Hi,
I am looking for suggestions on books or maybe some links to tutorials explaining more in-depth the property's of carbon fibre?

I like this ones:

Essentials of Advanced Composite Fabrication and Repair http://www.amazon.co.uk/Essentials-Advanced-Composite-Fabrication-Repair/dp/1560277521/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339536188&sr=1-1

Competition Car Composites: A Practical Handbook http://www.amazon.co.uk/Competition-Car-Composites-Practical-Handbook/dp/1844257010/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339536253&sr=1-1

Composite Materials Fabrication Handbook #1 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Composite-Materials-Fabrication-Handbook-Garage/dp/1929133766/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339536356&sr=1-2

COMPOSITE MATERIALS FABRICATION HANDBOOK #2 http://www.amazon.co.uk/COMPOSITE-MATERIALS-FABRICATION-HANDBOOK-Paperback/dp/B007S7L87M/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339536356&sr=1-4

Last 2 are a litle bit basic. Now theres #3 but I didn't bought it.

For video try fibre glast web site and of corse easycomposites.

 

awesome!! thanks for that MJCT ,
the first one looks great but ill have to hunt a bit to find it at a reasonable price.

Competition Car Composites is an ok book, but its geared more towards how to produce parts rather then actual strength properties kinda thing.

Theres plenty of copies of it on eBay though, thats where I got mine from.

You’re right CarbonMike, but if crispycat doesn’t have engineer knowledge (and I believe he hasn’t) those books are the only kind he will understand. Buying more technical books will probably not work for crispycat.

Please tell me if I’m wrong crispycat!

I have a good example. I bought Composite Materials: Engineering and Science (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Composite-Materials-Engineering-F-L-Matthews/dp/1855734737/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339614549&sr=8-1) just to realise that I can’t learn much whit it because I don’t have engineer kind of knowledge.

 

correct, i have no engineering knowledge .. something that i hope to get the time to work on
but as said before i do have a good amount of experience with the hands on side of composites!

It depends how far you want to go. If your just after a few tips then those books will help. However if you want to understand how to design things properly and make they really efficient then you need to look at Materials engineering/mechanics maths . The maths have a lot of real world application and will help you understand how and why certain shapes and geometries are stronger and where things may break first. Once you've got that down then you can really start looking into why carbon fiber can be more useful than aluminium or other materials in certain structural applications.

Dave.

I have this book, licensed by the society of manufacturing engineers. It has all the processes explained, also the physics and chemistry behind carbon, kevlar, as well as the various resins types and basically everything to do with composites and the methods of manufacture.

It is a textbook style, but very informative. Quite difficult to understand at first but after a while its okay.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fundamentals-Composites-Manufacturing-A-Brent-Strong/dp/0872638545/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340353871&sr=8-1