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Mechanics of Fibrous Networks covers everything there is to know about the mechanics of fibrous networks, from basic analysis of simple networks to the characterization of complex cases of deformation, loading, damage and fracture. Looking at various types of fibrous materials, the book studies their microstructural characterization, quantification of their mechanical properties, and performance at fiber and network levels. In addition, the book outlines numerical strategies for simulation, design and optimization of fibrous products. Techniques for testing the mechanical response of these materials in different loading and environmental conditions are outlined as well.
This comprehensive resource will aid readers in obtaining qualitative data for various fibrous networks. In addition, it will help them develop modeling strategies and fine-tune mechanical performance fibrous networks and products by changing their microstructure to develop new products with desired properties and performance.
List of contents
1. Mechanics of fibrous networks: Basic behaviour
2. Micromechanics of non-woven materials
3. Generalised continuum mechanics of random fibrous media
4. Stochastic constitutive model of thin fibre networks
5. Numerical models of random fibrous networks
6. Computational homogenisation of three-dimensional fibrous materials
7. Elasto-plastic behaviour of three-dimensional stochastic fibre networks
8. Hygro-mechanics of fibrous networks: A comparison between micro-scale modelling approaches
9. Deformation and damage of random fibrous networks
10. Time-dependent statistical failure of fibre networks: Distributions, size scaling, and effects of disorders
11. Ballistic response of needlepunched nonwovens
12. Numerical analysis of the mechanical behaviour of an entangled cross-linked fibrous network
13. Mechanics of interactions of F-actin and vimentin networks
14. Effect of interfibre bonding on mechanical behaviour of electrospun fibrous mats
About the author
Professor Vadim Silberschmidt is Chair of Mechanics of Materials, ICoVIS Director, and Head of the Mechanics of Advanced Materials Research Group, Loughborough University, United Kingdom. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier book series Mechanics of Advanced Materials. He is also Associate Editor and/or serves on the board of a number of renowned journals. He has co-authored six research monographs and more than 620 peer-reviewed scientific papers on mechanics and micromechanics of deformation, damage, and fracture in advanced materials under various conditions.
