Author: D.C. Wright
Published: 2001
Number of Pages: 400 (This is a hard-backed Handbook.)

A fascinating insight into why polymer products fail, and how we can learn from the mistakes of the past. This book describes the various mechanisms of polymer degradation, and illustrates each failure mechanism with a number of case studies. This book was written with the support of the UK Department of Trade and Industry. It is intended to raise awareness of the causes and consequences of polymer product failures, in order to reduce the future incidences of such failures, and their considerable costs to industry.

Author / Editor Details: During his 30 years with Rapra, until his recent retirement, Dr. Wright specialised in the failure of plastics materials and products, researching into critical issues of materials durability, such as creep, fatigue and environmental stress cracking. He published around 90 technical papers and 3 books, and was involved in the diagnosis of some 5,000 product failures, making him a leading expert in this field.