Applied stress analysis of plastics : a mechanical engineering approach /
Professional engineers engaged in the design and structural analysis of plastic components will appreciate this ground-breaking work, which uniquely applies the stress category approach to plastics materials. Written in an engaging, easy-to-read style, this reference offers a comprehensive discussio...
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Van Nostrand Reinhold,
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Table of Contents:
- 3.3. Post-Yield Stress-Strain Relationship. 3.4. Crazing
- 4. Rationale of Stress Analysis. 4.1. Design by Analysis. 4.2. Objectives of Stress Analysis. 4.3. Factor of Safety (FOS). 4.4. Basis for Factor of Safety. 4.5. Integration of Stress Analysis with Design. 4.6. Stress Categories. 4.7. How to Identify Stress Categories
- 5. Applied Viscoelasticity. 5.2. Aspects of Viscoelasticity. 5.3. Viscoelastic Models. 5.4. Spring Dashpot Models. 5.5. The Time Spectra Concept. 5.6. Dynamic Behavior of Linear Viscoelastic Materials. 5.7. Boltzmann's Superposition Principle. 5.8. Use of Laplace Transforms in BSP. 5.9. The Correspondence Principle. 5.10. Correspondence Principle for 3-D Viscoelasticity. 5.11. Pseudoelasticity. 5.12. An Interim Study. 5.13. Comments on the Use of Pseudoelasticity. 5.14. Findley's Constants. 5.15. Methods of Determining E(T). 5.16. Concluding Remarks
- 6. Fracture Mechanics. 6.2. An Outline. 6.3. Strain Energy Release Rate Criterion.
- 6.4. Stress Analysis of Cracks. 6.5. The K[subscript 1c] or the Stress Intensity Criterion. 6.6. The J-Integral Criterion. 6.7. The CTOD Criterion. 6.8. Remarks on the Fracture Criteria. 6.9. More about G. 6.10. Calculation of K. 6.11. A Few Useful Results. 6.12. Principle of Superposition for Calculating K. 6.13. Concept of Leak-Before-Break. 6.14. Fracture Toughness for Light Weight Designs. 6.15. Effects of Crack Tip Plasticity. 6.16. Shape of Plastic Zone. 6.17. Accounting for Plastic Effects. 6.18. Contained Plasticity. 6.19. Crack Opening Displacement (COD). 6.20. Fracture Initiation Process
- Crazing. 6.21. Fatigue
- 7. Reinforced Plastics. 7.1. Motivation. 7.2. Hooke's Law for Orthotropy. 7.3. Micromechanics
- Moduli of Composites. 7.4. Micromechanics
- A Summary. 7.5. Macromechanics of a U.D.L. 7.6. Transformation of Elastic Moduli. 7.7. Calculation of Stresses in a 1-2 System. 7.8. The Meaning of [nu]'s and [eta]'s. 7.9. Failure Criteria. 7.10. Factor of Safety (FOS).
- 7.11. Failure Envelopes. 7.12. Mechanics of Laminated Plates. 7.13. Stress Analysis of a Laminate Point. 7.14. Symmetric Laminates. 7.15. Quasi-Isotropic Laminates. 7.16. Hygrothermal (HT) Effects. 7.17. Hygro-Thermal Stresses
- 8. Finite Element Method: An Introduction. 8.1. Motivation. 8.2. Overview of FEM. 8.3. Basics of FE Stress Analysis. 8.4. Discretization. 8.5. Interpolation of Displacements. 8.6. Calculation of Element Stiffness. 8.7. Calculation of Element Load Vectors. 8.8. Assembly of the Global Stiffness Matrix. 8.9. The Nature of the Global Stiffness Matrix
- [K]. 8.10. Displacement Boundary Conditions. 8.11. Solution of the Unknown Displacements. 8.12. Reactions, Strains, and Stresses. 8.13. Post-Processing. 8.14. Isoparametric Elements. 8.15. The Gauss Quadrature
- 9. Guidelines for FE Analysis. 9.1. Capabilities of a Modeling Software. 9.2. Do's and Don't's of FEA. 9.3. Current Developments
- Appendix 1. Cartesian Tensor Analysis.
- Appendix 2. Methods in Beam Theory
- Appendix 3. Laplace Transforms
- Appendix 4. Stress Intensity Factors for a Few Cases.