Science and Engineering of Short Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites
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Science and Engineering of Short Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites, Second Edition, provides the latest information on the ‘short fiber reinforced composites' (SFRP) that have found extensive applications in automobiles, business machines, durable consumer items, sporting goods and electrical industries due to their low cost, easy processing and superior mechanical properties over parent polymers. This updated edition presents new developments in this field of research and includes new chapters on electrical conductivity, structural monitoring, functional properties, self-healing, finite element method techniques, multi-scale SFRCs, and both modern computational and process engineering methods.
Key Features
- Reviews the mechanical properties and functions of short fiber reinforced polymer composites (SFRP)
- Examines recent developments in the fundamental mechanisms of SFRP's
- Assesses major factors affecting mechanical performance, such as stress transfer and strength
- Includes new chapters on electrical conductivity, structural monitoring, functional properties, self-healing, finite element method techniques, multi-scale SFRCs, modern computational methods, and process engineering methods
Readership
Scientists and engineers working in materials development as well as manufacturers
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction to short fibre
2. Extrusion compounding and injection moulding
3. Major factors affecting the performance of short fibre4. Stress transfer in short fibre-reinforced polymers
5. Strength of short fibre reinforced polymers
6. Elastic modulus of short fibre7. Flexural modulus of short fibre 8. Thermal conductivity and expansion of short fibre 9. Electrical conductivity of short fibre 10. Nonlinear stress 11. Fracture mechanics
12. Creep and fatigue of short fibre composites
Product details
- No. of pages: 470
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Woodhead Publishing 2019
- Published: August 24, 2019
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- eBook ISBN: 9780081026243
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081026236
About the Authors
S-Y Fu
Professor Shao-Yun Fu is Division Head, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Affiliations and Expertise
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
B Lauke
Dr Bernd Lauke is Group Leader, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Affiliations and Expertise
Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research, Germany
Y.-W. Mai
Dr Yiu-Wing Mai is Chair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sydney, Australia
Affiliations and Expertise
University Chair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sydney, Australia
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