present latest advances and comprehensive coverage of material types, design, fabrication, modelling, properties and applications from conventional composite materials to advanced composites such as nanocomposites, self-healing and smart composites. The book targets researchers in the field of advanced composite materials and ceramics, students of materials science and engineering at the postgraduate level, as well as material engineers and scientists working in industrial R& D sectors for composite material manufacturing.
1. Composite Materials - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. ix 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. Chapter 1 Futuristic synthesis strategies for aluminum-based metal-matrix composites - p. 3 9. Chapter 2 Geopolymer composites modified with nanomaterials - p. 25 10. Chapter 3 Advanced hybrid fiber-reinforced composites for high material performance - p. 53 11. Chapter 4 3D printing composite materials: A comprehensive review - p. 65 12. Chapter 5 Fiber composites of inorganic polymers (geopolymers) reinforced with natural fibers - p. 117 13. Chapter 6 Interphase and interfacial properties of composite materials - p. 151 14. Chapter 7 Durability and life prediction of fiber-reinforced polymer composites - p. 179 15. Chapter 8 Composites for structural strengthening, repair, rehabilitation, and retrofit - p. 205 16. Chapter 9 Vinyl-ester composites reinforced with natural fibers and nanofillers - p. 227 17. Chapter 10 Fracture mechanics of composites: Reinforcement of short carbon and glass fibers - p. 245 18. Chapter 11 Mechanical properties of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fiber-reinforced fly ash geopolymer and fly ash-slag-blended geopolymer composites - p. 265 19. Chapter 12 Thermal damage in carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer composites: A critical review - p. 285 20. Chapter 13 Self-healing and self-sensing smart polymer composites - p. 307 21. Chapter 14 Lightning strike damage on carbon fiber-reinforced composites: Prediction and protection - p. 359 22. Chapter 15 Fire behavior and flame-retardant properties of application-oriented fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs) - p. 383 23. Chapter 16 Advances in multistable composite structures and their applications - p. 421 24. Chapter 17 Intelligent composite materials for use as sensors and actuators - p. 465 25. Chapter 18 High-temperature superlubricity behaviors of γ-Fe2O3@SiO2 nanocomposite coatings - p. 489 26. Chapter 19 Polymeric composites for X-ray shielding applications - p. 503 27. Chapter 20 Synthesis of nuclear-grade nano-sized boron carbide powders and its application in LDPE matrix composites for neutron shielding - p. 543 28. Chapter 21 Shape memory polymer composites and their smart structural applications - p. 581 29. Chapter 22 Analysis of architecture and performance of three-dimensional braided composites - p. 611 30. Chapter 23 Biomass-derived porous carbon nanostructures for supercapacitor applications - p. 637 31. Index - p. 657
