An Introduction to Polymer Processing: Principles and Design (Butterworth-Heinemann Series in Chemical Engineering) - Hardcover

Baird, Donald Gene; Collias, Dimitris I.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750691050 ISBN 13: 9780750691055

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

This text deals with the background required to design processes for thermoplastics. It emphasizes the teaching of fundamental concepts as engineers often receive only minimal training in polymer science. It also provides numerical methods to solve the equations using a personal computer.

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Review

The book is intended to serve as an introduction to the design of processes for thermoplastics . . . With these ideas in mind the authors tried to write a book on polymer processing that provides the necessary tools to do design calculations and informs the students exactly what they can be expected to do with the level of the material at hand.   (Int. J Microstructure & Materials Properties, 2007)

"This book is intended to serve as an introduction to the design of processes for thermoplastics, to meet the needs of senior chemical, mechanical and materials engineers who have been exposed to fluid mechanics, heat transfer and mass transfer." (Polymer International, April 2000)

About the Author

Donald G. Baird earned his PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1974. He is currently the Harry C. Wyatt Professor of Chemical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His research is primarily concerned with the application of transport phenomena and rheology to the processing of polymer systems, particularly the rheology and processing of liquid crystalline polymers and their blends with thermoplastics. Dr. Baird has published over 150 papers and holds several patents pertaining to the generation and processing of microcomposites based on liquid crystalline polymers and thermoplastics.

Dimitris I. Collias works in the materials science section of corporate packaging development at Procter & Gamble Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Collias is a member of the Society of Plastics Engineers, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Chemical Society, and the Society of Rheology. His professional career includes five years of advisory and management experience in Greece with the government of Greece and private organizations, and two years of postdoctoral experience at the Polymer Processing Laboratory at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Dr. Collias earned his MS and PhD degrees from Princeton University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750691050
• ISBN 13: 9780750691055
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352