TY - BOOK ID - 5513398 TI - Failure criteria in fibre reinforced polymer composites : the World-Wide Failure Exercise AU - Hinton, M. J. AU - Kaddour, A. S. AU - Soden, P. D. PY - 2004 SN - 1281118729 9786611118723 0080531571 PB - Amsterdam ; San Diego, CA ; Oxford : Elsevier, DB - UniCat KW - Polymeric composites KW - Fibrous composites KW - Laminated materials KW - Fatigue. KW - Composite polymeric materials KW - Polymer-matrix composites KW - Coating processes KW - Composite materials KW - Plates (Engineering) KW - Reinforced plastics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5513398 AB - Fiber reinforced polymer composites are an extremely broad and versatile class of material.Their high strength coupled with lightweight leads to their use wherever structural efficiency is at a premium. Applications can be found in aircraft, process plants, sporting goods and military equipment. However they are heterogeneous in construction and antisotropic, which makes making strength prediction extremely difficult especially compared to that of a metal. This book brings together the results of a 12year worldwide failure exercise encompassing 19 theories in a single volume ER -