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Flows in Polymers, Reinforced Polymers and Composites

A Multi-Scale Approach

  • Covers three key topics: polymers, suspensions and flows in entangled fibrous media, rarely found together
  • Multi-scale approach
  • Recommended extra reading for courses on material sciences, composites materials or computational rheology
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)

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Table of contents (3 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Multi-scale Modeling and Simulation of Polymer Flow

    • Christophe Binetruy, Francisco Chinesta, Roland Keunings
    Pages 1-42
  3. Complex Flows of Micro/Nano Structured Fluids: Reinforced Polymer Composites

    • Christophe Binetruy, Francisco Chinesta, Roland Keunings
    Pages 43-108
  4. Flows of Simple Fluids in Complex Microstructures: Composite Processing of Structural Polymer Composites

    • Christophe Binetruy, Francisco Chinesta, Roland Keunings
    Pages 109-140

About this book

This book gives a detailed and practical introduction to complex flows of polymers and reinforced polymers as well as the flow of simple fluids in complex microstructures.

Over the last decades, an increasing number of functional and structural parts, made so far with metals, has been progressively reengineered by replacing metallic materials by polymers, reinforced polymers and composites. The motivation for this substitution may be the weight reduction, the simpler, cheaper or faster forming process, or the ability to exploit additional functionalities.

The present Brief surveys modern developments related to the multi-scale modeling and simulation of polymers, reinforced polymers, that involve a flowing microstructure and continuous fiber-reinforced composites, wherein the fluid flows inside a nearly stationary multi-scale microstructure. These developments concern both multi-scale modeling, defining bridges between the micro and macro scales - with special emphasis on the mesoscopic scale at which kinetic theory descriptions apply and advanced simulation techniques able to address efficiently the ever more complex and detailed models defined at different scales.

This book is addressed to students (Master and doctoral levels), researchers and professionals interested in computational rheology and material forming processes involving polymers, reinforced polymers and composites. It provides a unique coverage of the state of the art in these multi-disciplinary fields.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Nantes, France

    Christophe Binetruy

  • UMR CNRS, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Nantes, France

    Francisco Chinesta

  • SST/ICTM/INMA Euler, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    Roland Keunings

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Flows in Polymers, Reinforced Polymers and Composites

  • Book Subtitle: A Multi-Scale Approach

  • Authors: Christophe Binetruy, Francisco Chinesta, Roland Keunings

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16757-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-16756-5Published: 25 March 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-16757-2Published: 30 March 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2191-530X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2191-5318

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 140

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Structural Materials, Computational Science and Engineering, Polymer Sciences

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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