Understanding Polymer Processing 2E: Processes and Governing Equations / Edition 2

by Tim A. Osswald

Overview

This book provides the background needed to understand not only the wide field of polymer processing, but also the emerging technologies associated with the plastics industry in the 21st century. It combines practical engineering concepts with modeling of realistic polymer processes. It provides the reader with a solid knowledge base in polymer materials, polymer processing, and modeling. Understanding Polymer Processing is intended for the person who is entering the plastics manufacturing industry and as a textbook for students taking an introductory course in polymer processing. It also serves as a guide to the practicing engineer when choosing a process, determining important parameters and factors during the early stages of process design, and when optimizing such a process. Practical examples illustrating basic concepts are presented throughout the book. New in the second edition is a chapter on additive manufacturing, together with associated examples, many new problems to test the reader’s understanding, as well as improvements and corrections throughout the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781569906477
Publisher:	Hanser Publications
Publication date:	10/01/2017
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	378
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Tim A. Osswald is Kuo and Cindy F. Wang Professor at the Universityof Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering and Honorary Professor of Plastics Technology at the Universityof Erlangen-Nuremberg and the National Universityof Colombia. He is author of many books and book chapters, as well as over 100 papers in the field of plastics technology.

Table of Contents

PART I: POLYMERIC MATERIALS

Introduction

Mechanical Behavior of Polymers

Melt Rheology

PART II: POLYMER PROCESSES

Extrusion

Mixing

Injection Molding

Other Plastics Processes

PART III: MODELING

Transport Phenomena in Polymer Processing

Modeling Polymer Processes