Introduction to Composite Materials Design

Presenting a wealth of revised examples and new information, this book strengthens the pedagogy and streamlines the content to make it easier to teach chapters 1–7 in one semester, adds new exercises and comprehensive examples with emphasis on design in each chapter, adds material on sustainable and natural fibers and matrix subsections, and updates ACI code. The solutions manual is updated, adding intermediary steps to more fully explain solutions. It expands coverage of introductory design for reliability. Featuring the largest set of state-of the art topics in an introductory composites textbook it also links to free cloud-based software for the preliminary design of composite materials.

Ever J. Barbero is Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University. Prof. Barbero, ASME Fellow and SAMPE Fellow, is recognized internationally for his work on material models for composite materials. He is the author of 3 textbooks: Introduction to Composite Materials Design , Taylor & Francis (First Edition 1999; Second Edition 2010), Finite Element Analysis of Composite Materials Using Abaqus , Taylor & Francis (2013), and Finite Element Analysis of Composite Materials Using ANSYS, Taylor & Francis (First Edition 2007; Second Edition 2013). He has authored several book chapters, over 100 peer-reviewed publications, and numerous conference papers and has been the mentor of numerous MS and Ph.D. graduates currently serving in leadership positions in academia and industry worldwide. He holds two US Patents, #6,455,131 (2002) and #6,544,624 (2003). He received the AE Alumni Academy Award for Outstanding Teaching (1999) and numerous research awards. As former department chair, he led the department in accomplishing ABET accreditation twice, as well as substantial growth of all productivity including research expenditures and undergraduate and doctoral enrollment. Eleven new faculty were added to the department in the period 2002–2009.