Handbook of Plastics Testing and Failure Analysis

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 von Shah, Vishu