This book presents the basics of fiber reinforced polymers (FRP). The problems created by conventional, non-integrating product development are listed and the author states how these problems are potentially overcome by integrated product development (IPD). In addition, it is explained why IPD is of particular importance for FRP.
David May received his doctorate degree in 2015 from the Technical University Kaiserslautern, where he since then lectures “integrated product development with composites”. In 2021 he completed his habilitation on process engineering for composites. He currently manages an interdisciplinary research group at the Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe in Kaiserslautern. Manufacturing technologies for polymer composites are his main research focus.