Structural analysis of thermoplastic components

by Gerald G. Trantina

Improve your engineering design analysis skills with this comprehensive guide to the use of thermoplastics in structural applications. The book offers you specific analysis techniques for predicting stiffness, strength, creep, and fatigue of polymeric parts. It also presents critical information on the use of nonhomogeneous materials such as structural foams and thermoplastic composites. You'll find detailed discussions of mechanical behavior uniquely relevant to thermoplastic material performance. The latest structural design techniques for analyzing time-dependent part performance, fatigue, and impact are discussed and illustrated for parts made with injection, compression, and blow-molding processes. This essential reference includes a general discussion of finite-element analysis with special emphasis on geometric and material nonlinearities. In addition, there are numerous examples that illustrate how well thermoplastic behavior can be predicted, including detailed comparisons of