Publisher's Synopsis
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
