Mechanical Properties of Solid Polymers E-Book

John Sweeney

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 773

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025

Beschreibung

The latest edition of the definitive guide on the mechanical behaviors of polymers

In the newly revised fourth edition of Mechanical Properties of Solid Polymers, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an up-to-date discussion of all aspects of the mechanical behavior of solid polymers. The book explores finite elastic behavior, linear viscoelasticity, mechanical relaxations, mechanical anisotropy, non-linear viscoelasticity, yield behavior, and fracture.

The authors emphasize biopolymers – as opposed to petrochemical-based polymers – and incorporate a great deal of computational, numerical, and simulation content. They offer extensive discussions of the effects of recycling, as well as nanocomposites – including carbon nanotubes, graphene, and other materials.

Readers will also find:

• An updated comprehensive account of the properties of solid polymers
• Discussions of the behaviors of polymers through the mathematical techniques of solid mechanics
• Accounts of the influence of morphology on mechanics
• Examples of the application of numerical methods

Perfect for academics, researchers and industrial scientists, Mechanical Properties of Solid Polymers will also benefit students of materials science, physics, and chemistry students.

Leseprobe

Mechanical Properties of Solid Polymers

Fourth Edition

John Sweeney

School of Computing and EngineeringUniversity of BradfordBradford, UK

Peter Hine

School of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of LeedsUK

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataNames: Sweeney, J. (John), author. | Hine, Peter (Peter J.), author.Title: Mechanical properties of solid polymers / John Sweeney, University of Bradford, United Kingdom, Peter Hine, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.Description: Fourth edition. | Hoboken, NJ, USA : Wiley, [2026] | Earlier editon by I.M. Ward, School of Physics and Astronomy, Leeds University, Leeds, UK, J. Sweeney, School of Engineering, Design and Technology, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK. | Includes bibliographical references and index.Identifiers: LCCN 2025024600 (print) | LCCN 2025024601 (ebook) | ISBN 9781394202065 (cloth) | ISBN 9781394202072 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781394202096 (epub)Subjects: LCSH: Polymers–Mechanical properties.Classification: LCC TA455.P58 W37 2026 (print) | LCC TA455.P58 (ebook)LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025024600LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025024601

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Preface

This book is the fourth edition of Mechanical Properties of Solid Polymers and follows the third edition that was published in 2013. This series of textbooks was instigated by the late Ian M. Ward, FRS, in 1971 and includes two editions of the student‐oriented work An Introduction to the Mechanical Properties of Solid Polymers.

Many of the changes in material in this edition are driven by progress over time in polymer technology, experimental practice and analysis. Thus, this edition includes examples of the science and application of naturally occurring polymers and those from renewable resources. The availability of commercially produced machines such as highly versatile dynamic mechanical testers has reduced the need for specialized dedicated apparatus. Similarly, the availability of software packages in areas such as finite element analysis means that experiments involving complex stress fields can be routinely modelled, reflected by more reports of numerical analysis in this edition. The same packages allow complex material models to be implemented for realistic problems and in effect make such models applicable. In addition, the final chapter on fracture has been expanded to include anisotropic material, most applicable to oriented polymers.

The previous edition included a chapter on polymer composites. This field has greatly expanded in recent years and is the subject of several of dedicated textbooks. We acknowledge (with thanks to a reviewer) that attempting to cover this area is no longer appropriate here. We have replaced this chapter with a new one, Morphology and Structural Effects, where we give an account of morphology development and its structural consequences. We believe that this improves the focus of the book.

13 March 2025

John SweeneyUniversity of Bradford, Bradford, UK

Peter HineUniversity of Leeds, UK