Handbook of Plastics Testing and Failure Analysis - Hardcover

Shah, Vishu

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118717112 ISBN 13: 9781118717110

Publisher: Wiley, 2020

Synopsis

Written in easy-to-read and -use format, this book provides a strong training resource and reference for product designers using plastics in their products – helping them identify, quantify, and confirm whether problems are related to product design or process.

•    Updates coverage of data analysis techniques and examples and expands coverage of failure analysis, key because of increased litigation related to product liability
•    Overviews plastic testing methods and the framework to investigate causes of plastic part failure
•    Provides a strong training resource and reference for product designers using plastics in their products
•    Features a video tour of a plastics testing labroatory on a companion website and has a separate manual of problems and solutions that are appropriate for college professors using the book as a class textbook

About this title

About the Author

VISHU SHAH is President of Consultek Consulting Group, a fully integrated management and technical consulting firm for the plastics and medical industry. His 45 years of extensive practical experience in plastics Industry includes positions as president and co-founder of Performance Engineered Products and Senior Plastics Engineer for Rain Bird Corporation and Nibco Inc. His areas of expertise include product design, processing, automation, materials, rapid prototyping, tooling, failure analysis and testing.

From the Back Cover

Written in easy-to-read and -use format, this book provides a strong training resource and reference for product designers using plastics in their products helping them identify, quantify, and confirm whether problems are related to product design or process.

• Updates coverage of data analysis techniques and examples and expands coverage of failure analysis, key because of increased litigation related to product liability
• Overviews plastic testing methods and the framework to investigate causes of plastic part failure
• Provides a strong training resource and reference for product designers using plastics in their products
• Features a video tour of a plastics testing laboratory on a companion website and has a separate manual of problems and solutions that are appropriate for college professors using the book as a class textbook

From the Inside Flap

Written in easy-to-read and -use format, this book provides a strong training resource and reference for product designers using plastics in their products – helping them identify, quantify, and confirm whether problems are related to product design or process.

• Updates coverage of data analysis techniques and examples and expands coverage of failure analysis, key because of increased litigation related to product liability
• Overviews plastic testing methods and the framework to investigate causes of plastic part failure
• Provides a strong training resource and reference for product designers using plastics in their products
• Features a video tour of a plastics testing laboratory on a companion website and has a separate manual of problems and solutions that are appropriate for college professors using the book as a class textbook

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118717112
• ISBN 13: 9781118717110
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 528