Polymer Engineering Science and Viscoelasticity: An Introduction

✍ Scribed by Hal F. Brinson, L. Catherine Brinson (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 488
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides a unified mechanics and materials perspective on polymers: both the mathematics of viscoelasticity theory as well as the physical mechanisms behind polymer deformation processes. Introductory material on fundamental mechanics is included to provide a continuous baseline for readers from all disciplines. Introductory material on the chemical and molecular basis of polymers is also included, which is essential to the understanding of the thermomechanical response. This self-contained text covers the viscoelastic characterization of polymers including constitutive modeling, experimental methods, thermal response, and stress and failure analysis. Example problems are provided within the text as well as at the end of each chapter.

New to this edition:

· One new chapter on the use of nano-material inclusions for structural polymer applications and applications such as fiber-reinforced polymers and adhesively bonded structures

· Brings up-to-date polymer production and sales data and equipment and procedures for evaluating polymer characterization and classification

· The work serves as a comprehensive reference for advanced seniors seeking graduate level courses, first and second year graduate students, and practicing engineers

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-14
Stress and Strain Analysis and Measurement....Pages 15-55
Characteristics, Applications and Properties of Polymers....Pages 57-100
Polymerization and Classification....Pages 101-167
Differential Constitutive Equations....Pages 169-209
Hereditary Integral Representations of Stress and Strain....Pages 211-230
Time and Temperature Behavior of Polymers....Pages 231-285
Elementary Viscoelastic Stress Analysis for Bars and Beams....Pages 287-310
Viscoelastic Stress Analysis in Two and Three Dimensions....Pages 311-337
Nonlinear Viscoelasticity....Pages 339-377
Rate and Time-Dependent Failure: Mechanisms and Predictive Models....Pages 379-428
Back Matter....Pages 429-482

✦ Subjects

Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Polymer Sciences; Nanotechnology