Principles of Polymer Processing

Contents -
Preface -
Notation -
1 Introduction -
1.1 Polymeric Materials -
1.2 Polymer Processing -
1.3 Analysis of Polymer Processes -
1.4 Scope of the Book -
2 Introduction to the Main Polymer Processes -
2.1 Screw Extrusion -
2.2 Injection Moulding -
2.3 Blow Moulding -
2.4 Calendering -
2.5 Other Processes -
2.6 Effects of Processing -
3 Processing Properties of Polymers -
3.1 Melting and Thermal Properties of Polymers -
3.2 Viscous Properties of Polymer Melts -
3.3 Methods of Measuring Melt Viscosities -
3.4 Elastic Properties of Polymer Melts -
3.5 Temperature and Pressure Dependence of Melt Properties -
3.6 Processing Properties of Solid Polymers -
4 Fundamentals of Polymer Melt Flow -
4.1 Tensor Notation -
4.2 Continuum Mechanics Equations -
4.3 Constitutive Equations -
4.4 Boundary Conditions -
4.5 Dimensional Analysis of Melt Flows -
4.6 The Lubrication Approximation -
4.7 Mixing in Melt Flows -
5 Some Melt Flow Processes -
5.1 Some Simple Extrusion Dies -
5.2 Narrow Channel Flows in Dies and Crossheads -
5.3 Applications to Die Design -
5.4 Calendering -
5.5 Melt Flow in an Intensely Sheared Thin Film -
6 Screw Extrusion -
6.1 Melt Flow in Screw Extruders -
6.2 Solids Conveying in Extruders -
6.3 Melting in Extruders -
6.4 Power Consumption in Extruders -
6.5 Mixing in Extruders -
6.6 Surging in Extruders -
6.7 Over-all Performance and Design of Extruders -
7 Injection Moulding -
7.1 Reciprocating Screw Plastication -
7.2 Melt Flow in Injection Nozzles -
7.3 Flow and Heat Transfer in Moulds -
Appendix A Finite Element Analysis of Narrow Channel Flow -
Appendix B Solution of the Screw Channel Developing Melt Flow Equations -
Appendix C Solution of the Melting Model Equations -
Further Reading -
Index -