Recent Advances in Smart Self-healing Polymers and Composite

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78242-280-8
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 426 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 927 g

Recent Advances in Smart Self-Healing Polymers and Composites examines the advances made in smart materials over the last few decades and their significant applications in aerospace, automotive, civil, mechanical, medical, and communication engineering fields.�

Based on a thorough review of the literature, the book identifies "smart self-healing polymers and composites� as one of the most popular, challenging, and promising areas of research.

Readers will find valuable information compiled by a large pool of researchers who not only studied the latest datasets, but also reached out to leading contributors for insights and forward-thinking analogies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Li, Guoqiang

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Technologie der Kunststoffe und Polymere
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Verbundwerkstoffe
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Polymerwerkstoffe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Overview of crack self-healing

2 Modeling of self-healing smart composite materials

3 Solid state healing of resins and composites

4 Microcapsule-based self-healing materials

5 Microvascular-based self-healing materials

6 Reversible cross-linking polymer-based self-healing materials

7 Supramolecular network-based self-healing polymer materials

8 Self-healing coatings

9 Self-sensing and self-healing in composites

10 Rubber-like polymeric shape memory hybrids with repeatable heat-assisted self-healing and joule heating functions

11 Shape memory polymer-based self-healing composites

12 Self-healing materials with embedded shape memory polymer fibers and wires

Über Autor(innen)

Li, Guoqiang
Dr. Guoqiang Li is the Major Morris S. & DeEtte A. Anderson Memorial LSU Alumni Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University, USA. He is also holder of the John W. Rhea Jr. Professorship in Engineering at the same university. His research interests include: Composite Joints; Grid Stiffened Composite Structures; Infrastructure Composites; Low/High Velocity Impact of Composite Structures; Mechanics of Composite Materials; Particulate-Filled Composites; Repair and Rehabilitation of Composite Structures; and Smart Self-Healing Composites.