Polymer Foams Handbook
eBook - PDF

Polymer Foams Handbook

Engineering and Biomechanics Applications and Design Guide

  1. 562 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Polymer Foams Handbook

Engineering and Biomechanics Applications and Design Guide

About this book

This handbook explores the applications of polymer foams, and the properties that make them suitable for so many applications, in the detail required by postgraduate students, researchers and the many industrial engineers and designers who work with polymer foam in industry. It covers the mechanical properties of foams and foam microstructure, processing of foams, mechanical testing and analysis (using Finite element analysis). In addition, it uniquely offers a broader perspective on the actual engineering of foams and foam based (or foam including) products by including nine detailed case studies which firmly plant the theory of the book in a real world context, making it ideal for both polymer engineers and chemists and mechanical engineers and product designers.*Complete coverage of the mechanical and design aspects of polymer foams from an acknowledged international expert: no other book is available with this breadth making this a plastics engineer's first choice for a single volume Handbook*Polymer foams are ubiquitous in modern life, used everywhere from running shoes to furniture, and this book includes nine extensive case studies covering each key class of application, including biomechanics*Offers a rigorous mechanical and microstructure perspective, plus a computer based chapter: Essential for engineers and designers alike.

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Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Polymer Foams Handbook
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Chapter 1. Introduction to polymer foam microstructure
  8. Chapter 2. Polyurethane foams: processing and microstructure
  9. Chapter 3. Foamed thermoplastics: microstructure and processing
  10. Chapter 4. Bead foam microstructure and processing
  11. Chapter 5. Simple mechanical tests
  12. Chapter 6. Finite element modelling of foam deformation
  13. Chapter 7. Micromechanics of open-cell foams
  14. Chapter 8. Air flow in open-cell foams
  15. Chapter 9. Seating case study
  16. Chapter 10. Sport mat case study
  17. Chapter 11. Micromechanics of closed-cell foams
  18. Chapter 12. Product packaging case study
  19. Chapter 13. Running shoe case study
  20. Chapter 14. Bicycle helmet case study
  21. Chapter 15. Indentation, cracking, and fracture
  22. Chapter 16. Motorcycle helmet case study
  23. Chapter 17. Hip protector case study
  24. Chapter 18. Sandwich panel case study
  25. Chapter 19. Modelling of creep and viscoelasticity
  26. Chapter 20. The effects of water
  27. Chapter 21. Rugby and soccer protection case study
  28. Index