Fluid Effects in Polymers and Polymeric Composites

• Main Author: Weitsman, Y. Jack (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Series: Mechanical Engineering Series,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Polymers.; Continuum physics.; Fluid mechanics.; Mechanical engineering.; Mechanical Engineering.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Polymer Sciences.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

Fluid Effects in Polymers and Polymeric Composites, written by the late Dr. Y. Jack Weitsman, addresses the wide range of parameters that affect the interaction of fluids with polymers and polymeric composites. The book aims at broadening the scope of available data, mostly limited up to this time t...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Background to Polymers and Composites
• 3. Fluid Ingress Processes, Basic and Preliminaries
• 4. Fluid Sorption and Polymeric Material Data.-5. Diffusion Models
• 6. Hygrothermal Viscoelastic Response
• 7. Effects of Fluids on Strength, Deformation and Fatigue of Polymeric Composites
• 8. Sea Water Effects on Foam Cored Sandwich Structures
• 9. Special Issues
• 10.Summary and Conclusions.