Computational Modelling of Intelligent Soft Matter: Shape Memory Polymers and Hydrogels covers the multi-physics response of various smart polymer materials, such as temperature-sensitive shape memory polymers and temperature/light/chemo-sensitive hydrogels. Several thermo-chemo-mechanical constitutive models for these smart polymers are outlined, with their real-world applications highlighted. The numerical counterpart of each introduced constitutive model is also presented, thus empowering readers to solve practical problems requiring thermomechanical responses of these materials as well as design and analyze real-world structures made from them.

Applied Micromechanics of Complex Microstructures: Computational Modeling and Numerical Characterization explains the fundamental concepts of continuum modeling of various complicated microstructures, covering nanocomposites, multi-phase composites, biomaterials, biological materials, and more. The book's authors outline the calculation of effective mechanical and thermal properties, allowing readers to fully understand step-by-step modeling and homogenization of complicated microstructures. The book also features a chapter on microstructure hull and materials design, along with the modeling of complex samples with nonlinear properties such as neural tissue, bone microstructure, and liver tissue.