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This collection of recent activities provides researchers and scientists with the latest trends in characterization and developments of composed materials and structures. Here, the expression 'composed materials' indicates a wider range than the expression 'composite material' which is many times limited to classical fibre reinforced plastics. The idea of composed structures and materials is to join different components in order to obtain in total better properties than one of the single constituents can provide. In this collection, well known experts present their research on composed materials such as textile composites, sandwich plates, hollow sphere structures, reinforced concrete as well as classical fibre reinforced materials.
List of contents
.-Numerical Model for Static and Dynamic Analysis of Masonry Structures..-Wrinkling Analysis of Rectangular Soft-Core Composite Sandwich Plates..-Artificial Neural Network Modelling of Glass Laminate Sample Shape Influence on the ESPI Modes..-Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Structural Steel Retrofitted Reinforced Concrete Test Frames..-Acoustical Properties of Cellular Materials..-Simulation of the Temperature Change Induced by a Laser Pulse on a CFRP Composite using a Finite Element Code for Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing..-Macroscopic Behavior and Damage of a Particulate Composite with a Crosslinked Polymer Matrix..-Computational Simulations on Through-drying of Yarn Packages with Superheated Steam..-Anisotropic Stiffened Panel Buckling and Bending Analyses using Rayleigh-Ritz Method..-Investigation of Cu-Cu Ultrasonic Bonding in Multi-Chip Package using Non-Conductive Adhesive..-Natural Vibration Analysis of Soft Core Corrugated Sandwich Plates using Three-Dimensional Finite Element Method..-A New High Strength 0-3 PZT Composite for Structural Health Monitoring..-Free Vibration Analysis of Sandwich Plates with Temperature-Dependent Properties of the Core Materials and Functionally Graded Face Sheets.
About the author
Andreas Öchsner, born 1970, is Full Professor in the Department Solid Mechanics and Design at the University of Technology Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia and Head of the Advanced Materials and Structure Lab. Having obtained a Diploma Degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart (1997), Germany, he spent the time from 1997-2003 at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg as a research and teaching assistant to obtain his Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr.-Ing.). From 2003-06, he worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Cellular Metals Group affiliated with the University of Aveiro, Portugal. His research interests are related to experimental and computational mechanics, cellular metals and thin structures and interphases. His research activities were recognised in 2010 by the award of a higher doctorate degree (D.Sc.) by the University of Newcastle, Australia.
Lucas F. M. da Silva is currently Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. He received a PhD related to adhesive bonding in 2004 from the University of Bristol under the supervision of Prof RD Adams. Since then, he has been teaching and investigating structural adhesive joints. The work covers a wide range of engineering structural adhesives such as epoxies, acrylics and bismaleimides. Several test methods for adhesive joints are available at the FEUP including various joint configurations such as bulk specimens, lap shear joints and butt joints. In addition to the experimental expertise, detailed analytical models and finite element analysis of stresses and strains within the joints are also undertaken.
In 2005 he joined the editorial board of the "International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives".
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Holm Altenbach lehrt Technische Mechanik an der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen auf verschiedenen Gebieten der Kontinuumsmechanik (Plattentheorie, Kriechschädigungsmechanik, Mechanik der Komposite).
Summary
This collection of recent activities provides researchers and scientists with the latest trends in characterization and developments of composed materials and structures. Here, the expression ‘composed materials’ indicates a wider range than the expression ‘composite material’ which is many times limited to classical fibre reinforced plastics. The idea of composed structures and materials is to join different components in order to obtain in total better properties than one of the single constituents can provide. In this collection, well known experts present their research on composed materials such as textile composites, sandwich plates, hollow sphere structures, reinforced concrete as well as classical fibre reinforced materials.
