N. G. McCrum, C. P. Buckley and C. B. Bucknall
Polymers have an important role in manufacturing and their engineering properties form an important part of any course in engineering. This revised and updated second edition develops the principles of polymer engineering from the underlying materials science, and is aimed at undergraduate and
postgraduate students in engineering and materials science. The opening chapters explain why plastics and rubbers have such distinctive properties and how these are affected by temperature, strain rate, and other factors. The book then explores how these properties can be exploited within these
property constraints to produce functional components. Major changes for this second edition include an introductory chapter on the environmental impact of polymers, emphasizing the important issues, and substantially revised sections on fracture testing for toughened polymers, yield, processing,
heat transfer, and polymer forming.
Introduction
1. Structure of the molecule
2. Structure of polymeric solids
3. The elastic properties of rubber
4. Viscoelasticity
5. Yield and fracture
6. Reinforced polymers
7. Forming
8. Design
Further reading, Answers, Index
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N. G. McCrum is at University of Oxford. C. P. Buckley is at University of Oxford.
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