Plastics Failure Guide - Cause and Prevention

Description

This comprehensive volume illustrates how and why a variety of plastic products fail due to fracture, appearance change, loss of adhesion, and many other problems, and details how to prevent such failure. Topics include the nature, causes, and consequences of plastics failure; fundamental materials variables affecting processing and product performance or failure; failure related to design and material selection; examples of failure due to design and material selection; processing-related factors in failure; failure related to service conditions; failure analysis and test procedures; quality control; legal aspects of failure; composites; pipes and fitting; medical applications; and electrical and electronic applications. Content: Front Matter Preface • Table of Contents 1. A Preliminary Look at the Nature, Causes, and Consequences of Plastics Failure 2. Fundamental Materials Variables Affecting Processing and Product Performance or Failure 3. Failures Related to Design and Material Selection 4. Examples of Failure Due to Design and Material Selection 5. Processing-Related Factors in Failure 6. Failure Related to Service Conditions 7. Failure Analysis and Test Procedures 8. Quality Control - Preventive Failure Analysis 9. Legal Aspects of Plastics Product Liability and Failure 10. Composites 11. Pipes and Fittings 12. Medical Applications 13. Electrical and Electronic Applications • Index