Composite Structures 5

Plenary Papers.- Fibre Composite Repairs to Damaged Structural Components.- Composite Intensive Automobiles-An Industry Scenario.- Shells and Pressure Vessels.- 1. FRP Reinforcement of Externally Pressurised Torispherical Shells.- 2. The Mechanical Behavior Peculiarities of Angle-Ply Reinforced Shells Made Out of Glass and Organic Fiber Reinforced Plastics.- Failure Studies.- 3. Failure Modes of Laminated Axisymmetric Shells of Revolution Subjected to External Pressure.- 4. Exact and Approximate Linear and Nonlinear Initial Failure Analysis of Laminated Mindlin Plates in Flexure.- 5. Multilayer Theory for Delamination Analysis of a Composite Curved Bar Subjected to End Forces and End Moments.- 6. A Study on Longitudinal Compressive Strength of FRP-Composites.- Environmental Effects.- 7. Moisture Management and Artificial Ageing of Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Resins.- 8. Environmental Effects on the Behaviour of Laminated Shells.- 9. Weight Change and Mechanical Properties of GRP Panel in Hot Water.- Plate Vibrations.- 10. Analysis of Nonlinear Forced Vibration of Anisotropic Composite Unsymmetrically Laminated Plates.- 11. Free-Vibration and Damping Characterization of Composites.- Shell Vibrations.- 12. Free Vibration Characteristics of Materially Monoclinic Circular Cylinders.- 13. Resonant Response of Orthotropic Cylindrical Shell Panels.- Damage Tolerance.- 14. Effect of Impactor Shape on Residual Tensile Strength and Tensile Failure of Carbon/Epoxy Laminates.- 15. Transverse Impact of Filament-Wound Pipes.- 16. Dynamic and Impact Behaviour of Composites Plates.- Transport Applications.- 17. Some Geometric and Component Interaction Effects during the Axial Collapse of Glass/Polyester Tubes at Force Levels Compatible with Rail Vehicle Design.- 18. A Design Study of a Composite Leaf Spring.- 19. Design Concept for One Piece Panel Vehicular Components in SMC Compression Moulding.- Finite Element Studies.- 20. A Simple Finite Element Formulation for Three-Dimensional Laminated Composite Plates.- 21. Transverse Stress Predictions for Thin-to-Thick Composite Structures: Shear Deformable Finite Element Penalty Formulation.- 22. Nonlinear Effects on Delamination Characterization of Composites Under Multi-axial Loads.- Structural Stability.- 23. On the Postbuckling Behavior of a Delaminated Thin Cylindrical Shell.- 24. Buckling and Vibration Analysis of Composite Prismatic Plate Structures.- 25. Torsional Buckling and Post-buckling of a CFC Geodetic Cylinder.- Platework Structures.- 26. High-Order Analysis of General Multi-layered Rectangular Plates Subjected to Transverse Loading.- 27. Stress Analysis of a Composite Plate Based on a New Plate Theory.- Aerospace Applications.- 28. Stress Concentration of the Composite Material Used by the X-29A Forward-Swept Wing Aircraft under Various Temperature Levels.- 29. Sensitivity Studies in the Outgassing of Spacecraft Composites.- 30. Vibrational Analysis of Large Antennae for Space Applications.- Mechanical Fasteners.- 31. The Study of the Behaviour of the Composite Multi-bolt Joint.- 32. Damage Detection and Damage Mechanisms Analyses in CFRP Laminate Bolted Joints.- 33. Effects of Biaxial Loading in Pin Jointed, CFRP Plates..- Pipework Analysis.- 34. Structural Performance of GRP Pipes with Mixed Wall Construction.- 35. Optimum Design of Circular Cylindrical Pipes Combined with GFRP/Steel.- 36. A CAD/CAM Program of Filament Winding on a Cylindrical Pipe.- Fatigue and Creep.- 37. Steady State Creep and Vibrocreep in Orthotropic Composite Materials.- 38. Influence of the Stacking Sequence and Load Direction on the Fatigue Behaviour of Quasi-isotropic Graphite/Peek Laminates.- Theoretical Studies.- 39. The Reliability of Composite Structures.- 40. Stress Concentration in a Finite Width Laminate Containing Several Elliptical Holes.- 41. Lamination Theory of Composite Material with Complex Fiber Orientation Distribution.- 42. Constitutive Modelling of Laminated Fibre-Reinforced Composites.- Cementitious Structures.- 43. Toughness Testing of Fibre Reinforced Concrete.- 44. Creep in SFRC Elements under Long-Term Excentric Compressive Loading.- 45. Behaviour of SFRC Slabs under Dynamic Loads.- 46. Existence of Interphase Cracks in Polymer Concrete.- Laminate Analysis.- 47. Micro-to-Macro Analysis of Viscoelastic Laminated Plates.- 48. Flexural Behaviour of Multi-directional Glass/Carbon Hybrid Laminates.- 49. Application of Continuum Damage Mechanics to Post Failure Analysis of Notched Cross Plied Laminates.- Matrix Considerations.- 50. Design and Manufacture of Radar Antennae with Composite Materials. Effects of Curing Temperature and Characterization of a Very Low Curing Temperature Resin System.- Complementary Studies.- 51. A Practical Methodology for Assessing the Validity of Strain Gauge Data Obtained from Advanced Composite Structures.- 52. Optimum Design for Knee Prosthesis Using Laminated Composite Materials-Stress Transmission Pattern and its Estimation.