Dr Rui Miranda Guedes works within the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto, Portugal. Dr Guedes has an international reputation for his research on creep and fatigue in polymer matrix composites.

"This book would appeal to the material scientist, polymer chemist, and structural engineers who want to learn about the latest information for testing and modeling the creep and fatigue properties of various composite polymeric materials used for structural applications. It contains background on fundamentals to orient a beginner in this area and advanced modeling information with theory and experimental results to satisfy in-depth detail desired by more experienced readers in this area of research.This book would be useful for material scientists, polymer engineers, and anyone interested in learning about adhesive joining technology. The book would be a good primer for learning about adhesive joining technology and the critical factors that determine good adhesive joints." --IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

• Part One Viscoelastic and viscoplastic modelling1. Viscoelastic constitutive modeling of creep and stress relaxation in polymers and polymer matrix compositesG.C. Papanicolaou and S.P. Zaoutsos2. Time-temperature-age superposition principle for predicting long-term response of linear viscoelastic materialsE.J. Barbero3. Effect of moisture on elastic and viscoelastic properties of fiber reinforced plastics: Retrospective and current trendsAndrey Aniskevich and Tatjana Glaskova-Kuzmina4. Micromechanics Modeling of Hysteretic Responses of Piezoelectric CompositesChien-hong Lin and Anastasia Muliana5. Predicting the viscoelastic behavior of polymer composites and nanocompositesA. Beyle6. Creep analysis of polymer matrix composites using viscoplastic modelsE. KontouPart Two Creep rupture8. Time and temperature dependence of transverse tensile failure of unidirectional carbon fiber-reinforced polymer matrix compositesJun Koyanagi and Mio Sato9. Lifetime prediction of polymers and polymer matrix composite structures: Failure criteria and accelerated characterizationRui Miranda Guedes10. Time-dependent damage evolution in unidirectional and multidirectional polymer composite laminatesRaghavan JayaramanPart Three Fatigue modeling, characterization, and monitoring11 Accelerated testing methodology for long-term creep and fatigue strengths of polymer compositesMasayuki Nakada12 A combined creep and fatigue prediction methodology for fiber-reinforced polymer composites based on the kinetic theory of fractureFaisal H. Bhuiyan and Ray S. Fertig, III13 Fatigue testing for polymer matrix compositesRuben Dirk Bram Sevenois and Wim Van Paepegem14 S–N curve and fatigue damage for practicalityHo Sung Kim15 Modeling, analysis, and testing of viscoelastic properties of shape memory polymer composites and a brief review of their space engineering applicationsWessam Al Azzawi, Madhubhashitha Herath and Jayantha Epaarachchi16 Characterization of viscoelasticity, viscoplasticity, and damage in compositesJanis Varna and Liva Pupure17 Structural health monitoring of composite structures for durabilitySreenivas Alampalli