SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

VOLUME 10, NO. 1, 2002

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Structural Design and Experimental Investigation of a Medium Scale Composite Wind Turbine Blade Considering Fatigue Life

C. Kong, Y. Sugiyama, and C. Soutis .................1

Investigation of Vibration Characteristics of Carbon/Epoxy Propeller Shaft for Vehicle

C. Kong, J. Jeong, W. Yo, Y. Sugiyama, and C. Soutis ....................11

Optical Fiber Devices Based on Nanoscale Self-Assembly

F.J. Arregui, R.O. Claus, I.R. Matias, M. Olza, E. Luquin, and K.L. Cooper ..................19

Fractography of Mode I Crack Propagation in Glass Cloth/Vinylester Composite

M. Mizoguchi, Y. Ma, K. Inomata, K. Kitagawa, Y. Fugii, H. Hamada, and M. Kotaki .................29

Analysis of Free Edge Delamination in [0m, 90n]_S Composite Structures: Experimental Approach

F. A. Netto and S.F. Estefen ........................35

Factorization Method for Failure Mechanism Analysis of C/C and C/SiC Composites

Laifei Cheng, Yongdong Xu, Litong Zhang, Qinofeng Zeng, and Xingang Luan ....................45

Ni-P/SiC Composite Coatings Obtained by Chemical Methods

Lucian Mitoseriu and Olga Mitoseriu ........................51

The Pretreatment of Carbon Fibres for 3D C/SiC Composites

Yan Liansheng, Song Maili, Wang Tao, and Zou Wu .........................55

The Control of Reagents in the ICVI Process

Liansheng, Zou Wu, Song Maili and Wang Tao ......................59

Conducting Composites as Cable Anodes in Cathodic Protection

K. Darowicki and J. Orlikowski ....................65

Continuity Characterization and Evaluation of Rolled Polyester Coatings on Electrolytic Plates

E. Zumelzu, and F. Rull ....................71