Failure of plastics

W. Brostow, R. D. Comeliussen. Failure of Plastics. Munchen Hanser, 1993. 

Failure Of Plastics , Witold Brostow, Roger D. Comeliussen Hanser Gardner Pubis (1986) ISBN 1569900086. Complete reference on the mechanical failure of plastics. Covering theory and practice, this book describes an expert knowledge base and provides directions for future work toward elimination of mechanical failure of plastics under varied conditions. 

Report 41 Failure of Plastics, S. Turner, Queen Mary College. 

Packaging trends involve lower cost, more functionality, volume growth, shorter product life-cycles and increased value. Rigid plastic packaging now dominates markets which were previously the exclusive realms of materials such as glass and metal, despite the fact that some technical aspects of plastic are still inferior to those of such traditional materials, e.g. the failure of plastics to withstand high temperatures without deforming, or barrier properties of a standard comparable to that... 

D.C. Wright, Failure of Plastics and Rubber Products - Causes, Effects and Case Studies Involving Degradation, Rapra Technology Limited, Shawbury, UK, 2001. 

Matsuoka S, In Failure of Plastics, Chapter 4, Brostow W, Corneliussen R (eds), Elanser, New York, 1986. 

Environmental stress-cracking is the failure of plastic materials in the presence of certain chemicals types. This failure is not a result of chemical attack, but rather the simultaneous presence of three factors tensile stress, a stress-cracking agent, and inherent susceptibility of the plastic to stresscracking. 

Report 40 Internal Mixing of Rubber, J.C. Lupton Report 41 Failure of Plastics, S. Turner, Queen Mary College. 

Lustiger A (1986) Environmental stress cracking the phenomenon and its utility. In Brostow W, Corneliussen RD (ed) Failure of Plastics. Hanser Gardener, Munich, pp 305-329. ISBN 1-56990-008-6... 

Brostow W, Corneliussen RD (eds) (1986) Failure of plastics. Carl Hanser, Mtlnchen... 

Moet A (1986) In Brostow W, Comeliussen RD (eds) Failure of plastics, Hanser, Munich... 

S Matsuoka. In W Brostow, R Corneliussen, eds. Failure of Plastics. Munich Carl Hanser, Chap 3, 1986. 

Lustiger, A. (1986) in Failure of Plastics Brostow and Comeliussen Eds., Hanser, New York. 

The full 3D fluid-structure-fracture (FSF) model has been first developed to simulate rapid crack propagation in plastic pipes [6], and is adopted in the present work. Apart from fluid-solid coupling issues described elsewhere [3,4,7], there are two main issues that require special care in order to develop predictive model of failures of plastic containers ... 

These remarks evaluate the effect of filler-related phenomena on failure of plastic materials. Several reasons for the failure ofplastics are filler related. They include delamination of laminated composite materials, debonding in particulate filled materials, stress cracking of filler particles, yielding, cavitation, and corrosion. 

The failure of plastic specimens by crazing, both in air [12] and in the presence of any type of environmental agent [13,14], requires the creation of new surface area, and is therefore resisted by the surface tension of the polymer. 

N.S. Allen and A. Parkinson, Polymer Degradation and Stability, 1983, Vol. 5, No. 3, p. 189 cit. from D. Wright, Failure of Plastics and Rubber Products. Causes, Effects and Case Studies Involving Degradation. Rapra Technology Ltd., UK, 2001, pp. 84. 

Liquids w hich have no significant effect on an unstrained plastic test piece may cause severe cracking if the test pitve is exposed in a strained condition. This is known as environmental stress cracking and is responsible for a large number of failures of plastics components in service. The problem is particularly severe because many people arc unaware of the problem, and because only very small amounts of liquid, such as detergents and solvents, are required. 

Environmental stress cracking is considered to be the most fi-equent mode of failure of plastic materials.It was estimated in 1996 that 20% of plastics failed because of environmental stress cracking. By environmental stress cracking, we understand a failure in which materials in contact with a fluid are subjected to stress. " It is quite difficult to simulate environmental stress cracking in the labo-... 

Brostow, W. and Comeliussen, R.D. (1986) Failure of Plastics, Hanser Verlag, Munich. 

Failure of Plastics, edited by W. Brostow and R.D. Comeliussen (Hanser, Munich, Vienna, New York 1986, 1989, 1992). 

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