Polymer Processing: Principles and Design [Hardcover]

Dimitris Collias (Author), Donald Gene Baird (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0750691050 | ISBN-13: 978-0750691055 | Publication Date: May 12, 1995 | Edition: Har/Dis

'An Introduction to Polymer Processing: Principles and Design' concerns itself with the background required to design processes for thermoplastics. Often, engineers are hired into the polymer industry to develop and design processes for thermoplastics, design polymer processing machinery, develop processes for new polymers, and optimize existing processes; however, at best they receive only minimal training in polymer science and no training in the design of polymer processes. This book emphasizes the teaching of fundamental concepts that allow the student to carry out practical design decisions. While most books leave the student with the equations only, Introduction to Polymer Processing: Principles and Design provides the student with numerical methods required to solve the equations using the personal computer and easy to use numerical sub-routines.




Teaches and reinforces important transport phenomena concepts associated with processing polymeric materials
Provides the student with the tools to derive design equations and solve them using a personal computer and numerical sub-routines
Ensures that the student has a solid foundation in the principles underlying polymer processing techniques

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This book is intended to serve as an introduction to the design of processes for thermoplastics, to meet the needs of senior chemical, mechanical and materials engineers who have been exposed to fluid mechanics, heat transfer and mass transfer." (Polymer International, April 2000) --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

From the Publisher

This book focuses on . thermoplastics -- polymeric materials which can be molded by melting such as polyethylene which is used in the production of many things including gloves, boats, pipes and tubing, packaging materials and adhesives. This book is concerned with the background required to design processes for developing and using thermoplastics. It teaches fundamental concepts and allows the reader to carry out practical design decisions and provides the necessary tools to do design calculations on computers. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 346 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; Har/Dis edition (May 12, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750691050
• ISBN-13: 978-0750691055
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,659,182 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, September 20, 2000

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This review is from: Polymer Processing: Principles and Design (Hardcover)

This book is great for a student or a practicing engineer. It starts with the fundamentals of polymer science and ends with more specific processing problems. There are design problems at the end of each chapter for which solutions are not provided. This is great for a college textbook, but is not very useful for the practicing engineer. Overall, this book is well worth it.