Handbook of Plastics Testing and Failure Analysis - Hardcover

Shah, Vishu

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471671894 ISBN 13: 9780471671893

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience, 2007

Synopsis

Written in easy-to-read and -use format, this book updates and revises its bestselling predecessor to become the most complete, comprehensive resource on plastics testing. This book has an emphasis on significance of test methods and interpretation of results. The book covers all aspects of plastics testing, failure analysis, and quality assurance - including chapters on identification analysis, failure analysis, and case studies. The book concludes with a substantial appendix with useful data, charts and tables for ready reference.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

About this title

About the Author

VISHU SHAH is President of Consultek, a plastics industry consulting company. He was president and cofounder of Performance Engineered Products and senior plastics engineer of the Rain Bird Corporation and Nibco Inc. Currently, he teaches numerous classes on various aspects of plastics at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Vishu Shah is a past president and current board member and senior member of the Society of Plastics Engineers.

From the Back Cover

The bestselling classic reference, now updated

Comprehensive and practical but not overly technical, this expanded edition of the standard reference helps plastics engineers, product designers, laboratory managers and technicians, quality assurance engineers, and others capitalize on powerful new analytical instruments and advanced techniques for plastics testing. Complete with case studies, this reference covers all aspects of plastics testing, failure analysis, and quality assurance and includes:

• The hows and whys of product testing and detailed coverage of current ways data is collected, displayed, and analyzed
• Step-by-step procedures and in-depth coverage of failure analysis, which is vital due to increased product liability litigation
• More than 200 illustrations and 40 tables that clarify and consolidate information
• A substantial appendix that lists testing labs, equipment suppliers, and more
• A DVD with a video tour of a plastics testing laboratory

Handbook of Plastics Testing and Failure Analysis, Third Edition is a hands-on reference for professionals involved in plastics manufacturing, research, design testing, and failure analysis, and provides a practical introduction and overview for students in a variety of courses.

Comprehensive and practical but not overly technical, this expanded edition of the standard reference helps plastics engineers, product designers, laboratory managers and technicians, quality assurance engineers, and others capitalize on powerful new analytical instruments and advanced techniques for plastics testing. Complete with case studies, this reference covers all aspects of plastics testing, failure analysis, and quality assurance and includes:

• The hows and whys of product testing and detailed coverage of current ways data is collected, displayed, and analyzed
• Step-by-step procedures and in-depth coverage of failure analysis, which is vital due to increased product liability litigation
• More than 200 illustrations and 40 tables that clarify and consolidate information
• A substantial appendix that lists testing labs, equipment suppliers, and more
• A DVD with a video tour of a plastics testing laboratory

Handbook of Plastics Testing and Failure Analysis, Third Edition is a hands-on reference for professionals involved in plastics manufacturing, research, design testing, and failure analysis, and provides a practical introduction and overview for students in a variety of courses.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471671894
• ISBN 13: 9780471671893
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 656