pt. I. Principles of construction. Composite materials, interest, and properties ; Fabrication processes ; Ply properties ; Sandwich structures ; Conception and design ; Joining and assembly ; Composite materials and aerospace construction ; composite materials for other applications -- pt. II. Mechanical behavior of laminated materials. anisotropic elastic media ; Elastic constants of unidirectional composites ; elastic constants of a ply along an arbitrary direction ; Mechanical behavior of thin laminated plates -- pt. III. Justifications, composite beams, and thick plates. elastic coefficients ; the Hill-Tsai failure criterion ; composite beams in flexure ; Composite beams in torsion ; Flexure of thick composite plates -- pt. IV. Applications. Applications.