Durability of Composite Systems

Durability of Composite Systems meets the challenge of defining these precepts and requirements, from first principles, to applications in a diverse selection of technical fields selected to form a corpus of concepts and methodologies that define the field of durability in composite material systems as a modern discipline. That discipline includes not only the classical rigor of mechanics, physics and chemistry, but also the critical elements of thermodynamics, data analytics, and statistical uncertainty quantification as well as other requirements of the modern subject. This book provides a comprehensive summary of the field, suited to both reference and instructional use.

It will be essential reading for academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers and all those working in the design, analysis and manufacture of composite material systems.

Makes essential direct and detailed connections to modern concepts and methodologies, such as machine learning, systems controls, sustainable and resilient systems, and additive manufacturing Provides a careful balance between theory and practice so that presentations of details of methodology and philosophy are always driven by a context of applications and examplesCondenses selected information regarding the durability of composite materials in a wide spectrum of applications in the automotive, wind energy, civil engineering, medical devices, electrical systems, aerospace and nuclear fields

1. Durability of Aerospace Material Systems 2. Durability of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Material Systems 3. Durability of Bonded Composite Systems 4. Durability of Automotive Composites 5. Durability of Smart Composite Systems 6. Durability of Electrical Composite Material Systems 7. Durability of Additively Manufactured Composite Systems 8. Role of Uncertainty in the Durability of Composite Material Systems 9. Durability of Wind Turbine Composite Materials 10. Durability of Composite Materials for Nuclear Systems 11. Durability of Civil Engineering Material Systems 12. Durability of Medical Composite Systems 13. Foundations for Durability Analysis 14. Fatigue Durability and Response of Composite Engineering Structures to Combined Fire and Mechanical Loading