Polymer Foams Handbook

Engineering and Biomechanics Applications and Design Guide
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-7506-8069-1
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 562 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 953 g

This handbook explores the applications of polymer foams, and the properties that make them suitable for so many applications, in the detail required by postgraduate students, researchers and the many industrial engineers and designers who work with polymer foam in industry. It covers the mechanical properties of foams and foam microstructure, processing of foams, mechanical testing and analysis (using Finite element analysis). In addition, it uniquely offers a broader perspective on the actual engineering of foams and foam based (or foam including) products by including nine detailed case studies which firmly plant the theory of the book in a real world context, making it ideal for both polymer engineers and chemists and mechanical engineers and product designers.

Zielgruppe

Advanced students/researchers in polymer engineering, MS&E, chemical engineering and mechanical engineering schools; Professional engineers in the plastics applications industries, petro-chemical industry, materials processing and design engineers working with polymer foam products and packaging

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mills, Nigel

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Polymerwerkstoffe
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Technologie der Kunststoffe und Polymere

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Basics of the mechanics of polymers; PU foam processing and microstructure; Bead foam processing and microstructure; Mechanical testing of polymeric foams; FEA modelling; Micromechanics of Open-cell foams; Air flow in open cell foams; Case study: Seating design; Case study: Sports and impact mats; Micromechanics of closed cell foams; Case study: Transit packaging; Case study: Running shoe foams; Case study: Cycle helmets; Indentation, crack and fracture toughness; Case study: Motorcycle helmets; Case study: Hip protectors; Case study: Thermal sandwich panels; Creep and creep mechanisms; Effects of water on polymer mechanics and performance; Case study: Rugby and Soccer protection

Über Autor(innen)

Mills, Nigel
Nigel Mills was a Reader in Polymer Engineering in the School of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham, UK. He was the author of the first three editions of Plastics: Microstructure and Engineering Applications, as well as the Polymer Foams Handbook, published in 2007.