Plastics design handbook /

This reference work provides a simplified and practical approach to designing with plastic materials. It enables the reader to recognize the fundamental considerations necessary when designing products with plastics pertaining to the different processes and different plastics. Intended for both tech...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rosato, Dominick V.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Rosato, Donald V., Rosato, Marlene G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2001]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • Overview
  • Generalization Justifiable
  • Design Definition
  • Design Features That Influence Performance
  • Basics in Designing
  • Design Approach
  • Design Feature
  • Computer Use
  • Short and Long Term Performance
  • Predicting Performance
  • A Changing World
  • Success by Design
  • Responsibility
  • Ethic
  • Terminology
  • 2 Design Influencing Factor
  • Material Behavior
  • Correlating Rheological Parameter
  • Mechanical Load
  • Short-Term Load Behavior
  • Long-Term Load Behavior
  • High Speed Property
  • Thermal Expansion and Contraction
  • Weathering/Environment
  • High Temperature
  • Instability Behavior
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Safety Factors
  • 3 Product Design Feature
  • Design Analysis
  • Design Concept
  • Basic Feature
  • Prototype
  • Features Influencing Performance
  • Design Failure Analysis
  • 4 Designing Plastic Product
  • Book Shelve
  • Pipe
  • RP Pipe
  • Bearing
  • Gear
  • Gasket and Seal
  • Grommet and Noise
  • Electrical/Electronic Product
  • Toy and Game
  • Transparent and Optical Product
  • Packaging
  • Building
  • Chair
  • Automobile
  • Aircraft
  • Medical Product
  • Biological and Microbial Degradation
  • Dynamic Load Isolator
  • Filter
  • Liner
  • Paper and Plastic
  • Developing Idea
  • Joining and Assembling
  • Predicting Performance
  • Design and Safety
  • Risk
  • Plastic/Process Interaction
  • Law and Regulation
  • Designing and Legal Matter
  • Design Detractor and Constrain
  • Troubleshooting Design Problem/Failure
  • 5 Testing and Meaning of Test Data
  • Destructive and Nondestructive Testing
  • Stress Analysis
  • Flaw Detection
  • Limitation of Test
  • Meaning of Data
  • Physical Property
  • Mechanical Property
  • Thermal Property
  • Electrical Property
  • Optical Property
  • Weathering
  • Fire
  • Analyzing Testing and Quality Control
  • Statistical Process Control and Quality Control
  • 6 Plastic Material Formation and Variation
  • Structure and Morphology
  • Compounded/Alloyed Plastic
  • Reinforced Plastic
  • Elastomer
  • Commodity and Engineering Plastic
  • Neat Plastic
  • Structural Foam
  • Plastics with a Memory
  • Orientation
  • Material Variable
  • Recycling
  • Plastic Future and Biotechnology
  • 7 Material Property
  • Mechanical Property
  • Electrical Property
  • Thermal Property
  • Other Behaviour
  • Selecting Plastic
  • 8 Plastic Processing
  • Overview
  • Influence on Performance
  • Model/Prototype Building
  • Processing Behavior
  • Processing And Property
  • FALLO Approach
  • Tooling
  • Injection Molding
  • Extrusion
  • Blow Molding
  • Thermoforming
  • Foaming
  • Reinforced Plastic
  • Process
  • Calendering
  • Compression and Transfer Molding
  • Reaction Injection Molding
  • Liquid Injection Molding
  • Rotational Molding
  • Encapsulation
  • Casting
  • Powder Coating
  • Vinyl Dispersion
  • Process Control
  • Auxiliary Equipment
  • Secondary Equipment
  • Finishing and Decorating
  • Joining And Assembly
  • Troubleshooting
  • Safety And Processing
  • Equipment/Processing Variable
  • Selecting Process
  • 9 Cost Estimating
  • Effective Control
  • Technical Cost Modeling
  • Mold/Die Cost
  • Cost Analysis Method
  • Designing Product
  • Energy
  • Competition
  • Quotation
  • Market
  • 10 Summary
  • Overview
  • Design Success
  • Plastic Industry Size
  • Future
  • Appendix A. Plastics Design Toolbox
  • 1. Plastics Databases, Electronic
  • 2. Hard-Copy Data Sources
  • 3. Process Simulation Software
  • 4. Plastics Design Books
  • 5. Design Education
  • 6. Trade Publications
  • 7. Trade Associations
  • 8. Industry Conferences
  • 9. Key Related Websites
  • 10. Key Corporate Websites
  • B. Terminology
  • C. Abbreviation
  • D. Conversion
  • E. Mathematical Symbol and Abbreviation
  • References.