PLASTICS MATERIALS

By CHARLES PEREZ

CONTENTS CHAPTER PRIMARY MANUFACTURING OF THERMOSETTING POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES CHAPTER PRIMARY MANUFACTURING OF THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES MANUFACTURING AND CHARACTERISATION OF SHAPE-MEMORY POLYMERS AND COMPOSITES MICROWAVE PROCESSING OF POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES FABRICATION AND STAMP FORMING OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES CHAPTER 6 NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING METHODS OF POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES TRIBO-PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND OPTIMISATION OF FIBRE-REINFORCED PHENOLIC-BASED FRICTION COMPOSITES SECONDARY MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES FOR POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES CHAPTER 10 DRILLING BEHAVIOUR OF NATURAL FIBRE-REINFORCED POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES CHAPTER 11 EVALUATION OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS IN TURNING WITH PRECISION FEED FOR CARBON FIBRE-REINFORCED PLASTIC COMPOSITES USING RESPONSE-SURFACE METHODOLOGY AND FUZZY LOGIC MODELLING CHAPTER 12 RESEARCH PROGRESS IN THE AREA OF ADVANCED MACHINING OF POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES CHAPTER 13 JOINING BEHAVIOUR OF FIBRE-REINFORCED POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES