The proposed book focusses on the theme of failure of polymer composites, focusing on vital aspects of enhancing failure resistance, constituents and repair including associated complexities. It discusses characterization and experimentation of the composites under loading with respect to the specific environment and applications. Further, it includes topics as green composites, advanced materials and composite joint failure, buckling failure, and fiber-metal composite failure. It explains preparation, applications of composites for weight sensitive applications, leading to potential applications and formulations, fabrication of polymer products based on bio-resources.

Provides exhaustive understanding of failure and fatigue of polymer composites

Covers the failure of fiber reinforced polymer composites, composite joint failure, fiber-metal composite, and laminate failure

Discusses how to enhance the resistance against failure of the polymer composites

Provides input to industry related and academic orientated research problems

Represents an organized perspective and analysis of materials processing, material design, and their failure under loading

This book is aimed at researchers, graduate students in composites, fiber reinforcement, failure mechanism, materials science, and mechanical engineering.

Mohamed Thariq Bin Haji Hameed Sultan completed his PhD in 2011 from Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom in the Field of Mechanical Engineering. He specializes in the field of Hybrid Composites, Advance Materials, Structural Health Monitoring and Impact Studies. He is also a Professional Engineer (PEng) registered under the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) and he is also a Charted Engineer (CEng) registered with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) United Kingdom. Recently, he was also awarded as the Professional Technologist (PTech) from Malaysian Board of Technologist (MBOT). He has published more than 220 journal articles and also published almost 15 books internationally.
M Rajesh is currently working as an Assistant Professor (Sr.) in Design and Automation Division, School of Mechanical Engineering at VIT University, Vellore, India. He earned a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) degree from Anna University, India in 2010 and a Master of Engineering (Engineering Design) degree from College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, India in 2013, and a Doctorate of Philosophy degree in Engineering, from National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Mangalore in the year of 13th January 2017. A highly accomplished researcher, Professor M Rajesh has published 12 papers in peer reviewed international journals and 12 book chapters in the field of composite material, that are cited more than 250 times by researchers. Professor M Rajesh's research is focused on technological challenges that fall within the materials/mechanics domains. He made major contributions to enhance the understanding of the mechanical, vibration and dynamic behavior of advanced composites.
K. Jayakrishna is an Associate professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the Vellore Institute of Technology University, India. Dr. Jayakrishna's research is focused on the design and management of manufacturing systems and supply chains to enhance efficiency, productivity and sustainability performance. More recent research is in the area of developing tools and techniques to enable value creation through sustainable manufacturing, including methods to facilitate more sustainable product design for closed-loop material flow in industrial symbiotic setup, and developing sustainable products using hybrid bio composites. He has mentored undergraduate and graduate students (2 M.Tech Thesis and 24 B.Tech Thesis) which have so far led to 40 journal publications in leading SCI/ SCOPUS Indexed journals, 17 book chapters, and 85 refereed conference proceedings. Dr. Jayakrishna's team has received numerous awards in recognition for the quality of the work that has been produced. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the manufacturing and industrial systems area and his initiatives to improve teaching effectiveness have been recognized through national awards. He has also been awarded Institution of Engineers (India)-Young Engineer Award in 2019 and Distinguished Researcher Award in the field of Sustainable Systems Engineering in 2019 by International Institute of Organized Research.