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Plastics

Microstructure and Engineering Applications

  • 2nd Edition - December 9, 1993
  • Latest edition
  • Author: N. Mills
  • Language: English

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Description

Compact discs, cycle helmets and gas pipelines - these are diverse applications of plastic materials, each involving a unique engineering analysis. 'Plastics' highlights these examples, and its thorough and balanced treatment will provide students, engineers and scientists with a solid foundation for the analysis and development of many other plastic products.In this edition, the material has been reordered to emphasize the structural divisions of topic areas and to support teaching on practically oriented courses. Major new sections on materials selection and on the three design case-studies have been added and each chapter includes questions to test the reader's understanding.

Readership

Undergraduate mechanical engineers, aeronautical engineers and materials scientists. Practising engineers.

Table of contents

Molecular structures and manufacture * Microstructure * Polymer composites * Processing * Effects of processing * Viscoelastic behaviour * Yielding * Fracture * Environmental effects * Transport properties * Electrical properties * Material and shape selection * Design case studies * Appendices * Further reading.

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 9, 1993
  • Language: English

About the author

NM

N. Mills

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, UK