Moisture Transport in Polymer Composite Materials: Computational Modelling and Experiments (Advanced Structured Materials, 160)

Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
1 Introduction
	1.1 Motivation
	1.2 Composite Materials: Fundamentals
	References
2 Fundamentals
	2.1 Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites
	2.2 Water Absorption in Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites
	References
3 Experimental Analysis
	3.1 Background
	3.2 Experimental Setup
	3.3 Experimental Results Analysis
		3.3.1 Morphology Characterization of the Fibers
		3.3.2 Water Absorption Kinetics
		3.3.3 Mechanical Properties
	References
4 Fick’s Model Analysis
	4.1 Transport Phenomena in Porous Media: Foundations
	4.2 Moisture Absorption by Fick’s Model
		4.2.1 The Physical Problem
		4.2.2 The General Mass Diffusion Equation
		4.2.3 The Mass Diffusion Equation: 3D Approach in Cartesian Coordinates
		4.2.4 Solution Techniques: Three-Dimensional Approach
		4.2.5 Fick’s Model Application
	References
5 Langmuir-Type Model Analysis
	5.1 Fundamentals
	5.2 Moisture Absorption by Langmuir-Type Model
		5.2.1 The Physical Problem
		5.2.2 The General Mass Diffusion Equation
		5.2.3 The Mass Diffusion Equation: 3D Approach in Cartesian Coordinates
		5.2.4 The Water Absorption Process: 1D Approach in Cartesian Coordinates
		5.2.5 The Water Absorption Process: 3D Approach
	References
6 Conclusions