Edited by
Emmanuel Richaud, Mechanics and Materials Laboratory (Arts et Métiers ParisTech, CNRS and CNAM), France.
ISBN : 9781789451900
Publication Date : April 2026
Hardcover 328 pp
170 USD
Co-publisher
Polymers and composites are ubiquitous in our daily lives, enabling, for example, lighter structural materials and food packaging. Their performance depends not only on their chemical structure, synthesis, architecture and shaping process, but also evolves over time under the effect of processes that modify the structure of the material – sometimes slowly but irreversibly.
Users must therefore consider the maximum period of use during which these materials retain acceptable levels of properties. This question is even more crucial as it responds to societal demands related to limiting end-of-life waste flows and preserving the resources needed to produce them.
To address these challenges, Aging of Industrial Polymers 2 provides designers with tools to analyze the mechanisms of material degradation under given conditions of use, develop models to predict the rate of degradation, and understand the effect of phenomena occurring at the molecular level on the macroscopic properties of the material.
1. Mechanistic Investigations of the Photo- and Thermo-oxidation of Polyethylene, Sandrine Thérias and Jean-Luc Gardette.
2. Formulation and Aging of Plasticized PVC, Sophie Cantin and Odile Fichet.
3. Aging of Aliphatic Polyamides, Frédérique Péry and François Fernagut.
4. Polychloroprene Degradation: From Chemistry to Mechanics, Pierre-Yves Le Gac, Maelenn Le Gall, Mael Arhant and Peter Davies.
5. Polyurethane: From Synthesis to Degradation, Élodie Fromentin and Muriel Ferry.
6. Marine (Bio)degradation of Polyhydroxyalkanoates and Polylactides, Morgan Deroiné, Antoine Le Duigou and Stéphane Bruzaud.
7. Thermo-Oxidative Aging of Composite Materials for Aerospace Applications, Marco Gigliotti, Yannick Pannier and Jean-Claude Grandidier.
8. The Durability of Polysiloxanes, Florence Delor Jestin.
9. Water Behavior and Hydrolytic Aging of Thermosetting Resins, Stéphane Marais and Kateryna Fatyeyeva.
10. The Durability of Polymer Fibers, Peter Davies, Pierre-Yves Le Gac, Maelenn Le Gall and Mael Arhant.
11. Degradation of Multilayers: Infrared and Raman Microscopy Studies, Émilie Planes, Florence Dubelley, Corine Bas and Lionel Flandin.
12. Flame Retardants and Polymers: Functional Properties, Serge Bourbigot and Gaëlle Fontaine.
13. Thermo-oxidative Behavior of Cyanate Ester Matrices, Laurence Bailly, Bouchra Hassoune-Rhabbour and Valérie Nassiet.
Emmanuel Richaud is Full Professor at the Processes and engIneering in Mechanics and Materials Laboratory (Arts et Métiers ParisTech, CNRS and CNAM), France. His research focuses on predicting the lifespan of polymer materials and composites.
