Composite materials design and applications

COMPOSITE MATERIALS
DESIGN AND APPLICATIONS

© 2003 by CRC Press LLC

COMPOSITE MATERIALS
DESIGN AND APPLICATIONS

Daniel Gay Suong V. Hoa Stephen W. Tsai

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gay, Daniel, 1942[Matériaux composites. English] Composite materials / by Daniel Gay ; translated by Suong V. Hoa, Stephen W. Tsai. p. cm. Translation of: Matériaux composites. 4th ed. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-58716-084-6 (alk. paper) 1. Composite materials. I. Title. TA418.9.C6 G39 2002 620.1′18—dc21

2002073794 CIP

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