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Author:   Rui Miranda Guedes (University of Porto, Portugal)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   1.040kg
ISBN:  

9780081026014

ISBN 10:   0081026013
Pages:   586
Publication Date:   18 March 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part One Viscoelastic and viscoplastic modelling 1. Viscoelastic constitutive modeling of creep and stress relaxation in polymers and polymer matrix composites G.C. Papanicolaou and S.P. Zaoutsos 2. Time-temperature-age superposition principle for predicting long-term response of linear viscoelastic materials E.J. Barbero 3. Effect of moisture on elastic and viscoelastic properties of fiber reinforced plastics: Retrospective and current trends Andrey Aniskevich and Tatjana Glaskova-Kuzmina 4. Micromechanics Modeling of Hysteretic Responses of Piezoelectric Composites Chien-hong Lin and Anastasia Muliana 5. Predicting the viscoelastic behavior of polymer composites and nanocomposites A. Beyle 6. Creep analysis of polymer matrix composites using viscoplastic models E. Kontou Part Two Creep rupture 8. Time and temperature dependence of transverse tensile failure of unidirectional carbon fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composites Jun Koyanagi and Mio Sato 9. Lifetime prediction of polymers and polymer matrix composite structures: Failure criteria and accelerated characterization Rui Miranda Guedes 10. Time-dependent damage evolution in unidirectional and multidirectional polymer composite laminates Raghavan Jayaraman Part Three Fatigue modeling, characterization, and monitoring 11 Accelerated testing methodology for long-term creep and fatigue strengths of polymer composites Masayuki Nakada 12 A combined creep and fatigue prediction methodology for fiber-reinforced polymer composites based on the kinetic theory of fracture Faisal H. Bhuiyan and Ray S. Fertig, III 13 Fatigue testing for polymer matrix composites Ruben Dirk Bram Sevenois and Wim Van Paepegem 14 S–N curve and fatigue damage for practicality Ho Sung Kim 15 Modeling, analysis, and testing of viscoelastic properties of shape memory polymer composites and a brief review of their space engineering applications Wessam Al Azzawi, Madhubhashitha Herath and Jayantha Epaarachchi 16 Characterization of viscoelasticity, viscoplasticity, and damage in composites Janis Varna and Liva Pupure 17 Structural health monitoring of composite structures for durability Sreenivas Alampalli

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This book would appeal to the material scientist, polymer chemist, and structural engineers who want to learn about the latest information for testing and modeling the creep and fatigue properties of various composite polymeric materials used for structural applications. It contains background on fundamentals to orient a beginner in this area and advanced modeling information with theory and experimental results to satisfy in-depth detail desired by more experienced readers in this area of research. --IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

Author Information

Dr Rui Miranda Guedes works within the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto, Portugal. Dr Guedes has an international reputation for his research on creep and fatigue in polymer matrix composites.

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