TY - GEN digital ID - 131762476 TI - Toughening mechanisms in composite materials AU - Qin, Qinghua AU - Ye, Jianqiao PY - 2015 SN - 9781782422914 1782422919 PB - Cambridge, UK Woodhead Publishing DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131762476 AB - Toughening Mechanisms in Composite Materials aims to provide a comprehensive and technically detailed coverage of composites and their toughening mechanisms. Unique in its direct and comprehensive approach, the book presents fundamental knowledge on composites' toughening mechanisms as well as a comprehensive treatment of numerical methods. This volume summarizes the current state-of-the-art and presents the most recent research outcomes in the field. It details the development of each of the techniques, beginning with basic principles, and new concepts are illustrated with examples wherever possible. ER -