ERRATA for "Finite Element Analysis of Composite Materials"

Ever J. Barbero, CRC, 2007, ISBN 1-4200-5433-3

Updated May 7, 2008

Note: In addition to corrections for typos, this file includes comments that attempt to clarify and enhance the existing content in the book as well as highlight new code and examples as they become available in the Website.

Page	Where it reads	Correction, should read as follows …
32, Eq. (1.105)		Click or download this page to correct (1.105)
56, comment in 4^th line of source code	th = 2 mm	th = 4 mm
56, comment in 5^th line of source code	E=200000 MPa	E=190000 MPa
98, 3^rd line Solution to Example 3.12	The second way uses FB …	The second way uses TB …
147, fifth line after Eq.(6.18)	Example 6.1	Example 6.2
163, 1^st line in Eq.(6.51)
181, 5^th line after (7.67)	"C' defined by (1.74)"	"C' defined by (1.74, 1.93)"
192, footnote 2
194, Eq.(8.11)	>=0	<=0
195, 1^st Eq. in Ex. 8.1	>=0	<=0
196, Eq.(8.16), upper limit of integral
196, Eq.(8.16), the integrand must use a dummy variable.
197, missing “/”	threshold value	threshold value
197, Eq.(8.19)	>=0	<=0
211, Eq. (8.64)
217, 1^st Eq. in Ex. 8.4; insert a 2 in front of G₁₂	G₁₂	2 G₁₂
217, below 1^st Eq. in Ex. 8.4	…are the in-plane…	…are the undamaged in-plane… (Author’s note: I apologize for this departure from the notation used everywhere else in the book).
218, below 3^rd Eq.	…where the damage variables appear in S₂₂ and S₆₆.	…where the damage variables appear in S₁₂, S₂₁, S₂₂, and S₆₆. (Authors note: Note that tensor strains are used. To perform tensor operations using matrix multiplications, see (A.14), (A.20), and MATLAB code in the Website.)
218, above the Eq. for M	and where the effective damage tensor M in Voigt contracted notation is	and the effective damage tensor M in Voigt contracted notation, multiplied by the 3x3 version of the Reuter matrix (A.13), is
219, 1^st Eq. on this page; insert a 2 in front of G₁₂	G₁₂	2 G₁₂
219, 4 lines below Eq. (8.101)	is possible by decreasing the value...	is possible by increasing the value...
221, Eqs. (8.115), (8.116), (8.118), Substitute f for g	g	f
222, bottom	5. Damage evolution exists. Starting at iteration k=k+1,	5. Damage evolution exists. Starting at iteration k,
222, last eq.	-(g)_k	-(g)_k-1
224, Caption of Table 8.2	8.2 Strength, critical energy	8.2 Critical energy
224, 3^rd eq. from bottom of page
224, last Eq., position 3,3; delete the “4”	The following are written in contracted notation ~~and multiplied by the Reuter matrix,~~	The following are written in contracted notation
225, two changes; positions 2,2 and 3,3
227, below 1^st Eq. in Problem. 8.3	…are the in-plane…	…are the undamaged in-plane…
228	in Tables 8.4 and 8.4	in Tables 8.3 and 8.4
233, Eq. (9.11)		Click or download this page to correct (9.11)
234, Eq. (9.18)
302, 2^nd line after (A.19)	= inverse of the reduced form of…	= inverse of the contracted form of…
302, 3^rd line after (A.19)	= reduced form of…	= contracted form of…
302, line above (A.20)	In other words, the matrix [a]^-1 is computed as	In other words, the matrix [a^-1] is computed as
311, Eq. (C.12)		Click or download this page to correct (C.12)
312, Eqs. (C.15, 16, 17, 18, 19)		Click or download this page to correct all those eqs.
313, Eq. (C.25)		Click or download this page to correct (C.25)