The main part of this book deals with the basic subject of solid mechanics, or mechanics of materials. It covers virtually all that is required in the three-year syllabus of a university or polytechnic degree course in engineering, or the exams of the Engineering Council, CNAA and others.[...]
This textbook presents in a single volume the basic essentials of the properties and processing behaviour of plastics. The aim is to give engineers and technologists a sound understanding of these principles without the introduction of unduly complex levels of mathematics or chemistry.[...]