Polymer Types and Stress-Strain Behavior

Polymer materials are used in civil structures, from soft sealants to rigid pipes in water and wastewater systems. A polymer is a molecule made of repeating subunits. The word comes from Greek, where "poly" means many and "-mer" means basic unit. These repeating units are called monomers, and the structur...

Polymers represent some of the most widely used materials in the world, being found in everything from soft sealants to rigid water pipes. The most basic definition of a polymer is a molecular structure with a long chain of repeating subunits, or monomers. Polymers can be classified into many subcategories. Two of the most basic are the form-hol...