Filament Winding of Lightweight Composite Structures

This book provides the know‑how required to develop filament‑wound composite products of different types that are regularly used in various industrial sectors. Apart from the pertinent fundamental concepts, it includes simple geometrical solutions as well as the derivation of mathematical relations. On the processing front, filament winding, winding machines, and other capital equipment are described. An overview of artificial intelligence and machine learning and a review of their usage and several possibilities in composite filament winding are presented as well.

Key Features:

• Explores materials, mechanics, manufacturing, and testing with respect to filament‑wound products
• Provides in‑depth treatment of design concepts and applications, including pressure vessels and others
• Discusses the performance of filament‑wound structures
• Includes applications and design of filament‑wound products in several sectors such as defense and aerospace, automotive, chemical, consumer goods, infrastructure, and civil engineering
• Covers exercise problems, design examples and illustrative figures

This book is aimed at researchers, graduate students and working professionals in materials science and engineering, composites, and lightweight structures.