Handbook of Advances in Braided Composite Materials

Book excerpt: Handbook of Advances in Braided Composite Materials: Theory, Production, Testing and Applications focuses on the fundamentals of these materials and their associated technology. It provides a one-stop resource that outlines all the significant issues about structural braiding, providing readers with the means by which to produce, test, and design braided composite material structures. It documents the latest research findings into these advanced materials and provides new ideas to encourage greater use of the technology. - Introduces new modeling and testing procedures - Presents up-to-date technology developments and recent research findings - Provides both an Android and IPhone App to support design criteria