Pt. I. Principles of Construction -- 1. Composite Materials, Interest, and Properties -- 2. Fabrication Processes -- 3. Ply Properties -- 4. Sandwich Structures -- 5. Conception and Design -- 6. Joining and Assembly -- 7. Composite Materials and Aerospace Construction -- 8. Composite Materials for Other Applications -- Pt. II. Mechanical Behavior of Laminated Materials -- 9. Anisotropic Elastic Media -- 10. Elastic Constants of Unidirectional Composites -- 11. Elastic Constants of a Ply Along an Arbitrary Direction -- 12. Mechanical Behavior of Thin Laminated Plates -- Pt. III. Justifications, Composite Beams, and Thick Plates -- 13. Elastic Coefficients -- 14. The Hill-Tsai Failure Criterion -- 15. Composite Beams in Flexure -- 16. Composite Beams in Torsion -- 17. Flexure of Thick Composite Plates -- Pt. IV. Applications -- 18. Applications.