K. R. Rajagopal is Forsyth Chair and Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University.
Review
'... valuable addition to the existing literature on the subject. The strength of this book is in its carefully selected and well-arranged materials, including experimental results, extensive illustrations, and numerous examples. The authors develop the concepts systematically, in a clear and constructive manner. the ease with which this is done stimulates the reader ... this book is strongly recommended for use by the students and practicing engineers interested in effective use of polymeric materials, and should be available in university libraries.' M. S. Kuczma, Applied Mechanical Review
Summary
With increasing use of polymers in sophisticated industrial applications, it is essential that mechanical engineers have a solid understanding of these compounds. This text provides a thorough introduction to polymers from a mechanical engineering perspective, treating stresses and deformations in structural components made of polymers. The authors discuss the time-dependent response of polymers and its implications for mechanical response; mechanical response for both time-dependent and frequency-dependent material properties; and the application of the stress-strain-time relation 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 practicing mechanical engineers, to make effective use of polymeric materials.
Table of Contents
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.
