Mechanical Identification of Composites [Hardcover]

General Lectures.- Identification of the Rigidities of Composite Systems by Mixed Numerical/Experimental Methods.- Measurement of Complex Moduli of Composite Materials and Discussion of some Results.- Moir? Interferometry for Composites.- A Damage Approach for Composite Structures: Theory and Identification.- Contributions.- Identification.- Identification of Temperature Dependence for Orthotropic Material Moduli.- Experimental Identification of Complex Stiffnesses of Composite Materials by Ultrasonic Wave Propagation.- A Hybrid Method to Determine Material Parameters of Composites.- Non Determined Tests as a Way to Identify Wood Elastic Parameters: the Finite Element Approach.- Measurement of Laminate bending Elastic Parameters from Non-Uniform Strain Fields.- Identification of the Shear Properties of the Lamina in the Framework of Plasticity.- Parametric Identification of Mechanical Structures: General Aspects of the Methods used at the LMA.- Static and Dynamic Characterization.- Material Parameters in Anisotropic Plates.- Evaluation of Global Composite Laminate Stiffnesses by Structural Wave Propagation Experiments.- Dynamic Measurements of Elastic Properties of Filament-Wound Cylindrical Shells.- Torsion Response Analysis of T300/914 and T800/914 Unidirectional Specimens.- A Computerized Test Setup for the Determination of the In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Shear Modulus in Orthotropic Specimens.- Some Experience from the Application of the Iosipescu Shear Test.- Constitutive Prediction for a Non-linear Orthotropic Media.- Creep and Relaxation of Coated Fabrics under Biaxial Loading.- Joints and Assemblies of Composite Material Structural Elements: Characterization of adhesives in bulk form and in composite structures.- Static and Dynamic Characterization of Compositesusing a Fourth Generation Programming Language on a Macintosh.- Impact Behaviour and Damage Characterization.- Use of the Shadow Moir? Technique for the Investigation of the Impact Behaviour of CompositlÓï