Principles of Polymer Engineering - Hardcover

McCrum, N.G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198561555 ISBN 13: 9780198561552

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1988

Synopsis

Plastics, rubber, and their composites are increasingly finding new applications in engineering, both as replacements for traditional materials and in completely new developments. Automobile, aerospace, building, electronic, and marine engineering all show the influence of the plastics revolution. The modern engineer needs a good working knowledge of both polymer engineering and metallurgy if he is to be fully effective. This book is aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students of engineering and materials science. It shows first why plastics and rubbers have such distinctive properties, and how they are affected by temperature, strain rate, and other factors. The second half of the book concentrates on the ways in which these properties can be exploited to produce functional components that fulfil the demands placed upon them in the most effective manner. The engineering principles are carefully presented, and illustrated by well-chosen model calculations and examples. First-degree and postgraduate students and teachers of mechanical, chemical, and civil engineering, and materials science; practising engineers on mid-career training courses in plastics, rubbers, or composite materials.

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Review

..". very stimulating read... [this] textbook can be strongly recommended."--Polymer..". someone who knew what is contained here would be well equipped to go out into the real world and discover why the handles break off kettles."--The Times Higher Education Supplement

About the Author

N. G. McCrum is at University of Oxford. C. P. Buckley is at University of Oxford.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0198561555
• ISBN 13: 9780198561552
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 402