Modeling and Simulation of Polymer Composites

This is a reprint of the Special Issue, published open access by the journal Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This reprint contains eleven original articles from the Special Issue titled "Modeling and Simulation of Polymer Composites". The included articles address various aspects of composite theory and modeling, ranging from processing (polymerization kinetics) to mechanical and physical properties, including viscoelasticity, fatigue, and fracture. Cover Half Title Modeling and Simulation of Polymer Composites Copyright Contents About the Editors Preface Mechanisms of Shock Dissipation in Semicrystalline Polyethylene Computational Requirements for Modeling Thermal Conduction in Polymeric Phase-Change Materials: Periodic Hard Spheres Case A Precise Prediction of the Chemical and Thermal Shrinkage during Curing of an Epoxy Resin Development of Fatigue Life Model for Rubber Materials Based on Fracture Mechanics Influence of Delamination Size and Depth on the Compression Fatigue Behaviour of a Stiffened Aerospace Composite Panel Surface-Initiated Polymerization with an Initiator Gradient: A Monte Carlo Simulation Polyurea–Graphene Nanocomposites—The Influence of Hard-Segment Content and Nanoparticle Loading on Mechanical Properties Numerical Simulation of Fatigue Life of Rubber Concrete on the Mesoscale The Light-Fueled Self-Rotation of a Liquid Crystal Elastomer Fiber-Propelled Slider on a Circular Track Self-Vibration of Liquid Crystal Elastomer Strings under Steady Illumination Self-Vibration of a Liquid Crystal Elastomer Fiber-Cantilever System under Steady Illumination Title back Cover back