Toughening Mechanisms in Composite Materials

Toughening Mechanisms in Composite Materials aims to provide a comprehensive and technically detailed coverage of composites and their toughening mechanisms. Unique in its direct and comprehensive approach, the book presents fundamental knowledge on composites’ toughening mechanisms as well as a comprehensive treatment of numerical methods. This volume summarizes the current state-of-the-art and presents the most recent research outcomes in the field. It details the development of each of the techniques, beginning with basic principles, and new concepts are illustrated with examples wherever possible.

Covers particle-reinforced composites, fibre-reinforced composites and other toughening mechanismsAnalyses toughening mechanisms in a broad range of composite materialsDevelopments in nanotube toughened composites and toughened graphene ceramic composites are examined

1 Introduction to toughening mechanisms
Part One - Toughening Mechanisms for Particle-reinforced Composites
2 Silicon nitride based ceramic composite materials toughened by rare-earth additives
3 Toughening mechanisms in epoxy/graphene platelets composites
4 Toughening of non-layered nanoparticle polymer composites
Part Two - Toughening Mechanisms for Fibre-reinforced Composites
5 Toughening mechanisms for fibre of middle-large-aspect-ratio-reinforced composites
6 Z-pin toughening mechanisms
7 Toughening mechanisms for Whisker-reinforced composites
8 Toughening mechanisms for glass fiber-reinforced composites
Part Three - Other Toughening Mechanisms for Composite Materials
9 Toughening mechanisms in Zanchor-reinforced composites
10 Interlayer toughening mechanisms of composite materials
11 Toughening mechanisms of nanoparticle-reinforced polymers
12 Toughening mechanisms in dental composites
13 Mechanical behaviour of extra-strong CNT fibers and their composites
14 Toughening mechanisms for fibre reinforced polymer-reinforced concrete beams