Contents

#### **Preface XIII**


Chapter 5 **Biaxial Tensile Strength Characterization of Textile Composite Materials 83**  David Alejandro Arellano Escárpita, Diego Cárdenas, Hugo Elizalde, Ricardo Ramirez and Oliver Probst

**Theoretical and Numerical Modeling 81** 


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Chapter 19 **Characterisation of Aluminium Matrix Syntactic Foams Under Static and Dynamic Loading 437**  M. Altenaiji, G.K. Schleyer and Y.Y. Zhao

**by Electroless Nickel Co-Deposition 457** 

**Alumina Composite Materials 483** Go Yamamoto and Toshiyuki Hashida

Chapter 20 **YSZ Reinforced Ni-P Composite** 

Nor Bahiyah Baba

Chapter 21 **Carbon Nanotube Reinforced**


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Chapter 8 **Numerical Modelling of Damage Evolution and Failure** 

Chapter 9 **Molecular Simulations on Interfacial Sliding of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Alumina Composites 173**  Yuan Li, Sen Liu, Ning Hu, Weifeng Yuan and Bin Gu

**Section 3 Design, Processing, and Manufacturing Technologies 195** 

**Transfer Molding for Aerospace Applications 197** 

Chapter 11 **Netcentric Virtual Laboratories for Composite Materials 227** E. Dado, E.A.B. Koenders and D.B.F. Carvalho

> **and Construction Influence on the Tire Safety 265**  Pavel Koštial, Jan Krmela, Karel Frydrýšek and Ivan Ružiak

**of Composites as a Function of Inclusion Shape 331** 

**Mechanical Properties of the Beetle Forewing 359**

**Modeling for Unidirectional Composite Materials 391**  Rafic Younes, Ali Hallal, Farouk Fardoun and Fadi Hajj Chehade

**Particulate Reinforced Al-11.8%Si Matrix Composites 411**

**Section 4 Mechanical and Physical Properties of Composites 245** 

Chapter 12 **Characterizations of Environmental Composites 247** 

Chapter 14 **Friction and Wear of Polymer and Composites 299** 

and Mohammad Asaduzzaman Chowdhury

Chapter 15 **Frequency-Dependent Effective Material Parameters**

Jinxiang Chen, Qing-Qing Ni and Juan Xie

Chapter 17 **Comparative Review Study on Elastic Properties**

**Section 5 Metal and Ceramic Matrix Composites 409** 

Chapter 18 **Manufacturing and Properties of Quartz (SiO2)**

M. Sayuti, S. Sulaiman, T.R. Vijayaram, B.T.H.T Baharudin and M.K.A. Arifin

Konstantin N. Rozanov, Marina Y. Koledintseva

Ali Hammood and Zainab Radeef

Dewan Muhammad Nuruzzaman

Chapter 16 **The Lightweight Composite Structure and** 

Chapter 13 **The Chosen Aspects of Materials** 

and Eugene P. Yelsukov

F. Wang and J. Q. Zhang

Chapter 10 **Advanced Composite Materials by Resin** 

Susanna Laurenzi and Mario Marchetti

**Behavior of Continuous Fiber Reinforced Composites 153** 

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medical materials, and batteries, etc.

on the content of each chapter.

*Chapter 2. Graphene Nanocomposites*

**Part 1. Nanocomposites** 

Composites are engineered or naturally occurring materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties which remain separate and distinct within the finished structure. Basically, they can be categorized into two major types, i.e., structural composites with outstanding mechanical properties and functional composites with various outstanding physical, chemical or electrochemical properties. They have been widely used in a wide variety of products, e.g., advanced spacecraft and aircraft components, boat and scull hulls, sporting goods, sensor/actuator, catalysts and pollution processing materials, bio-

This book focuses on the fabrication, properties and their evaluation or modelling in various composites, e.g., the recently developed nanocomposites. The book has been divided into five parts, which deal with: functional and structural nanocomposites, numerical and theoretical modelling of various damages in textile and long fiber reinforced composites, design, processing and manufacturing technologies and their effects on mechanical properties of composites, characterization of mechanical and physical properties of various composites, and metal and ceramic matrix composites,

A list of chapters is given below along with short descriptions by providing a glimpse

*Chapter 1. Graphene-Boron Nitride Composite: A Material with Advanced Functionalities* In this chapter, thermodynamics stability and electronic properties of boron nitridegraphene nanocomposite have been presented. Among several possible isomers,

This chapter focuses on the recent development in the research field of graphene and graphene-polymer nanocomposites. The description of mechanical, electrical and thermal properties of graphene and graphene-polymer nanocomposites have been presented along with the detailed discussion on the influences of some important

stability of a desired composite are discussed and analysed.
