Textile Structural Composites

This book presents the first comprehensive treatment on the subject of textile structural composites (TSC), which is currently receiving increasing attention in the composites community due to the exceptional level of damage resistance provided by TSC, and their potential for a dramatic simplification of composite processes. The objective of this book is to establish a knowledge base for TSC, thereby facilitating communication between the textile materials community and the composite structural designers, as well as stimulating an innovative exploitation of textile structures for composites. Containing contributions from internationally known experts in textile materials engineering and composite structural mechanics, this book is designed to introduce the basic principles of engineering design with fibrous structures as well as demonstrating the approaches in the mechanistic analysis of flexible and rigid TSC. Providing state-of-the-art information on 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D textile preforms and an introduction to the basic principles of the structural mechanics of textiles and their composites, this book can be used as a textbook or a reference book for undergraduate and graduate students in chemical, civil, materials, mechanical and textile engineering as well as for practicing engineers and research scientists.Chou, T. W. is the author of 'Textile Structural Composites', published 1989 under ISBN 9780444429926 and ISBN 0444429921.