Design Data For Reinforced Plastics And Design With Reinforced Plastics

In this book, the authors have assembled a systematic set of design parameters describing short and long term mechanical, thermal, electrical, fire and environmental performance, etc. for composites based primarily on continuous glass, aramid and carbon fibres in thermosetting and thermoplastic matrices.

This book uses a design-based approach to guide managers, designers and students through the fundamental aspects of designing with fibre-reinforced plastics. Starting with the brief, and moving through the various design stages to manufacture and testing, initial chapters show how fibre-reinforced plastics differ from other materials and how these aspects need to be considered in the design process. The most recent design standard, BS 7000, provides the frame of reference for the design stages. Further chapters cover the increasingly important areas of codes and standards, and the effects of these regulations on safety, testing, product liability and structural design, with particular reference to the Single European Market. Selected case studies highlight the main points covered and illustrate the advantages of using such materials.

For some time there has been a strong need in the plastic and related industries for a detailed, practical book on designing with plastics and composites (reinforced plastics). This one-source book meets this criterion by clearly explaining all aspects of designing with plastics, as can be seen from the Table of Contents and Index. It provides information on what is ahead as well as today's technology. It explains how to interrelate the process of meeting design performance requirements with that of selecting the proper plastic and manufacturing process to make a product at the lowest cost. This book has been prepared with an awareness that its usefulness will depend greatly upon its simplicity. The overall guiding premise has therefore been to provide all essential information. Each chapter is organized to best present a methodology for designing with plastics and composites. of industrial designers, whether in engineering This book will prove useful to all types or involved in products, molds, dies or equipment, and to people in new-product ventures, research and development, marketing, purchasing, and management who are involved with such different products as appliances, the building industry, autos, boats, electronics, furniture, medical, recreation, space vehicles, and others. In this handbook the basic essentials of the properties and processing behaviors of plastics are presented in a single source intended to be one the user will want to keep within easy reach.

Introduction -- Reinforcements -- Plastics -- Compound constructions -- Fabricating processes -- Markets/Products -- Designs -- Engineering analysis -- Selecting plastic and process -- Summary -- Conversions.

The authors have assembled a systematic set of design parameters describing short and long term mechanical, thermal, electrical, fire and environmental performance, etc. for composites based primarily on continuous glass, aramid and carbon fibres in thermosetting and thermoplastic matrices.

The new second edition of Reinforced Plastics Handbookhas been completely revised and updated to reflect changes, new techniques and components and provides new information including:-Thermosetting resins: polyesters, vinyl esters, high performance resins.-Reinforced thermoplastics: low warpage, hydrolysis-resistant grades, new forms of glass fibre, natural resins and fibres.-Major extensions on liquid crystal polymers, long fibre reinforced thermoplastics, polyurethanes and core materials.-Major additions to moulding/processing technology: latest developments in RTM, SCRIMP.-An enlarged chapter on design and applications to include extended data on sandwich constructions and polyureathane (reinforced reaction injection moulding).-The latest legislation including consumer safety (flame retardency, toxicity) and safety in the workplace (styrene emission control, solvents, low dust reduced allergy materials).