Computational Modeling of Polymer Composites A Study of Creep and Environmental Effects

• Main Author: Roy, Samit
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: United States CRC Press 2013; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Computational mechanics and applied analysis
• Subjects: Classical mechanics Solid mechanics; Composites; Computer simulation; Deterioration; Materials & Their Applications; Plastics; Plastics & Rubber; Polymeric composites; Testing & Analysis; Cohesive Stress; Master Element; DCB Specimen; Finite Element; Moisture Concentration Profiles; Traction Separation Law; Nonlinear Viscoelastic; SBST; Shear Compliances; Linear Viscoelastic; Short Beam Shear; Critical Von Mises Stress; Virtual Displacements; DCB; Nonlinear Viscoelastic Material; Cohesive Zone Model; Prony Series; Cohesive Zone; Dilatational Strain; Moisture Diffusivity; Damage Evolution Law; Cohesive Layer; Isothermally Aged; Creep Compliance; Crack Tip
• ISBN: 1466586508; 9781466586505; 9781466586499; 1466586494
• DOI: 10.1201/b15481

This book details the development of polymeric materials and their use in smart materials and composite structures in aerospace and automotive industries. Based on the authors' work during the past 30 years, this book provides a strong understanding of the theories and associated finite element life-prediction models for elastic and viscoelastic response of polymers and polymer composites in aggressive environments. The subject is an interdisciplinary one where chemists, material scientists, and chemical, mechanical, and structural engineers contribute to the overall product. Books on polymer composites are usually of three types: material science, mechanics, and computational. This book combines mechanics of materials with the computational element. The authors suggest an introductory course on mechanics of materials to cover all bases. The book begins with mathematical preliminaries, equations of anisotropic elasticity, virtual work principles, and variational methods. It provides an introduction to the finite element method and finite element analysis of viscoelastic materials, and then moves on to the solvent diffusion process in polymers and polymeric composites, as well as the linear and nonlinear viscoelastic models and the implementation of finite element models of viscoelastic materials.