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COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Department of Defense Handbook: MIL-17 Composite Handbooks (5 volumes)

1.      Guidelines for Characterization of Structural Materials

2.      Polymer Matrix Composites Materials Properties

Polymer Matrix Composites Materials Properties Annex

3.      Materials Usage Design and Analysis

4.      Metal Matrix Composite Materials

5.      Ceramic Matrix Composite Materials

Magazines              1. High-Performance Composites http://www.compositesworld.com/articles/hpc

                              2. Composites Technology http://www.compositesworld.com/articles/ct

                        3. Sourcebook  http://www.compositesworld.com/suppliers

 

Magazines              1. Composites Manufacturing http://www.acmanet.org/CM/index.cfm

                       

Journals and Exhibitions on Composites (JEC)- Europe www.jeccomposites.com

Reinforced Plastics Magazine (Elsevier) www.reinforcedplastics.com

Auto Composites Alliance http://www.autocomposites.org/

 

Composite Materials Research

 

National Composite Center www.compositecenter.org

Lightweight Structures B.V., Netherlands http://www.lightweight-structures.com

Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware www.ccm.udel.edu

*NASA developed code for 2D/3D laminated/stitched/woven/braided composites called GENOA marketed by Aplhastar Corporation

http://www.alphastarcorp.com/products.htm  

NASA National Center for Advanced Manufacturing (NCAM) [Mississippi State, Uni. of New Orleans, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, Tennessee Technological Univ.] http://www.ncamlp.org/

 

Composite Materials Companies

 

TPI Composites Inc. (owns patented SCRIMP technology) www.tpicomposites.com

RTM-Worx FEM/CV Flow Simulation Software, Netherlands www.polyworx.nl

V-System Composites HyperVARTM, PrecisionRTM http://www.vsystemcomposites.com/

The Madison Group: Engineering and Failure Analysis of Thermoplastics and Thermoset Composites, Cadpress Software http://www.madisongroup.com/

Ossur: Manufacturer of prosthetic and orthotic devices www.ossur.com

ANSYS  

ANSYS General

Chalice Engineering Simulation Ltd. Analysis Technical Information

http://www.chalice-engineering.com/basics.html

What All Engineers Need to Know Before Using Finite Element Analysis, ALGOR

http://www.algor.com/news_pub/tech_reports/2000/need2know/Need2Know.asp

XANSYS Yahoo Group

http://www.xansys.org/ansyslinks.html

 

ANSYS Tutorials

University of Alberta 

http://www.mece.ualberta.ca/tutorials/ansys/

Carnegie Mellon University

http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/24-ansys/

University of South Alabama: Fracture Mechanics  

http://www.southalabama.edu/engineering/mechanical/phan/ANSYS_LEFM01.pdf

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Prof. A. R. Miller

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~es421/homepage.htm

Cornell University

http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ansys/

 

ANSYS Books

 

1. Finite Element Analysis: theory and applications with ANSYS by Saeed Moaveni, Prentice Hall  

2. ANSYS Tutorial Release 8 by Kent Lawrence, Schroff Development Corporation

3. Fatigue Life Prediction of Solder Joints in Electronic Packages with ANSYS by

Erdogan Madenci, Ibrahim Guven, Bahattin Kilic, Kluwer Academic Publishers

4. Vibration Simulation Using MATLAB and ANSYS by Michael R. Hatch, CRC Press

OTHER

Eric Weisstein's World of Science contains budding encyclopedias of astronomy, scientific biography, chemistry, and physics http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/

Physics and Astronomy Online www.physlink.com

Engineering Fundamentals (Monthly Subscription) www.efunda.com

Auto, Electronics, Computer, Science, Health, Money Stuff www.howstuffworks.com 

MatWeb: Data sheets for metals, plastics, ceramics, and composites www.matweb.com

A to Z on Materials www.azom.com

Science Chanel: http://science.discovery.com/

Data Mart: MSC Material Databases (subscription)

http://www.engineering-e.com/datamart/index.cfm

Unit Conversion

http://www.processassociates.com/process/convert/cf_all.htm

Engineering Applets: Statics, Dynamics, and Fluid Mechanics

http://www.engapplets.vt.edu/