This is a book for people who love mechanics of composite materials and ? MATLAB . We will use the popular computer package MATLAB as a matrix calculator for doing the numerical calculations needed in mechanics of c- posite materials. In particular, the steps of the mechanical calculations will be emphasized in this book. The reader will not ?nd ready-made MATLAB programs for use as black boxes. Instead step-by-step solutions of composite material mechanics problems are examined in detail using MATLAB. All the problems in the book assume linear elastic behavior in structural mechanics. The emphasis is not on mass computations or programming, but rather on learning the composite material mechanics computations and understanding of the underlying concepts. The basic aspects of the mechanics of ?ber-reinforced composite materials are covered in this book. This includes lamina analysis in both the local and global coordinate systems, laminate analysis, and failure theories of a lamina.

First Textbook entirely devoted to MATLAB used in Mechanics of Composite Materials Main emphasis is on learning the composite material mechanics computations and on understanding the underlying concepts

Klappentext
This textbook makes use of the popular computer program MATLAB as the major computer tool to study Mechanics of Composite Materials. It is written specifically for students in Engineering and Materials Science examining step-by-step solutions of composite material mechanics problems using MATLAB. Each of the 12 chapters is well structured and includes a summary of the basic equations, MATLAB functions used in the chapter, solved examples and problems for students to solve. The main emphasis of Mechanics of Composite Materials with MATLAB is on learning the composite material mechanics computations and on understanding the underlying concepts. The solutions to most of the given problems appear in an appendix at the end of the book.

Inhalt
Linear Elastic Stress-Strain Relations.- Elastic Constants Based on Micromechanics.- Plane Stress.- Global Coordinate System.- Elastic Constants Based on Global Coordinate System.- Laminate Analysis Part I.- Laminate Analysis Part II.- Effective Elastic Constants of a Laminate.- Failure Theories of a Lamina.- to Homogenization of Composite Materials.- to Damage Mechanics of Composite Materials.