THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTS. By Oscar Kempthorne. New York, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1952. 631 pp. $8.50. This book by a teacher of statistics (as well as a consultant for \"experimenters\") is a comprehensive study of the philosophical background for the statistical design of experiment. It is necessary to have some facility with algebraic notation and manipulation to be able to use the volume intelligently. The problems are presented from the theoretical point of view, without such practical examples as would be helpful for those not acquainted with mathematics. The mathematical justification for the techniques is given. As a somewhat advanced treatment of the design and analysis of experiments, this volume will be interesting and helpful for many who approach statistics theoretically as well as practically. With emphasis on the \"why,\" and with description given broadly, the author relates the subject matter to the general theory of statistics and to the general problem of experimental inference. MARGARET J. ROBERTSON

The Design and Analysis of Experiments

Composites have been found to be the most promising and discerning material available in this century. Presently, composites reinforced with fibers of synthetic or natural materials are gaining more importance as demands for lightweight materials with high strength for specific applications are growing in the market. Fiber-reinforced polymer composite offers not only high strength to weight ratio, but also reveals exceptional properties such as high durability; stiffness; damping property; flexural strength; and resistance to corrosion, wear, impact, and fire. These wide ranges of diverse features have led composite materials to find applications in mechanical, construction, aerospace, automobile, biomedical, marine, and many other manufacturing industries. Performance of composite materials predominantly depends on their constituent elements and manufacturing techniques, therefore, functional properties of various fibers available worldwide, their classifications, and the manufacturing techniques used to fabricate the composite materials need to be studied in order to figure out the optimized characteristic of the material for the desired application. An overview of a diverse range of fibers, their properties, functionality, classification, and various fiber composite manufacturing techniques is presented to discover the optimized fiber-reinforced composite material for significant applications. Their exceptional performance in the numerous fields of applications have made fiber-reinforced composite materials a promising alternative over solitary metals or alloys.

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Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites: Manufacturing, Properties, and Applications.

The review outlines modern trends in theoretical developments, novel designs and modern applications of sandwich structures. The most recent work published at the time of writing of this review is considered, older sources are listed only on as-needed basis. The review begins with the discussion on the analytical models and methods of analysis of sandwich structures as well as representative problems utilizing or comparing these models. Novel designs of sandwich structures is further elucidated concentrating on miscellaneous cores, introduction of nanotubes and smart materials in the elements of a sandwich structure as well as using functionally graded designs. Examples of problems experienced by developers and designers of sandwich structures, including typical damage, response under miscellaneous loads, environmental effects and fire are considered. Sample applications of sandwich structures included in the review concentrate on aerospace, civil and marine engineering, electronics and biomedical areas. Finally, the authors suggest a list of areas where they envision a pressing need in further research.

Review of current trends in research and applications of sandwich structures

Nonlinear vibration and dynamic buckling analyses of sandwich functionally graded porous plate with graphene platelet reinforcement resting on Winkler–Pasternak elastic foundation

The present literature review focuses on geometrically non-linear free and forced vibrations of shells made of traditional and advanced materials. Flat and imperfect plates and membranes are excluded. Closed shells and curved panels made of isotropic, laminated composite, piezoelectric, functionally graded and hyperelastic materials are reviewed and great attention is given to non-linear vibrations of shells subjected to normal and in-plane excitations. Theoretical, numerical and experimental studies dealing with particular dynamical problems involving parametric vibrations, stability, dynamic buckling, non-stationary vibrations and chaotic vibrations are also addressed. Moreover, several original aspects of non-linear vibrations of shells and panels, including (i) fluid–structure interactions, (ii) geometric imperfections, (iii) effect of geometry and boundary conditions, (iv) thermal loads, (v) electrical loads and (vi) reduced-order models and their accuracy including perturbation techniques, proper orthogonal decomposition, non-linear normal modes and meshless methods are reviewed in depth.

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Non-linear vibrations of shells: A literature review from 2003 to 2013

Finite element solutions to the static responses of functionally graded plates and shell panels are investigated in this chapter. The overall material properties of metal/ceramic functionally graded material are considered to be temperature independent and modeled via power-law based Voigt's material scheme. The present functionally graded curved panels are modeled and analyzed in the commercially available finite element tool ANSYS APDL via eight-noded serendipity element (SHELL281). The mesh refinement test is executed followed by the validation test by comparing the present results with the reported results. The influences of the volume fractions, boundary conditions, curvature ratios, and thickness ratios on the central deflections and the axial stresses of functionally graded curved shell panels are illustrated and discussed in detail.

Subrata Kumar Panda

Papers

Deformation characteristics of functionally graded composite panels using finite element approximation

Nonlinear deflection characteristics of damaged composite structure theoretical prediction and experimental verification

Time-dependent transverse deflection responses of the layered composite plate with concentric circular cut-out

Free vibration analysis of functionally graded sandwich flat panel

Thermal Frequency Analysis of Double CNT-Reinforced Polymeric Straight Beam