Plastics Engineering
eBook - ePub

Plastics Engineering

  1. 638 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Plastics Engineering

About this book

Plastics Engineering, Fourth Edition, presents basic essentials on the properties and processing behaviour of plastics and composites. The book gives engineers and technologists a sound understanding of basic principles without the introduction of unduly complex levels of mathematics or chemistry. Early chapters discuss the types of plastics currently available and describe how designers select a plastic for a particular application. Later chapters guide the reader through the mechanical behaviour of materials, along with a detailed analysis of their major processing techniques and principles. All techniques are illustrated with numerous worked examples within each chapter, with further problems provided at the end.This updated edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect major changes in plastic materials and their processing techniques that have occurred since the previous edition. The plastics and processing techniques addressed within the book have been comprehensively updated to reflect current materials and technologies, with new worked examples and problems also included.- Gives new engineers and technologists a thorough understanding of the essential properties and processing behavior of plastics and composites- Presents a great source of foundational information for students, early-career engineers and researchers- Demonstrates how basic engineering principles in design, mechanics of materials, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics may be applied to the properties, processing and performance of modern plastic materials

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Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Preface to the fourth edition
  6. Preface to the third edition
  7. Preface to the second edition
  8. Preface to the first edition
  9. Chapter 1. General properties of plastics
  10. Chapter 2. Mechanical behaviour of plastics
  11. Chapter 3. Mechanical behaviour of composites
  12. Chapter 4. Processing of plastics
  13. Chapter 5. Analysis of polymer melt flow
  14. Solutions to questions
  15. Appendix A. Structure of plastics
  16. Appendix B. Solution of differential equations
  17. Appendix C. Stress/strain relationships
  18. Appendix D. Stresses in cylindrical shapes
  19. Appendix E. Introduction to matrix algebra
  20. Appendix F. Abbreviations for some common polymers
  21. Index