Considered to have contributed greatly to the pre-sizing of composite structures,Composite Materials: Design and Applicationsis a popular reference book for designers of heavily loaded composite parts. Fully updated to mirror the exponential growth and development of composites, this English-languageThird Edition:Contains all-new coverage of nanocomposites and biocompositesReflects the latest manufacturing processes and applications in the aerospace, automotive, naval, wind turbine, and sporting goods industriesProvides a design method to define composite multilayered plates under loading, along with all numerical information needed for implementationProposes original study of composite beams of any section shapes and thick-laminated composite plates, leading to technical formulations that are not found in the literatureFeatures numerous examples of the pre-sizing of composite parts, processed from industrial cases and reworked to highlight key informationIncludes test cases for the validation of computer software using finite elementsConsisting of three main parts, plus a fourth on applications,Composite Materials: Design and Applications, Third Editionfeatures a technical level that rises in difficulty as the text progresses, yet each part still can be explored independently. While the heart of the book, devoted to the methodical pre-design of structural parts, retains its original character, the contents have been significantly rewritten, restructured, and expanded to better illustrate the types of challenges encountered in modern engineering practice.