Description
Book SynopsisThe new
Volume 11B represents the first time the topic of characterization and failure analysis of plastics has been given its own volume in the
ASM Handbook series. The volume had its origins in the ASM technical books
Characterization and Failure Analysis of Plastics (2003) and
Engineered Materials Handbook, Volume 2, Engineering Plastics (1988).
Volume 11B contains divisions devoted to polymer science; material selection and design with engineering plastics; chemical, thermal, and physical analysis of plastics; mechanical behavior and testing of plastics; degradation mechanisms of plastics; failure analysis of plastics; and analysis and prevention of plastic product failures.
The general principles of failure analysis are presented in the companion
ASM Handbook, Volume 11: Failure Analysis and Prevention, which was published in 2021. Its divisions cover the practice of failure analysis, tools and techniques, fatigue and fracture, environmental and corrosion-related failures, wear failures, and distortion.
Another companion volume,
ASM Handbook, Volume 11A: Analysis and Prevention of Component and Equipment Failures, also published in 2021. It contains divisions devoted to engineering aspects of failure and prevention, structural life assessment methods, metal manufacturing aspects of failure, and failure analysis of metallic components.
Table of ContentsPOLYMER SCIENCE
- Engineering Plastics: An Introduction
- Polymer Processing: An Introduction
- Effects of Composition, Processing, and Structure on Properties of Engineering Plastics
MATERIAL SELECTION AND DESIGN WITH ENGINEERING PLASTICS
- Plastic Design Methods
- Navigating the Plastic Material Selection Process
- Design and Selection of Plastics Processing Methods
- Designing with Plastics
- Avoiding Plastic Product Failure by Proper Plastic Selection and Design
CHEMICAL, THERMAL, AND PHYSICAL ANALYSIS OF PLASTICS
- Analysis of Polymer Structure
- Thermal Analysis and Thermal Properties
- Physical, Chemical and Thermal Analysis of Thermoplastic Resins
- Characterization of Thermosetting Resins and Polymers
- Rheological Testing of Polymers
- Additive and Filler Analysis
- Effect of Environment on the Performance of Plastics
- Weathering Testing of Polymeric Materials
- Flammability Testing of Plastics
- Electrical Testing and Characterization
- Optical Testing and Characterization
- Service Lifetime Assessment of Polymeric Products
MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR AND TESTING OF PLASTICS
- Mechanical Testing and Properties of Plastics: An Introduction
- Viscoelasticity
- Creep, Stress Relaxation, and Yielding
- Crazing and Fracture
- Fracture Mechanics Testing of Plastics
- Impact Loading and Testing
- Fatigue and Fracture Mechanisms in Polymers
- Multiaxial Fatigue Behavior of Thermoplastics and Composites
- Friction and Wear Testing
DEGRADATION MECHANISMS OF PLASTICS
- Thermal Stresses and Physical Aging
- Environmental Stress Cracking
- Moisture-Related Degradation
- Chemical-Related Degradation
- Photochemical Aging and Weathering of Polymers: The Basics
- Microbial Degradation of Plastics
FAILURE ANALYSIS OF PLASTICS
- The Failure Analysis Process: An Overview
- Visual Examination and Photography in Failure Analysis
- Characterization of Plastics in Failure Analysis
- Ultrasonic Nondestructive Analysis
- Fracture of Plastics
- Fracture and Fractography of Elastomeric Materials
- Surface Examination and Analysis of Plastics
ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION OF PLASTIC PRODUCT FAILURES
- Design-Related Failures
- Manufacturing-Related Failures of Plastic Parts
- Wear Failures of Plastics
- Wear Failures of Reinforced Polymers
- Fatigue Failure
- Creep Failure Mechanisms
- Accelerated Life Testing and Aging
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