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Mechanical Response of Polymers

Mechanical Response of Polymers

Mechanical Response of Polymers

An Introduction
Alan S. Wineman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
K. R. Rajagopal, Texas A & M University
September 2000
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    Automobiles, household appliances, and electronic devices all make use of polymeric materials. As polymers are used increasingly in sophisticated industrial applications, it has become essential that mechanical engineers, who have traditionally focused on the behavior of metals, become as capable and adept with polymers. This text provides a thorough introduction to the subject of polymers from a mechanical engineering perspective, treating stresses and deformations in structural components made of polymers. Three themes are developed. First, the authors discuss the time-dependent response of polymers and its implications for mechanical response. Secondly, descriptions of mechanical response are presented for both time-dependent and frequency-dependent material properties. Finally, the stress-strain-time relation is applied to determine stresses and deformations in structures. With numerous examples and extensive illustrations, this book will help advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as practising mechanical engineers, make optimal and effective use of polymeric materials.

    • Discusses polymers from mechanical engineering perspective (rather than chemical or materials engineering)
    • Suitable both as a textbook and as a reference for practising mechanical engineers
    • Includes numerous examples and illustrations

    Reviews & endorsements

    '… valuable addition to the existing literature on the subject. The strength of this book is in its carefully selected and well-arranged materials, including experimental results, extensive illustrations, and numerous examples. The authors develop the concepts systematically, in a clear and constructive manner. the ease with which this is done stimulates the reader … this book is strongly recommended for use by the students and practicing engineers interested in effective use of polymeric materials, and should be available in university libraries.' M. S. Kuczma, Applied Mechanical Review

    'This book provides a thorough introduction to the subject of polymers from a mechanical engineering perspective, treating stresses and deformations in structural components made of polymers.' Iasi Polytechnic Magazine

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    Product details

    September 2000
    Hardback
    9780521643375
    328 pages
    263 × 185 × 25 mm
    0.85kg
    269 b/w illus. 100 exercises
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • 1. Discussion of response of a viscoelastic material
    • 2. Constitutive equations for one-dimensional response of viscoelastic materials: mechanical analogs
    • 3. Constitutive equations for one-dimensional linear response of a viscoelastic material
    • 4. Some features of the linear response of viscoelastic materials
    • 5. Histories with constant strain or stress rates
    • 6. Sinusoidal oscillations
    • 7. Constitutive equation for three dimensional linear isotropic viscoelastic materials
    • 8. Axial load, bending and torsion
    • 9. Dynamics of bodies with viscoelastic support
    • 10. Boundary value problems for linear isotropic viscoelastic materials
    • 11. Influence of temperature
    • Appendices
    • References
    • Index.
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      Authors
    • Alan S. Wineman , University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    • K. R. Rajagopal , Texas A & M University