Composites Products

By Ramesh Kumar Nayak, Bankim Chandra Ray, Dibyaranjan Rout, Kishore Kumar Mahato

This book provides critical information regarding the in-service environmental damage and degradation studies of nano/fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites focussing on hydrothermal degradation. Covering hydrothermal properties of a wide range of polymer composites, the book is aimed at…

Hardback – 2020-04-23 
CRC Press

By Farzad Ebrahimi, Ali Dabbagh

This work fills a gap in the literature by emphasizing the static and dynamic behaviors of porous nanocomposite structures in the framework of continued mechanics-based approaches. It investigates matrices strengthened via various nanofillers such as carbon nanotubes, graphene platelets and…

Hardback – 2020-04-01 
CRC Press

Edited by Abdullah Al Mamun, Jonathan Y. Chen

Biopolymers represent a carbon emission solution: they are green and eco-friendly with a variety of uses in biomedical engineering, the automotive industry, the packaging and paper industries, and for the development of new building materials. This book describes the various raw materials of…

Hardback – 2020-02-28 
CRC Press

Edited by Satya Eswari Jujjavarapu, Krishna Mohan Poluri

This book discusses environmentally friendly polymer nanocomposites with basic fundamentals, practicality and alternatives to traditional nanocomposites through detailed reviews of different materials procured from different resources, their synthesis, and applications using alternative green…

Hardback – 2020-02-24 
CRC Press

Edited by Jissy Jacob, Sravanthi Loganathan, Sabu Thomas

Chitin is one of the most important biopolymers, synthesized by an enormous number of living organisms and is a promising bioactive polymer for food packaging applications due to its functional properties. This book focuses on composition, properties, characterization, and theoretical approach of…

Hardback – 2020-01-22 
CRC Press

By Ahmed Abdelbary

Tribology is an unfamiliar term for many, but is experienced by all. It is the science of friction, wear and lubrication of contacting surfaces in relative motion. The aim of this book is to introduce the fundamentals of tribology as well as its challenges in extreme operating conditions. The book…

Hardback – 2020-01-09 
CRC Press

Edited by Annibale Luigi Materazzi, Filippo Ubertini, Antonella D'Alessandro

New smart materials are developing thanks to nanotechnology. Many books are on the market, but the demand for specialized analyses of particular topics still remains. This multiauthor book focuses on the application of nanotechnology to cement-based materials for engineering applications. The…

Hardback – 2019-12-31 
Jenny Stanford Publishing

By Farzad Ebrahimi, Ali Dabbagh

Wave Propagation Analysis of Smart Nanostructures presents a mathematical framework for the wave propagation problem of small-scale nanobeams and nanoplates manufactured from various materials, including functionally graded composites, smart piezoelectric materials, smart magneto-electro-elastic…

Hardback – 2019-12-20 
CRC Press

Edited by Omar Faruk, Jimi Tjong, Mohini Sain

Automotive manufacturers are required to decrease CO2 emissions and increase fuel economy while assuring driver comfort and safety. In recent years, there has been rapid development in the application of lightweight and sustainable materials in the automotive industry to help meet these criteria.…

Paperback – 2019-12-20 
CRC Press

Edited by 0 Inamuddin,

This book is a comprehensive introduction to "green" or environmentally friendly polymer composites developed using renewable polymers of natural origin such as starch, lignin, cellulose acetate, poly-lactic acid (PLA), polyhydroxylalkanoates (PHA), polyhydroxylbutyrate (PHB), etc., and the…

Paperback – 2019-12-20 
CRC Press

Edited by Kishore Debnath, Inderdeep Singh

This book offers an insight into the primary and secondary manufacturing of different class of polymer matrix composites (PMCs). The major focus is on the fabrication of a variety of PMCs with substantial coverage of various processing techniques and related advantages and limitations. The book…

Paperback – 2019-12-20 
CRC Press

Edited by Andreea Irina Barzic, Silvia Ioan

Phase morphology in multicomponent polymer-based systems represents the main physical characteristic that allows for control of the material design and implicitly the development of new plastics. Emphasizing properties of these promising new materials in both solution and solid phase, this book…

Paperback – 2019-12-20 
CRC Press