Christos Kassapoglou 
Modeling the Effect of Damage in Composite Structures [PDF ebook] 
Simplified Approaches

Comprehensively covers new and existing methods for the design and analysis of composites structures with damage present

* Provides efficient and accurate approaches for analysing structures with holes and impact damage

* Introduces a new methodology for fatigue analysis of composites

* Provides design guidelines, and step by step descriptions of how to apply the methods, along with evaluation of their accuracy and applicability

* Includes problems and exercises

* Accompanied by a website hosting lecture slides and solutions

Despre autor

Christos Kassapoglou received his BS degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics and two MS degrees (Aeronautics and Astronautics and Mechanical Engineering) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his Ph D degree from Delft University of Technology. Since 1984 he has worked in industry, first at Beech Aircraft on the all-composite Starship I and then at the Structures Research Group at Sikorsky Aircraft specializing on analysis of composite structures for the all-composite Comanche and other helicopters and leading internally funded research and NASA and the US Army funded program. Since 2001 he has been consulting with various companies in the US and Europe on applications of composites, damage tolerance and certification. He joined the Aerospace Engineering Department of the Delft University of Technology (Aerospace Structures) in 2008 as an Associate Professor. His interests include fatigue and damage tolerance of composites, design and optimization for cost and weight, and technology optimization. He has over 60 journal papers and 3 patents on related subjects. He is a member of AIAA, AHS, and SAMPE.