Subtitle on cover and spine: Microstructure and engineering applications.
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Previous ed. published by Halsted Press, New York. 1993.
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Electronic
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [507]-512) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction to plastics -- Molecular structures and polymer manufacture -- Microstructure -- Polymeric composites -- Processing -- Effects of melt processing -- Viscoelastic behaviour -- Yielding -- Fracture -- Degradation and environmental effects -- Transport properties -- Electrical properties -- Design: material and shape selection -- Engineering case studies -- Sport and biomaterials case studies.