Finite Element Analysis of Polymers and its Composites offers up-to-date and significant findings on the finite element analysis of polymers and its composite materials. It is important to point out that to date there are no books that have been published on this concept. Thus, academicians, researchers, scientists, engineers, and students in the similar field will benefit from this highly applications-oriented book that summarizes the experimental, mathematical, and numerical analysis of polymers and composite materials through the finite element method. The book provides detailed and comprehensive information on mechanical properties, fatigue and creep behavior, thermal behavior, vibrational analysis, testing methods, and their modeling techniques. In addition, the book lists the main industrial sectors in which polymers and composite materials simulation is used, and their gains from it, including aeronautics, medical, aerospace, automotive, naval, energy, civil, sports, manufacturing, and even electronics.
Table of Contents
1.Introduction to the finite element analysis of polymer composites2.Polymer composites: types, processes, properties, and applications
3.Numerical analysis of static and dynamic response of polymer composites
4.Overview of impact performance of polymer composites using finite element analysis
5.Finite element analysis for compression behavior of polymer composites
6.Overview on thermal deformation studies of polymer composites using finite element method
7.Overview on characterization of shear properties using finite element analysis for polymer composites
8.Investigation of fracture toughness analysis of polymer composites using finite element analysis
9.Free and forced vibration analyses of glass fiber2reinforced polymer beam under nonuniform thermal environment
10.Configurational force-based creep crack growth modeling using finite element analysis in polymer composites
11.Estimation of the effective mechanical properties of unidirectional fiber reinforced composites using machine learning
12.Active vibration control of laminated carbon nanotube-based polymer composite plates using finite element analysis
13.Nonlinear frequency prediction of agglomerated CNT/porous polymer nanocomposite plates with magnetoelectric facings via hybrid finite element method artificial neural network approach
14.Finite element analysis of seawater effect on mechanical strength of polymer composites
15.Finite element analysis of the slotted shear test specimen of natural fiber-reinforced composites
16.Influence of stacking sequence on impact damage resistance and residual strength for composite cylinder structures using FEM tool
17.Thermal conductivity of fiber reinforced composites: finite element approach
18.Ballistic impact analysis of multilayered armour system using finite element analysis
19.Overview of finite element analysis of polymer composites using ABAQUS
20.Study of temperature-stimulated polymer composites using ABAQUS under transverse loading
21.Finite element analysis of thermoset polymers and their composites: comparison with experimental results
22.Finite element analysis of thermoplastic polymers: comparison with experimental results
23.Finite element analysis of polymeric materials in day-to-day applications
24.Finite element analysis of polymeric materials for industrial applications
25.Carbon nanotubebased nanocomposite for effective electromagnetic interference shielding in aerospace applications: A finite element study
26.Finite element analysis of wood polymer composites
27.Finite element analysis of the polymer composites for shape memory applications
28.Application of the finite element method in the analysis of polymer composites
29.Applications of nonlinear failure theories in the finite element simulations of fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composite performance
30.Case studies on finite element method for performance analysis of polymer-based gear applications
31.Finite element based empirical numerical hybrid approach for determining the thermo-mechanical properties of natural fibers
Authors
Sathish Kumar Palaniappan Post-Doctoral Researcher, Natural?Composites?Research?Group?Lab, King Mongkut's University of Technology?North Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Sathish Kumar Palaniappan is currently working as a post-doctoral researcher at King Mongkut's University of Technology,?North Bangkok, Thailand. He finished his bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical stream) at University College of Engineering Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India, in 2012. He received his Master of Engineering from Kongu Engineering College in Perundurai, Tamil Nadu, India. He also finished his PhD studies in the Department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, West Bengal, India in 2021. He worked as Research Associate in the Ground Stability Research Laboratory of Mining Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, West Bengal, India, and worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Manufacturing, SIMATS University, Tamil Nadu, India. His research interests include polymer nanocomposites/composites; polymer blends and biomaterials; mechanical behavior of materials; cutting bits and surface modifications. He has published more than 64 international/national research papers and 32 book chapters with reputed publishers. He also acts as a reviewer for more than 15 international journals. Rajeshkumar Lakshminarasimhan Center for Research, Alliance University, Karnataka, India.Dr. Rajeshkumar Lakshminarasimhan is currently working as a Professor at the Centre for Research, Alliance University, Bangalore, India and he was a post-doctoral researcher at King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand. His research areas of interest include Polymer biocomposites, Materials characterization. He has authored more than 75 papers in various WoS and Scopus-indexed journals. He was listed as a Top 2% Scientist in the Elsevier-Stanford University list of researchers in 2023. He is a Member of the Institution of Engineers India (MIE) and a life member of the Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE).
Sanjay M R Natural Composites Research Group Lab, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa is currently working as a Senior Research Scientist/Associate Professor and Advisor within the office of University Promotion and Development towards International goals at King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand. He received the B.Eng. (Mechanical Engineering) in 2010, M. Tech (Computational Analysis in Mechanical Sciences) in 2013, Ph. D (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Science) from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, India in 2018 and Post Doctorate from King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand, in 2019. He is a Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and Associate Member of Institute of Engineers (India). He is an Associate Editor of Heliyon Elsevier (Materials Science), Journal. He is also a Board Member of various international journals in the fields of materials science and composites. He is a reviewer for more than 120 International Journals. In addition, he has authored and edited more than 200 articles in high-quality international peer-reviewed journals, 9 editorial corners, 60 book chapters, one book, 30 books and presented research papers at national/international conferences. In 2021, his 17 articles got top-cited in various top journals (including, 'International Journal of Biological Macromolecules.'). He is a lead editor of several special issues. His current research areas include Natural fiber composites, Polymer Composites, and Advanced Material Technology. He has received a 'Top Peer Reviewer 2019' award by Publons, Web of Science Group. The KMUTNB selected him for the 'Outstanding Young Researcher' Award 2020 and 'Outstanding Researcher' Award 2021. He is recognized by Stanford University's list of the world's Top 2% of the Most-Cited Scientists in Single Year Citation Impact 2019 in 2020. Listed in 'Top 100 Scientists' in Thailand, by AD Scientific Index. (Top 4th Rank among Mechanical?Engineering in Thailand).https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=al91CasAAAAJ&hl=en Suchart Siengchin President of King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand
Department of Materials and Production Engineering (MPE), The Sirindhorn International Thai - German Graduate School of Engineering (TGGS). Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Suchart Siengchin is the President of King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok. He received his Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Applied Sciences Giessen/Friedberg, Hessen, Germany in 1999, M.Sc. in Polymer Technology from the University of Applied Sciences Aalen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany in 2002, M.Sc. in Material Science at the Erlangen-N�rnberg University, Bayern, Germany in 2004, Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) from the Institute for Composite Materials, University of Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany in 2008 and Postdoctoral Research from Kaiserslautern University and the School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, USA. In 2016 he received the habilitation at the Chemnitz University in Sachen, Germany. He is currently a full Professor at KMUTNB. His research interests include Polymer Processing and Composite Materials.
