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FRC 2000 – Composites for the millennium: Proceedings from the Eighth International Conference on Fibre Reinforced Composites, 13-15 September 2000, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Edited by A G Gibson, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

This book presents the proceeding of the 8th in this successful series of conferences organised by the Centre for Composite Materials Engineering of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and sponsored by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (ImechE) and The Institute of Materials (IoM).

The papers presented show how FRCs are being used in a steadily increasing range of technologies and how their properties make them appropriate choices for designers and processors interested in exploiting the potential of these highly versatile materials.

Composites applications now extend well beyond their established uses in aerospace, marine and land transport and, although exciting developments are still taking place in these fields, it is the rapidly expanding range of civil engineering and infrastructure applications which offers the greatest potential for novel uses. FRC's high strength, light weight and durability make them appropriate for large scale structures and, as these proceedings demonstrate, they are increasingly being specified as an advantageous alternative to more traditional materials.

ISBN 1 85573 550 4
ISBN-13: 978 1 85573 550 7
September 2000
656 pages  244 x 172mm  paperback  
£195.00 / US$330.00 / €235.00

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Contents

A selection of papers presented:

Section 1: Applications and new developments
 - Steel strip laminate: a high performance hybrid
 - Rapid crack propagation (RCP) testing of reinforced thermoplastic (RTP) pipe
 - Halogen free fire retardant composites for nval applications

Section 2: Composite processing
 - Effect of mandrel contact on residual stress during cure of filament wound tubes
 - Development of guidelines for the vacuum infusion process
 - Process-property-structure relationships for woven fibre composites

Section 3: Composite properties
 - Effect of hygrothermal aging on the low energy impact behaviour of fibre-reinforced polymers
 - Effects of geometry deviations on mechanical properties of a plain woven fabric lamina
 - High temperature failure envelopes for composite tube in aggressive environments

Section 4: Materials modelling
 - Constitutive modelling of composites and laminates via homogenisation and parameter identification
 - Criterion of delamination initiation in composite laminates
 - Finite element modelling of delamination progression under fixed mode loadings

Section 5: Green composites
 - Processing and applications of a new class of glass fibre recyclate
 - Processing and performance of bio-absorbable composites
 - The dynamic properties of recycled thermoset composites