Engineering Design with Polymers and Composites, Second Edition continues to provide one of the only textbooks on the analysis and design of mechanical components made from polymer materials. It explains how to create polymer materials to meet design specifications.
After tracing the history of polymers and composites, the text describes modern design concepts, such as weight-to-strength ratio and cost-to-strength ratio, for selecting polymers and composites for design applications. It also presents computer methods for choosing polymer materials from a database, for optimal design, and for laminated plate design.
New to the Second Edition
This edition rearranges many chapters and adds a significant amount of new material. Composites are now covered in two chapters, instead of one. This edition also includes entirely new chapters on polymer fusing and other assembly techniques, rapid prototyping, and piezoelectric polymers.
Suitable for mechanical and civil engineering students as well as practicing engineers, this book helps readers get an edge in the rapidly changing electromechanical industry. It gives them a fundamental foundation for understanding phenomena that they will encounter in real-life applications or through subsequent study and research.
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Mechanical Properties of Polymers
Chapter 3 : Viscoelastic Behavior of Polymers
Chapter 4 : Creep and Fatigue Failure
Chapter 5 : Impact Strength and Fracture Toughness
Chapter 6 : Selection of Polymers for Design Applications
Chapter 7 : Design Applications of Some Polymers
Chapter 8 : Composite Material Mechanics
Chapter 9 : Composite Laminate Failure
Chapter 10 : Polymer Processing
Chapter 11 : Adhesion of Polymers and Composites
Chapter 12 : Polymer Fusing and Other Assembly Techniques
Chapter 13 : Tribology of Polymers and Composites
Chapter 14 : Damping and Isolation with Polymers and Composites
Chapter 15 : Rapid Prototyping with Polymers
Chapter 16 : Piezoelectric Polymers
Appendix A : Conversion Factors
Appendix B : Area Moments of Inertia
Appendix C : Beam Reactions and Displacements
Appendix D : Laminate MATLAB® or Octave Code
Appendix E : Sample Input/Output for Laminate Program
Appendix F : Composite Materials Properties
Appendix G : Thermal and Electrical Properties
Index
