Polymer Processing: Principles and Design - Hardcover

Baird, Donald G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750691050 ISBN 13: 9780750691055

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1995

Synopsis

An introduction to the design of processes for thermoplastics, for senior chemical, mechanical, and materials engineers who have been exposed to fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and mass transfer. With some supplements, the volume can also be used by graduate students. One of its aims is to strengthen the background of engineering students in transport phenomena as applied to polymer processing, and the other is to introduce them to numerical simulation. Included is a selection of relatively user-friendly subroutines from the International Mathematics and Statistical Libraries (IMSL). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

About this title

From the Publisher

This book focuses on . thermoplastics -- polymeric materials which can be molded by melting such as polyethylene which is used in the production of many things including gloves, boats, pipes and tubing, packaging materials and adhesives. This book is concerned with the background required to design processes for developing and using thermoplastics. It teaches fundamental concepts and allows the reader to carry out practical design decisions and provides the necessary tools to do design calculations on computers.

From the Back Cover

Polymer Processing: Principles and Design presents the background required to design processes for thermoplastics. Often engineers are hired by the polymer industry to develop and design processes for thermoplastics, to design polymer processing machinery, to develop processes for new polymers, and to optimize existing processes. However, at best, they receive only a little training in polymer science and no training in the design of polymer processes. This book emphasizes the fundamental concepts that allow the student and the practicing engineer to carry out practical design decisions. While most books leave the student with equations only, Polymer Processing: Principles and Design provides the numerical methods required to solve the equations using the personal computer and easy-to-use IMSL numerical subroutines, and ensures a solid foundation in the principles underlying the design of polymer processing techniques.

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750691050
• ISBN 13: 9780750691055
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 346