Micro and Nanophased Polymeric Composites: Durability Assessment in Engineering Applications provides a comprehensive review of in-service environmental damage and degradation studies of FRP composites in a broad range of different applications. End-users such as academic and industrial researchers and materials scientists and engineers working in the design, analysis, and manufacture of composite material systems will be able to identify the possible superior advantages and limitations of FRP composites in various applications. Particular emphasis is given on the identification of various failure micro-mechanisms leading to unprecedented failure in different harsh and hostile environments.
Divided into two distinct parts, the first section focuses on fundamentals, with key chapters on the main constituents of FRP composites, mechanical properties, characterization techniques, and processing and fabrication techniques. Part two focuses on polymer composites under different in-service applications, including the marine and space environment, chemical and corrosive environments, high and low temperature environments, and other critical environments.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to fiber-reinforced polymer composite materials - p. 3 2. Chapter 2. Constituents of fiber-reinforced polymer composites - p. 21 3. Chapter 3. Fundamentals of mechanical properties of fiber-reinforced composites - p. 53 4. Chapter 4. Characterization techniques for polymer composites - p. 79 5. Chapter 5. Processing and fabrication techniques of conventional and nanofiller-modified fiber-reinforced polymer composites - p. 111 6. Part B: Polymer composites under different in-service applications - p. 131 7. Chapter 6. Marine applications - p. 135 8. Chapter 7. Space applications - p. 157 9. Chapter 8. Chemical and corrosive environments - p. 167 10. Chapter 9. High- and low-temperature applications - p. 179 11. Chapter 10. Performance of composite joints - p. 193 12. Chapter 11. Some other critical applications - p. 205 13. Chapter 12. Unprecedented failure of fiber-reinforced polymer composites - p. 229 14. Index - p. 235
Micro and Nanophased Polymeric Composites: Durability Assessment in Engineering Applications provides a comprehensive review of in-service environmental damage and degradation studies of FRP composites in a broad range of different applications. End-users such as academic and industrial researchers and materials scientists and engineers working in the design, analysis, and manufacture of composite material systems will be able to identify the possible superior advantages and limitations of FRP composites in various applications. Particular emphasis is given on the identification of various failure micro-mechanisms leading to unprecedented failure in different harsh and hostile environments.
Divided into two distinct parts, the first section focuses on fundamentals, with key chapters on the main constituents of FRP composites, mechanical properties, characterization techniques, and processing and fabrication techniques. Part two focuses on polymer composites under different in-service applications, including the marine and space environment, chemical and corrosive environments, high and low temperature environments, and other critical environments.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to fiber-reinforced polymer composite materials - p. 3 2. Chapter 2. Constituents of fiber-reinforced polymer composites - p. 21 3. Chapter 3. Fundamentals of mechanical properties of fiber-reinforced composites - p. 53 4. Chapter 4. Characterization techniques for polymer composites - p. 79 5. Chapter 5. Processing and fabrication techniques of conventional and nanofiller-modified fiber-reinforced polymer composites - p. 111 6. Part B: Polymer composites under different in-service applications - p. 131 7. Chapter 6. Marine applications - p. 135 8. Chapter 7. Space applications - p. 157 9. Chapter 8. Chemical and corrosive environments - p. 167 10. Chapter 9. High- and low-temperature applications - p. 179 11. Chapter 10. Performance of composite joints - p. 193 12. Chapter 11. Some other critical applications - p. 205 13. Chapter 12. Unprecedented failure of fiber-reinforced polymer composites - p. 229 14. Index - p. 235
