1st Edition

Composite Materials, 6th Japan/US Conference

    This book contains technical papers, presented at the Sixth Japan-U.S. Conference on Composite Materials held in Orlando in 1982, on various topics, including stress analysis, interfaces and material systems, micromechanics, structural analysis, design and optimization, and strength analysis.

    1. Advances in Structural Mechanics of Rubber Composites 2. The Effect of Bending-Twisting Coupling on the Critical Speed of a Oriveshaft 3. Nonlinear Analysis of Composite Structures Based on Modern Continuum Mixture Theory 4. Comparison of Two-Dimensional Continuum and Layered Beam Finite Element Models of a Composite Notched Tensile Bar 5. Modeling and Analysis of Torsion in Shafts Made of Composite Materials 6. Combined Shear- and End-Loaded Compression Strength Testing of Advanced Composite Materials 7. The Dependence of Composite Lamina Compression Strength on Matrix Modulus 8. On the Behavior of Thick-Walled Composite Rings Subjected to External Hydrostatic Compressive Loading 9. Biaxial Compression Testing of G-1O Woven Fabric Composite Laminates 10. Damping Properties of Plastic for Composites 11. Evaluation of Impact Damage in Composites by Wave Propagation Analysis 12. Geometrically Nonlinear Cylindrical Bending of Laminates 13. Stress Analysis for Twisted Cord and Rubber of FRR 14. Finite Element Analysis of Rayleigh/Lamb-Type Channel Waves in Sandwich Plates 15. Singular Stress Distribution of Fiber Reinforced Elastomer Strip under Axial Tension 16. Stress Analysis of Transverse Cracking in Cross-Ply Composite Laminates 17. Reaction Processing: Route for Controlling Composite lnterlacial Behavior 18. Interfacial Fracture Toughness of Continuous Fiber Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites under Mixed Mode Loading 19. Effect of Annealing the Polymer on the Adhesion between Carbon Fibers and a Thermoplastic Matrix 20. A Homogenization Theory for Fiber Composites with Imperfect Interface at Elevated Temperatures 21. Impact Monitoring in Smart Composite Structures Using Piezoelectric Sensors 22. Molecular Design of Processable High Tg Thermoplastic Matrix 23. Peculiar Chemical Reactions of NCO-Modified and Epoxy Acrylate Resin System with Fiber Surface Treatment Agents within CFIGF Hybrid Laminates and Their Mechanical Properties 24. The Role of Partial Miscibi

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