Introduction to Plastics Engineering

The authoritative introduction to all aspects of plastics engineering -- offering both academic and industry perspectives in one complete volume.
 
Introduction to Plastics Engineering provides a self-contained introduction to plastics engineering. A unique synergistic approach explores all aspects of material use -- concepts, mechanics, materials, part design, part fabrication, and assembly -- required for converting plastic materials, mainly in the form of small pellets, into useful products. Thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomers, and advanced composites, the four disparate application areas of polymers normally treated as separate subjects, are covered together.
 
Divided into five parts -- Concepts, Mechanics, Materials, Part Processing and Assembly, and Material Systems -- this inclusive volume enables readers to gain a well-rounded, foundational knowledge of plastics engineering. Chapters cover topics including the structure of polymers, how concepts from polymer physics explain the macro behavior of plastics, evolving concepts for plastics use, simple mechanics principles and their role in plastics engineering, models for the behavior of solids and fluids, and the mechanisms underlying the stiffening of plastics by embedded fibers. Drawing from his over fifty years in both academia and industry, Author Vijay Stokes uses the synergy between fundamentals and applications to provide a more meaningful introduction to plastics.
* Examines every facet of plastics engineering from materials and fabrication methods to advanced composites
* Provides accurate, up-to-date information for students and engineers both new to plastics and highly experienced with them
* Offers a practical guide to large number of materials and their applications
* Addresses current issues for mechanical design, part performance, and part fabrication
 
Introduction to Plastics Engineering is an ideal text for practicing engineers, researchers, and students in mechanical and plastics engineering and related industries.

List of contents

Series Preface xxix
 
Preface xxxi
 
Part I Introduction 1
 
Outlines for Chapters 1 and 2
 
1 Introductory Survey 3
 
1.1 Background 3
 
1.2 Synergy Between Materials Science and Engineering 4
 
1.3 Plastics Engineering as a Process (the Plastics Engineering Process) 7
 
1.4 Types of Plastics 9
 
1.5 Material Characteristics Determine Part Shapes 11
 
1.6 Part Fabrication (Part Processing) 27
 
1.7 Part Performance 28
 
1.8 Assembly 32
 
1.9 Concluding Remarks 33
 
2 Evolving Applications of Plastics 35
 
2.1 Introduction 35
 
2.2 Consumer Applications 36
 
2.3 Medical Applications 67
 
2.4 Automotive Applications 70
 
2.5 Infrastructure Applications 77
 
2.6 Wind Energy 88
 
2.7 Airline Applications 90
 
2.8 Oil Extraction 91
 
2.9 Mining 92
 
2.10 Concluding Remarks 93
 
Part II Mechanics 95
 
Outlines for Chapters 3 through 8
 
3 Introduction to Stress and Deformation 97
 
3.1 Introduction 97
 
3.2 Simple Measures for Load Transfer and Deformation 97
 
3.3 *Strains as Displacement Gradients 99
 
3.4 *Coupling Between Normal and Shear Stresses 101
 
3.5 *Coupling Between Normal and Shear Strains 102
 
3.6 **Two-Dimensional Stress 103
 
3.7 Concluding Remarks 105
 
4 Models for Solid Materials 107
 
4.1 Introduction 107
 
4.2 Simple Models for the Mechanical Behavior of Solids 107
 
4.3 Elastic Materials 108
 
4.4 *Anisotropic Materials 109
 
4.5 Thermoelastic Effects 111
 
4.6 Plasticity 113
 
4.7 Concluding Remarks 116
 
5 Simple Structural Elements 119
 
5.1 Introduction 119
 
5.2 Bending of Beams 119
 
5.3 Deflection of Prismatic Beams 123
 
5.4 Torsion of Thin-Walled Circular Tubes 127
 
5.5 Torsion of Thin Rectangular Bars and Open Sections 129
 
5.6 Torsion of Thin-Walled Tubes 130
 
5.7 *Torsion of Multicellular Sections 131
 
5.8 Introduction to Elastic Stability 133
 
5.9 *Elastic Stability of an Axially Loaded Column 138
 
5.10 Twist-Bend Buckling of a Cantilever 142
 
5.11 Stress Concentration 142
 
5.12 The Role of Numerical Methods 145
 
5.13 Concluding Remarks 145
 
6 Models for Liquids 147
 
6.1 Introduction 147
 
6.2 Simple Models for Heat Conduction 147
 
6.3 Kinematics of Fluid Flow 149
 
6.4 Equations Governing One-Dimensional Fluid Flow 151
 
6.5 Simple Models for the Mechanical Behavior of Liquids 157
 
6.6 Simple One-Dimensional Flows 159
 
6.7 Polymer Rheology 171
 
6.8 Concluding Remarks 173
 
7 Linear Viscoelasticity 175
 
7.1 Introduction 175
 
7.2 Phenomenology of Viscoelasticity 176
 
7.3 Linear Viscoelasticity 179
 
7.4 Simple Models for Stress Relaxation and Creep 182
 
7.5 Response for Constant Strain Rates 189
 
7.6 *Sinusoidal Shearing 190
 
7.6.1 Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) 191
 
7.6.1.1 DMA Curves for Three-Parameter Model 192
 
7.6.2 *Energy Storage and Loss 192
 
7.7 Isothermal Temperature Effects 193
 
7.7.1 Thermorheologically Simple Materials 194
 
7.7.2 Physical Interpretation for Time-Temperature Shift 195
 
7.8 *Variable Temperature Histories 195
 
7.9 *Cooling of a Constrained Bar 196
 
7.10 Concluding Remarks 196
 
8 Stiffening Mechanisms 199
 
8.1 Introduction 199
 

About the author

Vijay Kumar Stokes, PhD (Princeton), joined IIT Kanpur in 1964, where he served as the Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department (1974-1977) and as the Convener of the Nuclear Engineering and Technology Program (1977-1978). In 1978, he joined GE Corporate Research & Development, where for 15 years he worked on plastics. Professor Stokes is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Institution of Engineers (India), and the Society of Plastics Engineers.

Summary

The authoritative introduction to all aspects of plastics engineering -- offering both academic and industry perspectives in one complete volume.

Introduction to Plastics Engineering provides a self-contained introduction to plastics engineering. A unique synergistic approach explores all aspects of material use -- concepts, mechanics, materials, part design, part fabrication, and assembly -- required for converting plastic materials, mainly in the form of small pellets, into useful products. Thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomers, and advanced composites, the four disparate application areas of polymers normally treated as separate subjects, are covered together.

Divided into five parts -- Concepts, Mechanics, Materials, Part Processing and Assembly, and Material Systems -- this inclusive volume enables readers to gain a well-rounded, foundational knowledge of plastics engineering. Chapters cover topics including the structure of polymers, how concepts from polymer physics explain the macro behavior of plastics, evolving concepts for plastics use, simple mechanics principles and their role in plastics engineering, models for the behavior of solids and fluids, and the mechanisms underlying the stiffening of plastics by embedded fibers. Drawing from his over fifty years in both academia and industry, Author Vijay Stokes uses the synergy between fundamentals and applications to provide a more meaningful introduction to plastics.
* Examines every facet of plastics engineering from materials and fabrication methods to advanced composites
* Provides accurate, up-to-date information for students and engineers both new to plastics and highly experienced with them
* Offers a practical guide to large number of materials and their applications
* Addresses current issues for mechanical design, part performance, and part fabrication

Introduction to Plastics Engineering is an ideal text for practicing engineers, researchers, and students in mechanical and plastics engineering and related industries.

Report

Although Author Dr. Vijay Stokes humbly includes "introduction" in the book title, the treatment in this book is quite extensive and inclusive, with 25 chapters and over 1000 pages. This volume essentially contains every facet of plastics engineering from materials and fabrication methods to advanced composites. It endorses a unique synergistic approach to implementing the ideas of mechanistic principles and polymer physics to practical applications of polymers and composites. Engineers are natural readers of this book. In this book, concepts from polymer physics explain the macro behavior of plastics, including deformation, flow and rheology, which are of vital importance in design and fabrication with plastics. Engineers would therefore learn the new tool sets to tailor plastics in various engineering applications. Materials scientists who have an interest in applications of polymers would greatly benefit from this book as well. The book also contains detailed derivations and design analysis and may be used as a textbook for college seniors or students at an introductory graduate level. --Professor Donggang Yao, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering
 
The book, Introduction of Plastics Engineering, is a great resource both for students beginning to learn about plastics, and for practicing engineers trying to clarify concepts unique to polymers. The author writes that he started working on plastics in mid career;the learning process he went through is reflected in how he has organized the material in the over 1000 pages in this book. It works. As a reviewer who has worked with polymers for almost four decades, I give this book high marks-- Professor Tim A. Osswald, International Polymer Processing
 
Overall, this is an important addition to the plastics engineering series available in the market. While most books on plastics engineering emphasize materials' aspects and most design books are based on mechanical engineering concepts, this book uses mechanics based engineering principles to understand plastics engineering. Hence, the book covers the existing gap. The principles are discussed with basic knowledge of mathematics and easy to follow.--Professor Anil K. Bhowmick, AIChE Journal

Product details

• Authors: Vijay K Stokes, Vijay K. Stokes, Vk Stokes
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781119536574
• ISBN: 978-1-119-53657-4
• No. of pages: 1064
• Series: Wiley-ASME Press Series; Wiley-Asme Press
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; Maschinenbau, Produktion, polymer processing, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Polymer Science & Technology, Polymerwissenschaft u. -technologie, Industrielle Verfahrenstechnik, Produktion i. d. Industriellen Verfahrenstechnik, Industrial Engineering / Manufacturing, Polymerverarbeitung, Allg. Maschinenbau