Composite Structures 3

Plenary Session.- 1. Durability Predictions of Adhesively Bonded Composite Structures Using Accelerated Characterization Methods.- 2. Structural Automotive Components in Fibre Reinforced Plastics.- Session I: Fatigue Studies.- 3. Optimization of Fibre Reinforced Composite Laminates Subject to Fatigue Loading.- 4. Damage Development in Notched Carbon Fibre Composites Subjected to Fatigue Loading.- 5. Fatigue Scatter of UD Glass, a Fact or Fiction?.- Session II: Aerospace Aspects.- 6. The Material Development, Component Manufacture and Post-service Evaluation of RB 211-524 Cowl Doors Utilising Carbon Fibre Composite Materials.- 7. Thermal Engineering of Spacecraft Composite Structures.- 8. Structural Certification and In-service Flight Experience of the RB 21l-524 Fan Cowl Doors Utilising Carbon Fibre Composite Materials.- Session III: Design (1)-General Principles.- 9. A Structural Analysis Code Selection Criterion.- 10. Optimum Design of Composite Structures.- 11. Integrated Design of Composite and Hybrid Structural Elements.- Session IV: Design (2)-Examples.- 12. FRP Geodesic Domes: One Example.- 13. Composite-oriented Variable Section Design and Buckling Strength of Long Columns.- 14. Design Details of Integral Flanges for the Ends of Very Large Composite Fiber Structures.- Session V: Automotive Aspects.- 15. Finite Element Computation of Cord-Rubber Systems.- 16. Composites in Engineering: Four Years of Progress?.- Session VI: Cementatious Composites.- 17. Some Mechanical Properties of Glass Reinforced Concrete at Elevated Temperatures.- 18. Melt Extract Fibre Reinforced Sprayed Concrete.- 19. The Stiffness and Strength of Small Diameter Steel Fibres in Cementitious Composites.- Session VII: Platework Postbuckling Studies.- 20. Axisymmetric Postbuckling of Orthotropic Thick Circular Plates.- 21. Postbuckling of Composite Plates under Inplane Compressive and Shear Loading Having Edges Elastically Restrained Against Rotation.- 22. Postbuckling Failure of Composite Panels.- 23. Elastic Postbuckling of Orthotropic Circular and Annular Plates with Imperfections.- Session VIII: Failure Analysis.- 24. Delamination Criterion Identification for Multilayered Composite Laminates (with the PAM-FISS/Bi-phase Numerical Model).- 25. Modeling the Failure Strength of Notched Graphite/Polyimide Plates Subjected to Extreme Temperatures.- 26. Mechanical Properties and Fractographic Examination of Failure Created in Static Mechanical Testing of CFRP.- 27. A Rational Approach to the Analysis of Delaminated Composite Panels.- Session IX: Damage Tolerance.- 28. Compressive Strengths of Impact Damaged Graphite Epoxy Laminates.- 29. Mechanical and Optical Assessments of Damage During Tensile and Fatigue Tests in Glass Taffeta Fabric-Epoxy Laminate.- 30. Damage Tolerant Composite Design Development.- Session X: Stiffened Structures.- 31. Finite Element Analysis of Conventional and Bimodulus Laminated Composite Stiffened Shell Structures.- 32. Buckling of Unstiffened/Stiffened Orthotropic Foam Sandwich Cylindrical Shells.- 33. Compressive Strength of Longitudinally Stiffened GRP Panels.- Session XI: Non-destructive Evaluation.- 34. Study of First Ply Failure in CFRP by Non-destructive Evaluation.- 35. The Non-destructive Evaluation of Composite Bonded Joints.- Session XII: Pipes and Pressure Vessels.- 36. In-plane and Out-of-plane Flexibility and Stress Intensification Factors of Smooth CSM Bends.- 37. The Horizontal GRP Storage Vessel: A Study of the Stresses in the Support Region.- 38. Design Stress Considerations for GRP Components of Power Station Cooling-water Systems.- Session XIII: Jointing Systems.- 39. The Mechanical Testing and Computer Modelling of Composite Bonded Joints.- 40. Aluminum Inserts for Fastening Sheet Moulding Compounds.- Session XIV: Fracture Mechanics.- 41. The Accuracy of Approximate Solutions in the Analysis of Fracture of Composites.- 42. Crack Growth in Duplex Plates.- 43. Effect of Partially Debonded Inhomogeneities on the Fracture Toughness of an Elastic Matrix.- Session XV: Vibration.- 44. Some Influences of Material Properties on the Dynamic Response of CFRP Structures.- 45. Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Composite Moderately Thick Triangular Plates.- 46. Transverse Shear Influence on Calculus of Natural Frequencies of Sandwich Beams.- 47. The Influence of Shear Deformation on the Natural Frequencies of Laminated Rectangular Plates.- Session XVI: Platework Studies.- 48. Analysis of the Large Deflection Behaviour of Laminated Composite Plates Using the Finite Strip Method.- 49. Qualitative Flutter Analysis of Composite Plates.- 50. Large Amplitude Forced Vibration Response of Laminated Composite Rectangular Plates by a Finite Element Method.- Session XVII: Materials Aspects.- 51. Stress Corrosion of Chopped Strand Mat Pipe.- 52. Viscoplastic Strains of a Glass Woven Fabric Based Laminate.- Session XVIII: Experimental Techniques.- 53. Strain Gauges on Glass Fibre Reinforced Polyester Laminates.- 54. Method to Determine the Complete Three-Dimensional Elastic Compliance Matrix of Composite Materials.- Session XIX: Natural Fibre Composites.- 55. Sisal-Cement Composites and their Potential for Rural Africa.- Session XX: Lightweight Structures.- 56. Some Short and Long Term Loading Characteristics of a Double Layer Skeletal Structure Manufactured from Pultruded Composites.- Index of Contributors.