Part I: Measurement and modelling 1. The importance of measuring residual stresses in composite materials 2. Destructive techniques in the measurement of residual stresses in composite materials: an overview 3. Non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques in the measurement of residual stresses in composite materials: an overview 4. Measuring residual stresses in composite materials using the simulated hole drilling method 5. Measuring residual stresses in composite materials using the slitting/crack compliance method 6. Modeling residual stresses in composite materials
Part II: Residual stresses in different types of composite 7. Understanding residual stresses in polymer matrix composites 8. Understanding residual stresses in metal matrix composites 9. Toughening and strengthening mechanisms in ceramic nanocomposites 10. Understanding residual stresses in thick polymer composite laminates 11. The cured shape prediction of bistable laminates 12. Reduction of residual stresses in polymer composites using nano-additives
Part III: Advanced Topics 13. Incremental hole-drilling measurement of residual stresses through the thickness of composite microelectronics components 14. Residual stresses in additive manufacturing of polymers and polymer matrix composites 15. The eigenstrain-based method for the incremental hole-drilling technique 16. Estimation of residual stresses in polymer-matrix composites using digital image correlation
Mahmood M. Shokrieh is a distinguished Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran. He is the founder of the Iran Scientific Composites Association and Iran Industrial Composites Association. He is the director of the Composites Research Laboratory (CRL) of the School of Mechanical Engineering of IUST. He is the Chief Editor of the Journal of Science and Technology of Composites, published by IUST. His research interests include mechanics of composite materials; mechanics of nano-composites; stress and failure analysis of composite materials; fatigue analysis of composite materials; experimental methods in composite materials; and finite element analysis.