Lightweight Composites

Name: Lightweight Composites
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ISBN: 9780443188527

Mechanics, Processing, Properties, and Applications

by Mrityunjay Doddamani, Pradeep Menezes, Manoj Gupta

1st Edition

Publisher: Elsevier

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Print ISBN	9780443188527
eText ISBN	9780443188534
Publisher	Elsevier
Publishing Year	2025
Edition	1st Edition
Language	English
Pages	550

Lightweight Composites, 1st Edition, provides practical information on the mechanics, processing techniques, properties, and applications of lightweight composite materials. The text addresses the academic demand for systematic analysis of low-density structural materials across materials science and engineering. It offers graduate and postgraduate students, researchers, and materials scientists a focused foundation for examining modern material design.

The volume details the utilization of porosity in the design and development of lightweight material systems. Systematic sections evaluate polymer-based, metal-based, and ceramic-based lightweight composites. Further analysis examines specialized structures, including sandwich composites, lightweight nanocomposites, functionally-graded foams, and syntactic foams, establishing how cellular architecture influences overall material behavior.

Strength and moduli property maps are featured throughout the book to facilitate direct comparative assessment across different material classes. These visual data tools support upper-level university instruction and independent research by providing clear benchmarks for evaluating stiffness, load capacity, and density trade-offs in structural applications.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Lightweight composites
Chapter 2: Conventional and Advanced Processing of Lightweight Composites and Multifunctional Materials
Chapter 3: Mechanical and Performance Testing of Lightweight Composites
Chapter 4: Modeling and Simulations Approach of Lightweight Composites
Chapter 5: Acoustic behaviour of lightweight composites
Chapter 6: Crashworthiness performance of lightweight Composites
Chapter 7: Fatigue characterization of functionally graded foams
Chapter 8: Thermo-mechanical properties of lightweight composites
Chapter 9: Rubber based foams
Chapter 10: Lightweight composite materials for electromagnetic interference shielding
Chapter 11: Deformation modelling of Foams
Chapter 12: Machinability studies of Syntactic foams
Chapter 13: Experimental and theoretical Thermal conductivity of Syntactic foam composites
Chapter 14: Lightweight Magnesium based Nanocomposites
Chapter 15: Mechanical Behaviors of Al and Mg Based Lightweight Composites
Chapter 16: Tribological aspects of Al and Mg Composites
Chapter 17: Corrosion aspects of Al and Mg based composites
Chapter 18: Lightweight Foams for Biomedical Applications
Chapter 19: Processing of Ceramic foams
Chapter 20: Fundamentals and Applications of Structured Ceramic Foam
Chapter 21: Refractory Ceramic Foams for Novel Applications
Chapter 22: Lightweight ceramic composites for structural applications
Chapter 23: 3D Printing of Lightweight Core Sandwich Composites
Chapter 24: 3D Printed Ceramic Foams
Chapter 25: AM of Lightweight Metallic Composites
Chapter 26: 3D Printing of Metamaterials
Chapter 27: Applications of Lightweight Composites in Aerospace
Chapter 28: Applications of Lightweight Composites in Automotive
Chapter 29: Applications of Lightweight Composites in Marine Sector
Chapter 30: Challenges and Future Trends