The Physics of Deformation and Fracture of Polymers Ali S. Argon
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The Physics of Deformation and Fracture of Polymers Ali S. Argon Cambridge University Press, 2013 532 pages, $135.00 ISBN 9780521821841
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his is an excellent book on inelastic deformation and fracture of polymers from a mechanistic point of view. It is written by a leading researcher who has studied this subject at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for more than 30 years. A large part of the book is based on the author’s own contribution to the field. The book comprises 13 chapters and about 500 pages. It is concisely written yet contains sufficient details. This book is a good reference for graduate students as well as engineers in the field. The first six chapters present a tutorial of polymer physics, including polymer chain structures, condensed states, rubber elasticity, and linear viscoelastic properties. The discussions of viscoelasticity and time-temperature superposition are insightful. Introduction of in elastic behavior of polymers starts with
nonpolymeric glasses in chapter 7. This part concentrates heavily on the author’s own research and addresses the general picture, such as kinematics of plasticity, nucleation of shear transformations, yielding, and post-yielding large plastic deformation. The presentation is beautiful. Chapters 8 and 9 include in-depth discussions of polymer rheology, plastic deformation and flow, kinetic models of yielding, temperature dependence, large strain deformation, and strain hardening. A number of amorphous and semicrystalline polymers are discussed individually and computer simulations of plastic deformation-induced texture development are described. Chapter 10 covers deformation instability in plastic flow, especially during necking and post-necking. Chapter 11 gives a useful description of crazing, including
Reviewer: SuPing Lyu is a Principal Scientist at Medtronic Inc., Mounds View, Minn., USA.
point of view and has 13 chapters and about 400 pages. The book can be divided approximately into three sections: the first five chapters introduce nanobiomaterials, the next five chapters describe their dental applications, and the last chapters describe their biocompatibility. Chapter 3 is a compendium on metallic biomaterials such as stainless steel, cobalt alloys, and titanium alloys; bioactive, bioresorbable polymers; and composites and ceramic biomaterials. The “top-down” approach to producing nanomaterials such as high-energy ballmilling and severe plastic deformation, as well as Feynman’s “bottom-up technique” of building atom by atom, are discussed in the next chapter. Subsequent chapters discuss each material in depth and point out how new architectures and properties emerge at the nanoscale.
Bionanomaterials for Dental Applications Editor: Mieczyslaw Jurczyk Pan Stanford Publishing, 2012 406 pages, $149.95 ISBN 9789814303835 (Print) ISBN 9789814303842 (e-Book)
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his book introduces readers to the structure and characteristics of nanomaterials and their applications in dentistry. With currently available implant materials, the clinical failure rate va
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