Haim Abramovich Libri

Focusing on thin-walled structures such as beams, plates, and shells in aerospace applications, this compendium explores their dynamic behaviors. It establishes a correlation between compressive loading and natural frequency, offering insights into predicting buckling. This unique approach provides a valuable non-destructive tool for engineers and researchers in the field, enhancing the understanding of structural integrity in aerospace design.

Focusing on the design of intelligent materials and structures for engineering applications, this updated edition includes a new chapter on optical fibers. It explores both simulation and experimental methods for determining physical properties, covering topics like piezoelectric effects, shape memory, electro-rheology, and techniques for minimizing vibrations through distributed control. The literature has been thoroughly revised to reflect the latest advancements in the field.

Stability and Vibrations of Thin-Walled Composite Structures presents engineering and academic knowledge on the stability (buckling and post buckling) and vibrations of thin walled composite structures like columns, plates, and stringer stiffened plates and shells, which form the basic structures of the aeronautical and space sectors. Currently, this knowledge is dispersed in several books and manuscripts, covering all aspects of composite materials. The book enables both engineers and academics to locate valuable, up-to-date knowledge on buckling and vibrations, be it analytical or experimental, and use it for calculations or comparisons. The book is also useful as a textbook for advanced-level graduate courses.

This book is for engineers and students of aerospace, materials and mechanical engineering. It covers the transition from aluminum to composite materials for aerospace structures and includes advanced analyses used in industries. New in the 2nd Edition is material on morphing structures, large deflection plates, nondestructive methods, vibration correlation technique for shear loaded plates, vibrations to measure physical properties, and more.