Failure Analysis in Biocomposites, Fibre-Reinforced Composites and Hybrid Composites

Failure Analysis in Biocomposites, Fibre-reinforced Composites and Hybrid Composites covers key aspects of fracture and failure in natural/synthetic fiber reinforced polymer based composite materials, ranging from crack propagation, to crack growth, and from notch-size effect, to damage-tolerant design. The book describes a broad range of techniques and strategies for the compositional and failure analysis of polymeric materials and products. It also illustrates the application of analytical methods for solving commonly encountered problems. Topics of interest include failure analysis, mechanical and physical properties, structural health monitoring, durability and life prediction, modelling of damage processes of natural fiber, synthetic fibers, and more.

Written by leading experts in the field, and covering composite materials developed from different natural fibers and their hybridization with synthetic fibers, the book's chapters provide cutting-edge, up-to-date research on the characterization, analysis and modelling of composite materials.

Contains contributions from leading experts in the fieldDiscusses recent progress on failure analysis, SHM, durability, life prediction and the modelling of damage in natural fiber-based composite materialsCovers experimental, analytical and numerical analysisProvides detailed and comprehensive information on mechanical properties, testing methods and modelling techniques

1. Introduction about failure Analysis 2. Fatigue delamination of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer-matrix composites 3. Investigation of the deformation behaviour of Epoxy based composite materials 4. Effect of strain rate on the failure mechanisms and energy absorption in polymer composites 5. Fracture failure analysis of natural fiber reinforced composites 6. Numerical and experimental analysis of delamination in Fibre reinforced polymer 7. Failure Behaviour of Bolted Joint Glass/Kenaf Fibre Reinforced Polypropylene Hybrid Composites 8. Failure Analysis and Optimum Toughness Design of sheep-wool reinforced epoxy composites 9. Failure Analysis and the Optimal Toughness Design of Sheep-Wool Reinforced Epoxy Composites 10. Edge crack effect on tensile behavior of diversified wood particulate composites 11. Cracks, microcracks, and fracture in composite structure: Formation, detection, autonomic repair 12. Investigation of Mechanical Testing on Hybrid Composite Materials 13. Modelling Shock Waves and Spall Failure in Composites as an Orthotropic Material 14. Development of morphing wing skin using reinforced shape memory polymer 15. Fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) composites: Mechanical behaviour and application to masonry walls 16. Failure Analysis in Hybrid Composites Using Industrial Wastes 17. Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Delamination in Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites