Contents :- Introduction - Engineering Plastics: An Introduction - Effects of Composition, Processing, and Structure on Properties of Engineering Plastics* - Materials Selection and Design of Engineering Plastics - General Design Guidelines* - Design with Plastics* - Design and Selection of Plastics Processing Methods - Physical, Chemical, and Thermal Analysis of Plastics - Physical, Chemical, and Thermal Analysis of Thermoset Resins* - Physical, Chemical, and Thermal Analysis of Thermoplastic Resins* - Thermal Analysis and Thermal Properties* - Environmental and Chemical Effects - Characterization of Weathering and Radiation Susceptibility* - Flammability Testing* - Electrical Testing and Characterization* - Optical Testing and Characterization* - Mechanical Behavior and Wear - Mechanical Testing and Properties of Plastics: An Introduction* - Creep, Stress Relaxation, and Yielding* - Crazing and Fracture* - Fracture Resistance Testing* - Impact Loading and Testing* - Fatigue Testing and Behavior* - Fatigue Failure Mechanisms* - Friction and Wear Testing* - Wear Failures of Plastics* - Wear Failures of Reinforced Polymers* - Environmental Effects - Thermal Stresses and Physical Aging* - Environmental Stress Crazing* - Moisture-Related Failure* - Organic Chemical Related Failure* - Photolytic Degradation* - Microbial Degradation* - Failure Analysis of Plastics - Analysis of Structure* - Characterization of Plastics in Failure Analysis* - Surface Analysis - Fracture and Fractography - Fractography of Composites* - Reference Information - Abbreviations and Symbols - Index