**Meet the editor**

Karam Y. Maalawi is a professor of aeronautics and mechanics at the Mechanical Engineering Department, National Research Centre in Cairo, Egypt. He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering from Cairo University. Throughout his career, he has utilized the vast range of knowledge at his disposal to contribute to 10 research projects regarding aerospace engineering

technology, wind turbine components and renewable energy applications. Likewise, Dr. Maalawi has published extensively in the field of structural optimization and wind turbine design and performance. For his professional accomplishments, the National Research Centre has recognized him with two awards for engineering sciences. Dr. Maalawi is a consultant member of the Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Karam Maalawi

Sergey Golushko

Bo Cheng Jin

Fedghouche Ferhat

**Composite Beam 35**

**Composite Structures 1**

**Composite Structures 13**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: An Introduction to the Optimization of**

Chapter 3 **Optimization of Lay-Up Stacking for a Loaded-Carrying Slender**

Chapter 4 **Design Optimization and Higher Order FEA of Hat-Stiffened**

Chapter 5 **The Guidelines of Material Design and Process Control on**

Chapter 6 **Fiber-Metal Laminate Panels Reinforced with Metal Pins 93**

Chapter 7 **Design Optimization of Reinforced Ordinary and High-Strength Concrete Beams with Eurocode2 (EC-2) 121**

Chapter 8 **Improved Dielectric Properties of Epoxy Nano Composites 141**

Rashmi Aradhya and Nijagal M. Renukappa

**Hybrid Fiber Metal Laminate for Aircraft Structures 69**

Ruham Pablo Reis, Iaroslav Skhabovskyi, Alberto Lima Santos, Leonardo Sanches, Edson Cocchieri Botelho and Américo Scotti

**Aerospace Composite Structures 55**

Sang Yoon Park and Won Jong Choi

Sergey Shevtsov, Igor Zhilyaev, Natalia Snezhina and WU Jiing-Kae

Chapter 2 **Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Optimization of**
