Bøger i Advanced Composites serien

In today's society researchers are more focused on cleaner materials production for environmental sustainability. This approach aims at reducing waste and the development of materials with enhanced properties and functionality. This book focuses on optimizing manufacturing processes for sustainable composite materials. It discusses optimum utilization of resources by using minimum effort to save cost and energy.

Special composite materials are being produced with a lot of effect for use in industrial areas with demanding applications. These requirements can be satisfied by converting a variety of waste resides or by products from different industrial, agricultural, animal, household feedstocks into useful and sustainable goods. Case studies are explained with clear graphics and detailed instructions. Latest advancements in hybrid waste composite materials are included. A variety of reinforcing particles can be developed, characterised, and tested using leftover wastes from industrial, agricultural, domestic, and animal feedstocks.

Nanocomposites are currently defined "as a multiphase solid material where one of the phases has one, two or three dimensions of less than 100 nanometers or structures having nano-scale repeat distances between the different phases that make up the material". The use of nanocomposites with polymer, metal or ceramic matrices has increased in various areas of engineering and technology due to their special properties, with applications in bioengineering, battery cathodes, automotives, sensors and computers, as well other advanced industries. The present volume aims to provide recent information on nanocomposites (materials manufacturing and engineering) in six chapters. The chapter 1 of the book provides information on synthesis and characterization of ceramic hollow nanocomposites and nanotraps. Chapter 2 is dedicated to recent advances on preparation, properties and applications polyurathene nanocomposites. Chapter 3 described preparation, characterization and properties of organoclays, carbon nanofibers and carbon nanotubes based polymer nanocomposites. Chapter 4 contains information on mechanical and wear properties of multi-scale phase reinforced composites. Chapter 5 described modeling mechanical properties of nanocomposites Finally, chapter 6 is dedicated to polyanaline derivates and carbon nanotubes and their characterization.This book is the essential reference for academics, materials and physics researchers, materials, mechanical and manufacturing engineers, and professionals in nanocomposite-related industries.

With conventional materials contributing greatly to environmental waste, biodegradable and natural composites have grown in interest and display low environmental impact at low cost across a wide range of applications. This book provides an overview of different biodegradable and natural composites and focuses on efforts into increasing their mechanical performance to extend their capabilities and applications.

Hierarchical Composite Materials contains in-depth analysis of a class of advanced composites that have properties that are anisotropic due to structural organization at different length scales. Chapters will address how ordering occurs from the atomic-scale up to the microstructure and how control of these factors leads to the final materials' properties. This book is ideal for materials scientists, mechanical engineers, chemists and physicists.

Composite materials are engineered from two or more constituents with significantly altered physical or chemical properties within the finished structure. This book, written by experts from all over the world, presents fundamentals and the advances on ceramic matrix composites.

Metal Matrix Composites (MMC's) have found an increased use in various industries duetotheir special mechanical and physical properties. They are a composite material with at least two constituent parts, one being a metal and are made by dispersing a reinforcing material into a metal matrix. This book deals with this topic.

Composite materials are engineered from two or more constituents with significantly altered physical or chemical properties within the finished structure. Due to their special mechanical and physical properties they have the potential to replace conventional materials. This volume discusses durability of composite materials, wear mechanisms and resistance.