Mechanical evaluation strategies for plastics

Thermoplastics, being non-linear viscoelastic, impose constraints on testing which are absent in elastic and plastic materials. End products manufactured from them are often anisotropic, complicating the relationships between laboratory test data and service performance. This new book explains recently developed testing strategies for providing service-pertinent data within a limited budget. It relates the structure of the tests and the functions that they serve to the intrinsic nature of the mechanical properties of thermoplastic materials.

Front Cover; Mechanical Evaluation Strategies for Plastics; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Symbols; Chapter1. Introduction; 1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.4; 1.5; 1.6; 1.7; 1.8; 1.9; 1.10; 1.11; 1.12; 1.13; 1.14; 1.15; 1.16; 1.17; 1.18; Reference; Supplements; S1.1 Secondary mechanical properties: hardness, friction characteristics and wear resistance; S1.4 Samples, specimens and tests; S1.9 Evolving evaluation strategies for thermoplastics; S1.11 Critical basic shapes; S1.12 Data generators, data utilizers and information pathways; S1.15 The development of standard test methods.

Chapter2. General comments on modulus, ductility, stiffness and toughness2.1; 2.2; 2.3; 2.4; 2.5; 2.6; 2.7; 2.8; 2.9; 2.10; Supplements; S2.4 A modulus-ductility evaluation strategy for thermoplastics; S2.5 The balance between stiffness and toughness in injection-moulded end-products; S2.7 Stiffness/toughness -- critical basic shapes; Chapter3. Modulus and stiffness: general principles; 3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 3.4; 3.5; 3.6; 3.7; 3.8; 3.9; 3.10; 3.11; 3.12; References; Supplements; S3.2 Modulus -- linear elastic solutions; S3.3 Linear viscoelasticity; S3.4 Non-linear viscoelasticity.

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