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In the last thirty years or so there have been considerable advances in manufacturing light and high strength fiber-reinforced materials, such as graphite-epoxy composites. Due to their high specific strength, fiber reinforced composites are widely used in thin-walled aircraft structures These materials behave well under tension; in the compression zones, however delamination buckling can occur, most often in the surface layer. This phenomenon significantly reduces the resistance of structural elements to compression. Further growth of the delimination zone may lead to failure of the entire structure. This short book is written to shed some light on the subject of delimination buckling and the growth of delimination in thin composite materials. The book consists of three chapters with thirty-one figures in 95 pages. In the first chapter delamination of laminated composites and a fiber-glass tube due to residual stresses have been summarized. The second chapter is devoted to investigation of various types of delamination buckling problems of laminated composite plates and laminated rings. The subject of buckling and delamination growth, criteria of visco-brittle fracture and wave delamination have been explored in chapter 3. The book is well written and easy to go from one subject to another. This book might be very useful for those researchers and designing engineers working on composite materials.