Daniel Gay led the Laboratoire de Génie Mécanique de Toulouse, now the Institut Clément Ader, from its inception for over 15 years. A former student of the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, Dr. Gay has authored numerous articles, scientific publications, and industrial reports on composite materials and structures. He has taught at undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels in many schools and institutions, including the Université Paul Sabatier – Toulouse III (UPS), Instituts Universitaires de Technologie (IUT), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE), and École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA).
"""Very good illustrations on the problem setup, theory, and physical representation. Very easy to follow."" —Dr. Gang Wang, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA ""This book covers the topics related to the mechanics of composite materials in a very simple way. ... It is addressed to graduate and undergraduate students as well as to practical engineers who want to enhance their knowledge and learn the guidelines of the use of composite materials. ... This book is...a good classroom material...[and] a good reference."" —Dr. Pierre Rahme, Notre Dame University, Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon ""In this new edition of a truly innovative manual, the basic concepts of our new horizon for composite materials have been covered. They…should be learned and practiced. Students are encouraged to pay attention to the hard work of the author and gain confidence in composites to produce better aircraft and transportation systems....This is an excellent textbook for teaching and also a reference for practicing engineers. I highly recommend it."" —Stephen W. Tsai, Stanford University, California, USA"