1. Foreword

   • K A V Pandalai

   EditorialNotes Pages: 273 - 275

2. Current research in composite structures at NASA’s langley research center

   • Michael F Card
   • James H Starnes

   OriginalPaper Pages: 277 - 298

3. Recent research and development, future problems and trends in advanced composite materials in Japan

   • Tsuyoshi Hayashi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 325

4. R & D work in composites at the fibre-reinforced plastics research centre

   • N G Nair
   • K A V Pandalai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 327 - 339

5. Analysis of free edge effects in composite laminates

   • Som R Soni
   • Nicholas J Pagano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 355

6. Theoretical modelling of laminated composite plates

   • A V Krishna Murty

   OriginalPaper Pages: 357 - 365

7. Effects of transverse shear and rotatory inertia on large amplitude vibration of composite plates and shells

   • M Sathyamoorthy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 367 - 377

8. Microstructures of directionally frozenin situ composites of multicomponent eutectics

   • K Shinohara
   • Y Harada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 379 - 388

9. Anisotropy of elastic constants ofin situ Pb-Sn eutectic composite measured by pulse-echo method

   • K Shinohara
   • T Seo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 389 - 396

10. Microstructural characterization of unidirectionally frozenin situ Sn-Se eutectic composites

    • K Shinohara
    • T Seo
    • S Isomura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 397 - 409

11. Unidirectionally cooled eutectic and eutectoidal composites of Al-Cu alloy

    • K Shinohara
    • T Seo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 411 - 418

12. Ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation of fibre-reinforced composite materials — a review

    • Vikram K Kinra
    • Vinay Dayal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 419 - 432