Levy, Sidney
Plastics Product Design Engineering Handbook
- ISBN 13:
- 9781461295839
- author:
- Levy, Sidney
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Springer
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 360
- Dimensions:
- 23.4 x 15.6 x 2 centimetres (0.5
- Genre:
- Home & Garden, Gardening, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
The Plastics Product Design Engineering Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to designing plastic parts for various applications. With its unique properties, plastics offer adaptability in a wide range of uses, from housing and packaging to medicine and health products. Unlike metals, glasses, and ceramics, plastics do not respond elastically to stress, leading to permanent deformation under sustained loading. This fundamental difference requires designers to modify established design principles, as outlined in extensive literature on applied mechanics of materials. The book serves as a valuable resource for engineers seeking to predict the performance of plastic structures accurately. By understanding the specific requirements and limitations of plastics, designers can create safe and economical structural parts. This handbook offers essential insights into the unique characteristics of plastics and their applications in product development.