2622

Weitsman, Yechiel

Springer

c2012

xv, 176 p. ill. 25 cm

Mechanical engineering series

Includes bibliographical references and index , 1. Introduction -- 2. Background to polymers and composites -- 3. Fluid ingress processes, basic and preliminaries -- 4. Fluid sorption data and modeling -- 5. Diffusion models -- 6. Hygrothermal viscoelastic response -- 7. Effects of fluids on mechanical properties and performance -- 8. Sea water effects on foam-cored sandwich structures -- 9. Special issues -- 10. Concluding remarks.