Polymer Engineering Science and Viscoelasticity An Introduction /

• Main Authors: Brinson, Hal F. (Author), Brinson, L. Catherine (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Polymers.; Chemical engineering.; Mechanics.; Condensed matter.; Continuum mechanics.; Materials science.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Polymer Sciences.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.

Polymer Engineering Science and Viscoelasticity: An Introduction 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. Written for advanced seniors seeking graduate...

Table of Contents:

• Stress and Strain Analysis and Measurement
• Characteristics, Applications and Properties of Polymers
• Polymerization and Classification
• Differential Constitutive Equations
• Hereditary Integral Representations of Stress and Strain
• Time and Temperature Behavior of Polymers
• Elementary Viscoelastic Stress Analysis for Bars and Beams
• Viscoelastic Stress Analysis in Two and Three Dimensions
• Nonlinear Viscoelasticity
• Rate and Time-Dependent Failure: Mechanisms and Predictive Models.