Mechanical Behavior of Polymeric Materials: Recent Studies, 3rd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Polymeric materials—materials that are either partially or wholly polymer-based—have been routinely used within the last century in a growing number of applications, particularly in the context of a circular economy in the three main sectors of transport, communications, and health. Applications—both old and new—share the need for adequate structural integrity for their respective contexts. Some questions in this regard include how to measure such structural integrity; how to study it; how a crack appears; how and when a failure becomes catastrophic; how the processing determines the mechanical responses of any polymeric material; and how the aging and external environment or the recycled material fraction may affect mechanical behavior. Research works devoted to these and related topics will be welcome in this Special Issue entitled "Mechanical Behavior of Polymeric Materials: Recent Studies, 3rd Edition".

Dr. Jesús-María García-Martínez
Dr. Emilia P. Collar
Guest Editors

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