Recent Advances in Smart Self-Healing Polymers and Composites
Published on 1. January 2015
426 pages
978-1-78242-292-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
- Examines the advances made in smart materials over the last few decades
- Presents significant applications in aerospace, automotive, civil, mechanical, medical, and communication engineering fields
- 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
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05/2015
Woodhead Publishing Ltd
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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
