Braided Pultrusion composite materials offer dramatic performance benefits over conventional steel and aluminum construction, including lighter weight and greater strength. This monograph thoroughly explains continuous methods and calculations for producing structural composites.
* Continuous production methods
* Process force parameters analysis
* Molding process calculations
* Composites physical-mechanical features
GARRY E. FREGER is Head of Faculty for Strength of Materials at East Ukrainian National University. His research interests include: the mechanics and micromechanics of polymeric composite materials; technological process of manufacture of products and composites and carbon-carbon composites. He has published four books and 120 articles and holds patents on 45 Russian inventions. He lives in Lugansk, Ukraine.
VLADIMIR N. KESTELMAN is the author of 26 books and 516 articles on technical subjects. He holds 75 U.S. and Russian patents on his inventions. Among his books are Electro-Physical Phenomena in the Tribology of Polymers (Gordon and Breach, 1999); Elecrels: Fundamentals and Applications (Kluwer Academic, 2000); Adhesion of Polymers (McGraw-Hill, 2001), Melt-Bowing Technique, Equipment, and Polymer Fibrous Materials (Springer, 2002), and Stress Relaxation in Viscous-Elastic Materials (Science Publishers, 2002). He lives in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
DMITRY G. FREGER is a degree candidate in Technical Sciences, a Scientific Employee in the Research and Design Institute at Iskra, and Senior Faculty Teacher in Strength of Materials in the Ukraine. He also lives in Lugansk.