Composite Structures

The papers contained herein were presented at the Sixth International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS/6) held at Paisley College, Scotland in September 1991. The Conference was organised and sponsored by Paisley College. It was co-sponsored by Scottish Enterprise, the National Engineering Laboratory, the US Army Research, Development and Standardisation Group-UK, Strathclyde Regional Council and Renfrew District Council. It forms a natural and ongoing progression from the highly successful ICCS/1/2/3/4 and 5 held at Paisley in 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987 and 1989 respectively. As we enter the final decade of this century many organisations throughout the world are adopting a prophetic role by attempting to forecast future scientific advances and their associated impact on mankind. Although some would argue that to do so is folly, without such futuristic visionaries the world would be that much poorer. IntelJigent speculation based on research trends and historical advances, rather than fanciful theories, breathes a healthy air of enthusiasm into the scientific community. Surely this is the very oxygen necessary to ignite the fir~s of innovation and invention amongst pioneers of research.

Structural Sections.- 1. Structural Properties of a Pultruded E-Glass Fibre-Reinforced Polymeric I-Beam.- 2. Collapse Behaviour of Hybrid GRP/Steel Panels Under Lateral Load.- 3. Composite Rods of Stable Dimensions for Truss Constructions.- Reliability Studies.- 4. Reliability Analysis for Transient Stress Wave in Elastic Laminated Composites.- 5. Safety Factor and Reliability.- 6. Reliability of Composites Based on Micromechanically Predicted Strength and Fatigue Criteria.- Finite Element Studies.- 7. Buckling and Postbuckling Analysis of Laminated Shell Structures by Finite Elements Based on the Third Order Theory.- 8. Finite Element Analysis of Sandwich Structures.- 9. Finite Element and Experimental Studies on an Orthotropic Disc.- Damage Tolerance.- 10. Performance of Glass Fibre-Vinyl Ester Composite Tubes Crushed Using Internal Mandrels.- 11. Repair of Delaminations and Impact Damage in Composite Aircraft Structures.- 12. Optimization of the Design of a Filament Wound Composite Ring for Use in a Shock Absorbing System.- Environmental Influences.- 13. Hygrothermal Effects on the Linear and Nonlinear Analysis of Composite Plates.- 14. Effect of Water Temperature on Hygrothermal Aging of GFRP Panel.- 15. Advances in Prepreg Machinery and Techniques.- Structural Components.- 16. Design and Mechanical Analysis of a Hybrid Composite Driveshaft.- 17. The Application of Numerical Analysis to the One-Piece SMC Panels.- 18. A Design Study on an FRP Sulcated Spring.- 19. Fabrication and Structural Performance of CFRP Wind Cups of the Three-Cup Anemometer.- Pressure Vessels.- 20. Fuzzy Optimization of Laminated Cylindrical Pressure Vessels.- 21. Damage and Failure Prediction of Spherical Composite Pressure Vessels.- 22. Local Load Application to Laminated GRP Pressure Vessels.- Structural Stability.- 23. Buckling and Postbuckling Behaviour of Imperfect Laminated Shallow Spherical Shells Under External Pressure.- 24. Buckling and Analysis of Laminated Ellipsoidal Shells Subjected to External Pressure.- 25. Buckling and Postbuckling of Carbon Fibre PEEK Composite Panels.- 26. Buckling of Composite Circular Conical Shells: A Solution of Mixed-Type Theory.- Structural Optimisation.- 27. Optimum Structure of Knee Prosthesis Using Laminate Composites Considering the Stress Dispersion at Prosthesis/ Bone Interface.- 28. Two-Objective Optimization of Laminate Thin-Walled Structures.- 29. Optimum Design for Buckling of Plain and Stiffened Composite Cylindrical Panels.- Platework Analysis.- 30. A Refined Theory of Laminated Anisotropic Plates.- 31. Large Deflection Effects in Antisymmetric Cross-Ply Laminated Strips and Plates.- Laminate Analysis.- 32. Interlaminar Stress Analysis at the Skin/Stiffener Interface of a Grid-Stiffened Composite Panel.- 33. Nonlinear Thermal and Mechanical Analysis of Edge Effects in [+ ?/-?]s Laminates.- 34. Extension-Twist Coupling of Two-Layered Angle-Ply Laminates.- 35. Calculation of Interlaminar Stresses in Composite Laminates by a New Method.- Composite Joints.- 36. A Review—The Design and Assembly of Bonded Composites.- 37. Development of Highly Loaded Root End Attachments for Composite Material High Speed Flying Surfaces.- 38. Effect of Joint Parameters, Patterns and Interference on the Bolt Loading in Composite Multi-Bolt Joint.- 39. Selection and Measure of the ‘Bearing Fatigue Damage Parameter’ in CFRP Laminate Bolted Joints.- 40. On the Prediction of Mechanical Joining Strength of Laminated Composite Plates.- 41. Load Distribution in Two-Pinned Polymer Composite Joints.- Analysis of HybridComposites.- 42. Fracture Toughness of Hybrid Short Fiber Composite.- 43. Impact Resistant and Damage Tolerant Hybrid Composite Structures Based on Carbon and Polyethylene Fibres.- Impact Damage.- 44. Application of an Alternative Measuring System to Determine the Mechanical Properties of Composites Under Impact Loading.- 45. Deformation Analysis of Composites Exhibiting Large Strain-Rate Effects.- Delamination Analysis.- 46. Effect of Stacking Sequence on the Fatigue Delamination Growth in Carboresin Specimens with Central Hole.- 47. Numerical Simulation of Free Edge Delamination in Graphite— Epoxy Laminates Under Uniaxial Tension.- 48. Delamination Failure of Thick Walled Composite Cylinders.- Failure Analysis.- 49. Failure Mechanisms in Tapered Laminated Composites.- 50. Development of Longitudinal Splitting in CFRP Under Static Tensile Loading.- Materials Aspects.- 51. Mechanical 6ehavior of 3-D Continuous Composite Structures.- 52. Creep Mixture Rules of Polymer Matrix Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials.- Damage Monitoring.- 53. NDT Damage Monitoring and Characterization during Tensile Tests on Composite Laminates.- 54. Cumulative Damage Characterization in Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastic by Acoustic Emission Under Monotonic and Fatigue Loading.- Brittle Matrix Composites.- 55. Dynamic Failure Mechanisms of Continuously Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composites Under Transverse Impact.- 56. The Settling of Reinforcement During the Unidirectional Solidification of Particulate Reinforced Aluminum-Silicon/Silicon Carbide Metal Matrix Composites.- 57. CVD-Film Ceramic Materials Structure Analysis.- Experimental Investigations Component Studies.- 58. Different Shear Stresses on FPC and their Experimental Determination.- 59. The Compressive Properties of Glass/CarbonLaminated Composites.- 60. The Prediction of Three-Dimensional Properties of Composite Laminates Using the Finite Element Analysis Method.- 61. Strength of Composite Fan Casing Under Local Load.- Index of Contributors.