Polymer Processing : Modeling and Simulation

This book addresses traditional polymer processing as well as the emerging technologies associated with the plastics industry in the 21st century and combines engineering modeling aspects with computer simulation of realistic polymer processes. This book provides a polymer processing background to engineering students and practicing engineers. It is a three-part textbook written for a two-semester polymer processing series in mechanical and chemical engineering. The first and second part of the book are designed for a senior- to graduate-level course, introducing polymer processing, and the third part is for a graduate course on simulation in polymer processing. Throughout the book, many applications are presented in form of examples and illustrations. These also serve the practicing engineer as a guide when determining important parameters and factors during the design process or when optimizing a process. Examples are presented throughout the book, and problems and solutions are available. This book addresses traditional polymer processing as well as the emerging technologies associated with the plastics industry in the 21st Century, and combines engineering modeling aspects with computer simulation of realistic polymer processes. This book is designed to provide a polymer processing background to engineering students and practicing engineers. This three-part textbook is written for a two-semester polymer processing series in mechanical and chemical engineering. The first and second part of the book are designed for a senior- to graduate level course, introducing polymer processing, and the third part is for a graduate course on simulation in polymer processing. Throughout the book, many applications are presented in form of examples and illustrations. These will also serve the practicing engineer as a guide when determining important parameters and factors during the design process or when optimizing a process. Examples are presented throughout the book, and problems and solutions are available Content: Polymer Processing , Pages i,iii-xv,xvii-xxvii Part I: Background: Polymer Materials Science , Pages xxix,1-36 Processing Properties , Pages 37-110 Polymer Processes , Pages 111-168 Part II: Processing Fundamentals: Dimensional Analysis and Scaling , Pages 169,171-206 Transport Phenomena in Polymer Processing , Pages 207-245 Analyses Based on Analytical Solutions , Pages 247-340 Part III: Numerical Techniques: Introduction to Numerical Analysis , Pages 341,343-384 Finite Difference Method , Pages 385-451 Finite Element Method , Pages 453-509 Boundary Element Method , Pages 511-566 Radial Functions Method , Pages 567-596 Index , Pages 597-606

This three-part textbook is written for a two-semester polymer processing series in mechanical or chemical engineering. The first and second part are designed for a senior- to grad-level course introducing polymer processing, and the third part is for a graduate course on simulation in polymer processing. Throughout the book, many applications are presented in form of examples and illustrations. These will also serve the practicing engineer as a guide when determining important parameters and factors during the design process or when optimizing a process.