TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Computational Mechanics of Composite Materials: Sensitivity, Randomness and Multiscale Behaviour 
T2  - Engineering Materials and Processes,
SN  - 9781846280498
PY  - 2005///
CY  - London
PB  - Springer London
KW  - Chemistry
KW  - Physics
KW  - Materials
KW  - Building construction
KW  - Surfaces (Physics)
KW  - Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
KW  - Numerical and Computational Methods in Engineering
KW  - Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials
KW  - Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, Traffic
KW  - Building Materials
KW  - Numerical and Computational Methods
N1  - Mathematical Preliminaries -- Elasticity Problems -- Elastoplastic Problems -- Sensitivity Analysis for Some Composites -- Fracture and Fatigue Models for Composites -- Reliability Analysis -- Multiresolutional Wavelet Analysis; ZDB-2-CMS
N2  - Composite materials play a vital role in modern engineering from aerospace to nuclear devices. Computational mechanics endeavours to provide precise numerical models of composites. More recently, it has been necessary to take account of the stochastic nature of their behaviour indicated by experiment. The approach of Computational Mechanics of Composite Materials lays stress on the advantages of combining theoretical advancements in applied mathematics and mechanics with the probabilistic approach to experimental data in meeting the practical needs of engineers. Features: Programs for the probabilistic homogenisation of composite structures with finite numbers of components allow composites to be treated as homogeneous materials with simpler behaviours. Allows treatment of defects in the interfaces within heterogeneous materials and those arising in composite objects as a whole by stochastic modelling. Provides new models for the reliability of composite structures. Propounds novel numerical algorithms for more effective Monte-Carlo simulation. Computational Mechanics of Composite Materials will be of interest to academic and practising civil, mechanical, electronic and aerospatial engineers, to materials scientists and to applied mathematicians requiring accurate and usable models of the behaviour of composite materials. The Engineering Materials and Processes series focuses on all forms of materials and the processes used to synthesise and formulate them as they relate to the various engineering disciplines. The series deals with a diverse range of materials: ceramics; metals (ferrous and non-ferrous); semiconductors; composites, polymers biomimetics etc. Each monograph in the series will be written by a specialist and will demonstrate how enhancements in materials and the processes associated with them can improve performance in the field of engineering in which they are used
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b137775
ER  -