Creep and Fatigue in Polymer Matrix Composites (Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering) - Softcover

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Dr Rui Miranda Guedes works within the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto, Portugal. Dr Guedes has an international reputation for his research on creep and fatigue in polymer matrix composites.

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Advanced composite materials are finding increasing applications in different areas of modern engineering. Polymer matrix composites are materials that consist of strong fibers bound together by an organic polymer matrix. They are considered lighter and stronger than more conventional materials and are designed to be used at high temperatures and to resist corrosion. However, two of the most important factors affecting the long-term behavior of composite materials and structures are creep and fatigue failure.

Creep is the tendency of materials to deform when subjected to long-term stress, particularly when exposed to heat. Fatigue phenomena occur when a material is subjected to cyclic loading, causing damage that can progress to failure. Both are critical factors in the long-term performance and reliability of materials such as polymer matrix composites, which are often exposed to these types of stress in engineering applications.

Following the success of the previous edition, Creep and Fatigue in Polymer Matrix Composites, Second Edition has been brought fully up to date and showcases the latest research findings in modeling and predicting creep and fatigue in polymer matrix composites.

Part I of this book reviews the modeling of viscoelastic and viscoplastic behavior as a way of predicting performance and service life. Part II discusses techniques for modeling creep rupture and failure. The final part of the book discusses ways of testing and predicting long-term creep and fatigue in polymer matrix composites. New contributions have been added on the following topics: damage evolution in multidirectional polymer composite laminates under creep loading; the effect of moisture on elastic and viscoelastic properties of fiber-reinforced plastics; a theory for mathematical validity framework of fatigue damage on the S-N plane; and accelerated creep and creep-rupture testing methods for fiber-reinforced plastics.

With its distinguished editor and international team of contributors, Creep and Fatigue in Polymer Matrix Composites, Second Edition will become a standard reference for all those researching and using polymer matrix composites in different areas of engineering.

Dr. Rui Miranda Guedes works within the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto, Portugal. He has an international reputation for his research on creep and fatigue in polymer matrix composites, and has been published in over 120 journals on related subjects.