The Essentials of Composite Materials: A Guide for Engineering and Beyond

This book combines the theory of composite materials and their applications, focusing on the main industries where they are used. Using the author’s experience as a naval architect, boat builder, and composites designer, it offers a guide to the selection of the most appropriate production processes, procedures, and materials for a project.

Germán A. Pacheco is a naval architect/yacht designer and composite technician with more than 15 years’ experience in the field. He studied Naval Architecture at the National University of Quilmes, Argentina. He currently lives in Australia where he works for a leading Australian design company specialising in design and construction solutions for ferries, catamarans, patrol boats, and cargo ships.