Engineering applications of polymers and composites

Mechanics of Composite, Hybrid, and Multifunctional Materials, Volume 5 of the Proceedings of the 2022 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the fifth volume of six from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book focuses on the use of natural fiber composites (NFCs) in the automotive industry.

This book provides a comprehensive and clearly structured introduction to the broad field of transducers and artificial muscles based on electromechanically active polymers (EAP), the goal being to present basic concepts and established knowledge in an accessible form.

This book comprehensively summarizes important aspects of research in the active field of lignocellulosic (polymer) composites, including polymer materials from or containing cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin.

This book includes chapters based on the potential uses of polysaccharides such as fibers in food and non-food applications.

This collection brings together engineers, scientists, scholars, and entrepreneurs to present their novel and innovative contributions in the domain specific to metal-matrix composites and on aspects specific to processing, characterization, mechanical behavior, measurements, failure behavior, and kinetics governing microstructural influences on failure by fracture.

This book provides an introduction to the micromechanics of fiber-reinforced laminae, which deals with the prediction of the macroscopic mechanical lamina properties based on the mechanical properties of the constituents, i.

This book discusses the diverse array of particles that are found in coatings from both a physical and a performance standpoint.

This book presents an introduction to the design and manufacture of fibre-reinforced composites.

This book is addressed to Master and PhD students as well as researchers from academia and industry.

This book covers theoretical and experimental findings at the interface between fluid mechanics, heat transfer and energy technologies.

This book presents the fundamental aspects, recent developments in fabrication and characterization techniques, structure, properties, and emerging applications of MXenes.

This book summarizes recent progress in cellulose chemistry.

This book reports the basics of hybrid phosphor materials, their synthesis routes and their special properties and characterization techniques.

This authoritative reference work presents comprehensive information about one of the most important and most wide-spread classes of (bio)organic compounds: the polysaccharides.

The book provides practical recommendations for creation of fire retardant materials with an increased service life.

This extensive knowledge base provides a coherent description of advanced topics in materials science and engineering with an interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary approach.

This book reports on the design, synthesis and characterization of new small molecule electron acceptors for polymer solar cells.

This brief describes a novel approach to overcome the disadvantages of hemp fibres in cementitious composites.

This thesis makes significant advances to the understanding of bottlebrush polymers.

This book presents the synthetic methodologies as well as the properties and potential usage of various ruthenium-containing materials.

This book introduces the physics and chemistry of plastic scintillators (fluorescent polymers) that are able to emit light when exposed to ionizing radiation, discussing their chemical modification in the early 1950s and 1960s, as well as the renewed upsurge in interest in the 21st century.

Sustainable development has become a great concern in modern society.

This book is intended for use both in the industry and the academia.

This book summarizes the recent advances in carbon-related materials.

This book presents a novel continuum finite deformation framework addressing the complex interactions among electrostatics, species transport, and mechanics in solid networks immersed in a fluid phase of solvent and ions.

This book provides an overview of the latest advances in applications of nanocomposites in wastewater treatment.

This book covers the most recent advances in the deformation and fracture behaviour of polymer material.

This book reveals how polymer blending and grafting now offer a growing range of new applications for advanced films and fibers.

This book provides valuable information about fiber-reinforced polymer composites, with emphasis in the process of water absorption by experiments and simulation.

This volume explores the latest developments in the area of polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs) used for high-temperature fuel cells.

This volume presents the results of a multi-year research programme funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Council), which explains how organic solar cells work.

This book presents selected papers from the 2nd Workshop on "e;Durability of Composites in a Marine Environment"e;, which was held in Brest, France in August 2016.

This book contains full papers presented at the First Virtual Conference on Mechanical Fatigue (VCMF 2020), which was organised by the University of Porto (FEUP, Portugal), the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (China), Siberian Federal University (Russia), and the ESIS/TC12 Technical Committee (European Structural Integrity Society-ESIS), between 9 and 11 of September 2020.

This book presents synthesis methods, characterization techniques, properties and applications of hybrid conducting polymers.

This reference work offers a comprehensive overview of the synthesis, properties and biomedical applications of functional biopolymers.

This book reviews the work in the field of nanoadsorbents derived from natural polymers, with a special emphasis on materials finding application in water remediation.

This reference work provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of functional polymers and polymeric materials, ranging from their synthesis and characterization, to properties, actual applications and an outlook on future perspectives.

The book describes the development and commercialization of materials with viscoelastic properties, placing particular emphasis on the scientific and technological differences between plastics and bioplastics.

This book summarizes the results of years of research on the problem of strength and fracture of polymers and elastomers.

This volume consists of 15 chapters and focuses on hazardous chemicals, how they are associated with plastics, and their environmental risks.

Processing of polymer nanocomposites usually requires special attention since the resultant structure-micro- and nano-level, is directly influenced by among other factors, polymer/nano-additive chemistry and the processing strategy.

This brief provides a comprehensive review of lignocellulosic materials and their primary role in the future development of bio-based packaging.

This book shows how the use of biodegradable plastics in agriculture can have a profound positive impact on plasticulture.

Ein praxisorientiertes Lehrbuch zum nachhaltigen Verständnis über Herstellung und Eigenschaften von Kunststoffen.

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The aim of the present edited book is to furnish scientific information about manufacturing, properties, and application of clay and carbon based polymer nanocomposites.