Polymer Composites: From Nano- to Macro-Scale - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387241760 ISBN 13: 9780387241760

Publisher: Springer, 2005

Synopsis

The use of polymer composites in various engineering applications has become state of the art. This multi-author volume provides a useful summary of updated knowledge on polymer composites in general, practically integrating experimental studies, theoretical analyses and computational modeling at different scales, i. e. , from nano- to macroscale. Detailed consideration is given to four major areas: structure and properties of polymer nanocomposites, characterization and modeling, processing and application of macrocomposites, and mechanical performance of macrocomposites. The idea to organize this volume arose from a very impressive workshop - The First International Workshop on Polymers and Composites at IVW Kaiserslautern: Invited Humboldt-Fellows and Distinguished Scientists, which was held on May 22-24,2003 at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. The contributing authors were invited to incorporate updated knowledge and developments into their individual chapters within a year after the workshop, which finally led to these excellent contributions. The success of this workshop was mainly sponsored by the German Alexander von Humboldt Foundation through a Sofia Kovalevskaja Award Program, financed by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research within the "Investment in the Future Program" of the German Government. In 2001, the Humboldt Foundation launched this new award program in order to offer outstanding young researchers throughout the world an opportunity to establish their own work-groups and to develop innovative research concepts virtually in Germany. One of the editors, Z.

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This multi-author volume provides a useful summary of updated knowledge on polymer composites, practically integrating experimental studies, theoretical analyses and computational modeling at different scales, i.e. from nano- to macro- scale.  Detailed consideration is given to four major areas: Part I deals with the structure and properties of nanocomposites.  Part II focuses on some special characterization methods and modeling in the field of polymer composites.  Processing and applications of macrocomposites makes up Part III, and Part IV deals with mechanical performance of macrocomposoites.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387241760
• ISBN 13: 9780387241760
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 390
• Editor: Friedrich Klaus, Fakirov Stoyko, Zhang Zhong