Dielectrics are materials that store energy when an external electric field stimulates the material. A common explanation for a dielectric is a material that will store additional charge when placed ...

Mechanical fasteners have been used to join wood and metal plates for hundreds of years. Because mechanical fastening of composite material plates is a much more recent development, most of the ...

In my previous column (see “Editor's Picks,” at right), I discussed transverse flexural testing of a unidirectional composite as one method of evaluating the strength of the fiber/matrix interfacial ...