Handbook of Plastics Testing and Failure AnalysisEdition 4

Written in easy-to-read and -use format, this book provides a strong training resource and reference for product designers using plastics in their products – helping them identify, quantify, and confirm whether problems are related to product design or process.

•    Updates coverage of data analysis techniques and examples and expands coverage of failure analysis, key because of increased litigation related to product liability
•    Overviews plastic testing methods and the framework to investigate causes of plastic part failure
•    Provides a strong training resource and reference for product designers using plastics in their products
•    Features a video tour of a plastics testing labroatory on a companion website and has a separate manual of problems and solutions that are appropriate for college professors using the book as a class textbook