Download or read book Structural Plastics Design Manual written by Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This design manual is intended to assist the practicing engineer in the evaluation and use of plastics as structural materials. Consequently, it emphasizes those technological aspects of the broad class of materials which affect structural behavior and outlines the various categories of plain and modified plastics, noting their basic behavior under the conditions of stress, strain, time, and temperature that control design. It reviews fabrication processes and their effects on materials usage and characteristics, and considers influences of the environment that result in degradation of structural properties. Above all, it examines the design principles and practices applicable to plastics and composites when employed structurally.