Processing of Composites

Composite materials have been acclaimed as the "Materials of the Future." What makes the fabrication of these materials so complex is that it involves simultaneous heat, mass, and momentum transfer, along with chemical reactions in a multiphase system with time-dependent material properties and boundary conditions. Composite manufacturing requires knowledge of chemistry, polymer and material science, rheology, kinetics, transport phenomena, mechanics, and control systems. Therefore, at first, composite manufacturing was somewhat of a mystery because very diverse knowledge was required of its practitioners. We now better understand the different fundamental aspects of composite processing so that this book could be written with contributions from many composite practitioners. This book provides a quick overview of the fundamental principles underlying composite processing and summarizes a few important processes for composite manufacturing. This book is intended for those who want to understand the fundamentals of composite processing. In particular, this book is especially valuable for students as a graduate level textbook and for practitioners who struggle to optimize these processes.

Price US: $179.95
ISBN: 1-56990-226-7
Edition: First
Published: 2000
Hardbound 488 pages  238 figures  33 tables 
Sponsor: Polymer Processing Society
Authors: Raju S. Dave, Alfred C. Loos