Viscoelastic and Viscoplastic Materials

Preface
Contents
Chapter 1 Advances in Polymer Flooding
by Bing Wei
Chapter 2 Mechanical Properties in Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Kernels Evaluated by Compression Tests: A Review
by Néstor Ponce-García, Benjamín Ramírez-Wong, Anayansi Escalante-
Aburto, Patricia I. Torres-Chávez and Juan de Dios Figueroa- Cárdenas
Chapter 3 Viscoelastic Behavior of Liquid-Crystal Polymer in
Composite Systems
by Andreea Irina Barzic and Silvia Ioan
Chapter 4 Thermal Properties of Hemp Fiber Reinforced Plant-
Derived Polyamide Biomass Composites and their Dynamic Viscoelastic
Properties in Molten State
by Yosuke Nishitani, Toshiyuki Yamanaka, Tetsuto Kajiyama and
Takeshi Kitano
Chapter 5 Plasticizers for Protein‐Based Materials
by N. Henrik Ullsten, Mikael Gällstedt and Mikael S. Hedenqvist
Chapter 6 Rheological Properties of Carbon Nanofiber-Filled
Polyamide Composites and Blend of these Composites and TPE
by Yosuke Nishitani and Takeshi Kitano
Chapter 7 Viscoelastic Properties of Cardiovascular Tissues
by Zhijie Wang, Mark J. Golob and Naomi C. Chesler
Chapter 8 Nonviscous Modes of Viscoelastically Damped
Vibrating Systems
by Mario Lázaro, César F. Casanova and Carlos Lázaro
Chapter 9 Viscoplastic Behaviour of Polyamides
by Şerban Dan-Andrei
Chapter 10 Viscoelasticity in Foot-Ground Interaction
by Roozbeh Naemi, Sara Behforootan, Panagiotis Chatzistergos and
Nachiappan Chockalingam
Chapter 11 Dynamic Transient Response of Viscoelastic
Structures
by Jon García-Barruetabeña and Fernando Cortés Martínez
Chapter 12 General Stability in Viscoelasticity
by Salim A. Messaoudi
Chapter 13 Non-Classical Memory Kernels in Linear Viscoelasticity
by Sandra Carillo and Claudio Giorgi
Chapter 14 Finite Element Modeling and Experiments of Systems
with Viscoelastic Materials for Vibration Attenuation
by Antonio Marcos G. de Lima, Luiz Fernando F. Rodovalho and Romes
A. Borges