Mechanical Response of Polymers
An Introduction

This book discusses polymers from a mechanical engineering perspective, treating stresses and deformations in polymeric structural components.

Alan S. Wineman (Author), K. R. Rajagopal (Author)

9780521644099, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 5 June 2000

328 pages, 269 b/w illus. 100 exercises
24.4 x 17 x 1.7 cm, 0.53 kg

'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

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Mechanical engineering [TGB]