Designing structures using composite materials poses unique challenges, especially due to the need for concurrent design of both material and structure. Students are faced with two options: textbooks that teach the theory of advanced mechanics of composites, but lack computational examples of advanced analysis, and books on finite element analysis

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 International Conference on Advanced Materials, Structures and Mechanical Engineering (ICAMSME 2014), May 3-4, 2014, Incheon, South-Korea

Selected papers from the 2011 International Conference on Advanced Design and Manufacturing Engineering (ADME 2011), 16-18 September, 2011, Guangzhou, China

We are glad to present to our readers the 37th volume of International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa. This volume contains articles describing the research results in the fields of materials science, mechanical engineering, power distribution, construction materials and technologies, technological processes in the chemical production and environmental engineering, network engineering and supply chain. The articles will be useful for many engineers as well as for academic teachers and students majoring in these fields of engineering science.

4th ICMEMSCE Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 4th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Civil Engineering (ICMEMSCE 2016), November 19-20, 2016, Sanya, China

Designing structures using composite materials poses unique challenges due especially to the need for concurrent design of both material and structure. Students are faced with two options: textbooks that teach the theory of advanced mechanics of composites, but lack computational examples of advanced analysis; and books on finite element analysis that may or may not demonstrate very limited applications to composites. But now there is third option that makes the other two obsolete: Ever J. Barbero's Finite Element Analysis of Composite Materials. By layering detailed theoretical and conceptual discussions with fully developed examples, this text supplies the missing link between theory and implementation. In-depth discussions cover all of the major aspects of advanced analysis, including three-dimensional effects, viscoelasticity, edge effects, elastic instability, damage, and delamination. More than 50 complete examples using mainly ANSYSTM, but also including some use of MATLAB®, demonstrate how to use the concepts to formulate and execute finite element analyses and how to interpret the results in engineering terms. Additionally, the source code for each example is available for download online. Cementing applied computational and analytical experience to a firm foundation of basic concepts and theory, Finite Element Analysis of Composite Materials offers a modern, practical, and versatile classroom tool for today's engineering classroom.

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the Second International Conference on Frontiers of Manufacturing and Design Science, (ICFMD 2011), December 11-13, Taiwan

Designing structures using composite materials poses unique challenges, especially due to the need for concurrent design of both material and structure. Students are faced with two options: textbooks that teach the theory of advanced mechanics of composites, but lack computational examples of advanced analysis, and books on finite element analysis that may or may not demonstrate very limited applications to composites. But there is a third option that makes the other two obsolete: Ever J. Barbero's Finite Element Analysis of Composite Materials Using ANSYS®, Second Edition. The Only Finite Element Analysis Book on the Market Using ANSYS to Analyze Composite Materials. By layering detailed theoretical and conceptual discussions with fully developed examples, this text supplies the missing link between theory and implementation. In-depth discussions cover all of the major aspects of advanced analysis, including three-dimensional effects, viscoelasticity, edge effects, elastic instability, damage, and delamination. This second edition of the bestseller has been completely revised to incorporate advances in the state of the art in such areas as modeling of damage in composites. In addition, all 50+ worked examples have been updated to reflect the newest version of ANSYS. Including some use of MATLAB®, these examples demonstrate how to use the concepts to formulate and execute finite element analyses and how to interpret the results in engineering terms. Additionally, the source code for each example is available to students for download online via a companion website featuring a special area reserved for instructors. Plus a solutions manual is available for qualifying course adoptions. Cementing applied computational and analytical experience to a firm foundation of basic concepts and theory, Finite Element Analysis of Composite Materials Using ANSYS, Second Edition offers a modern, practical, and versatile classroom tool for today's engineering classroom.

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 4th International Conference on Civil Engineering, Architecture and Building Materials (CEABM 2014), May 24-25, 2014, Haikou, China

Selected peer-reviewed extended articles based on abstracts presented at the 8th Int.Conference on Composite Materials and Material Engineering, 13th Int.Conference on Advanced Materials Research, and 6th Int.Conference on Frontiers of Composite Materials Aggregated Book