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The History of Composites: People, Science, Technology and Society introduces the reader to key milestones in the discovery and technological development of composite materials, including their processes and applications. Sections give a "bird's eye view" that surveys the basic concept of composites from ancient times right through to the crucial inventions of glass fibers and manmade plastics in the 1930's. Further content explores the revolution of carbon fibers and their nano-descendants graphene and carbon nanotubes while also analyzing the dynamics of innovations to further illustrate how fundamental discoveries have led to the creation of new products or improved existing ones.
By presenting these fundamental discoveries, the authors hope to inspire both researchers and engineers in their quest to develop further innovations in composite materials in the future, including both their processes and applications.
Contents
Part I: An Introduction to the Book
1.1 General history of composites, a "bird's eye view"
1.2 Challenges and opportunities for composites in the next decades
Part II: Specific aspects of the history of composites
Section 1: Materials
1.0 Overview/introduction
1.1 History of glass fibres
1.2 History of carbon fibres
1.3 A brief history of high-performance polymer fibres
1.4 Closing the Cycle: The Evolution of Natural Fibre Composites through History
1.5 Nano and Nanoengineered Composites Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes
1.6 Graphene composites
1.7 Fibre-Hybrid Composites: A History of Discrepancies between Industry and Academia
1.8 The History of Advanced Composites in the United States - A Personal Story
1.9 The history of discontinuous fibre composites
Section 2: Processes
2.0 Overview/Introduction
2.1 The development of composite-unique processes since 1930 till now
2.2 The history of pultrusion
2.3 Textile technologies contribution to composites
2.4 The era of automation and robotisation of composites manufacturing
2.5 The Emergence of High-Performance Thermoplastic Composites
2.6 Historical impact of process modeling in composites manufacturing
Section 3: Applications
3.0 Overview/ Introduction
3.1 The triumphant advance of carbon composites to airframe structures in Europe
3.2 Composite Applications and Technology at Boeing
3.3 No wind energy without composites: The early years as seen from Denmark
3.4 Citius, altius, fortius: the crucial role of composites in sports
3.5 Lightweighting for Automotives with Composite Technologies and It's Limitations in the Mass Production Vehicles
3.6 Composites in Structural Engineering and Architecture
Section 4: The theory behind composites, and how it evolved - introduction
4.1 On the evolution of the laminated plate theory for composite materials: from trace via quad to double-double.
4.2 No composites without computers: the key role of software tools
4.3 From micro/meso-mechanics to FEM analysis of complete airplanes
4.4 Damage mechanics in composites
4.5 Evolution of experimental methods for characterisation of mechanical properties of composites
4.6 The history of nondestructive testing (NDT) for fibre reinforced polymer composites
4.7 History of composites organizations
