Time-Dependent Mechanical Behavior of Polymers and Polymer Composites, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

The wide application of polymers and polymer composites in various engineering fields demonstrates the need to accurately describe the mechanical behavior and mechanical properties of these materials under complex loading conditions. The characteristics of polymer mechanical behavior are mainly related to rheology, that is, the dependence of time, temperature, load frequency and rate, etc., showing viscoelasticity, viscohyperelasticity, viscoelastoplasticity, and so on. This Special Issue aims to present recent advances in the testing and modeling of the mechanical response of polymers and their composites under complex loads, including, but not limited to, the following topics:

• Long-term mechanical properties;
• Creep and relaxation behavior;
• Dynamic mechanical analysis;
• Constitutive modeling;
• Rate-dependent mechanical behavior;
• Time-dependent failure;
• Physical aging;
• Damage and fracture;
• Fatigue behavior;
• Multiaxial testing;
• Multiscale modeling;
• Thermorheological behavior.

Prof. Dr. Wenbo Luo
Guest Editor

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