Fluid Effects in Polymers and Polymeric Composites: (Mechanical Engineering)

Series: Mechanical Engineering

1. Introduction.- 2. Background to Polymers and Composites.- 3. Fluid Ingress Processes, Basic and Preliminaries.- 4. Fluid Sorption and Polymeric Material Data.-5. Diffusion Models.- 6. Hygrothermal Viscoelastic Response.- 7. Effects of Fluids on Strength, Deformation and Fatigue of Polymeric Composites.- 8. Sea Water Effects on Foam Cored Sandwich Structures.- 9. Special Issues.- 10.Summary and