Polymeric Foams Structure–Property–Performance: A Design Guide is a response to the design challenges faced by engineers in a growing market with evolving standards, new regulations, and an ever-increasing variety of application types for polymeric foam. Bernard Obi, an author with wide experience in testing, characterizing, and applying polymer foams, approaches this emerging complexity with a practical design methodology that focuses on understanding the relationship between structure–properties of polymeric foams and their performance attributes. The book not only introduces the fundamentals of polymer and foam science and engineering, but also goes more in-depth, covering foam processing, properties, and uses for a variety of applications.
By connecting the diverse technologies of polymer science to those from foam science, and by linking both micro- and macrostructure–property relationships to key performance attributes, the book gives engineers the information required to solve pressing design problems involving the use of polymeric foams and to optimize foam performance. With a focus on applications in the automotive and transportation industries, as well as uses of foams in structural composites for lightweight applications, the author provides numerous case studies and design examples of real-life industrial problems from various industries and their solutions.
1. Part I: Introduction - p. xvi 2. 1. Overview of Applications of Polymeric Foams - p. 3 3. Part II: Polymer Science and Engineering - p. 13 4. 2. Polymer Chemistry and Synthesis - p. 17 5. 3. Characterization of Polymeric Solids - p. 41 6. Abstract - p. 41 7. 3.1 Introduction - p. 41 8. References - p. 80 9. Further Reading - p. 80 10. 4. Structure–Property Relationships of Polymeric Solids - p. 83 11. Part III: Science and Engineering of Polymeric Foams - p. 89 12. 5. Fundamentals of Polymeric Foams and Classification of Foam Types - p. 93 13. 6. Foaming Processes - p. 131 14. Abstract - p. 131 15. 6.1 Introduction - p. 131 16. 6.2 Thermosetting Polymeric Foams - p. 131 17. References - p. 177 18. 7. Structure–Property Relationships of Polymeric Foams - p. 189 19. Part IV: Design and Uses of Polymeric Foams - p. 204 20. 8. Fundamentals of Structure–Property Relationships of Polyurethane Foams - p. 209 21. 9. Structural Foams - p. 255 22. 10. Flexible Foams - p. 299 23. 11. Biomedical Applications of Polymeric Foams - p. 333 24. 12. Applications of Polymeric Foams in Automobiles and Transportation - p. 341 25. 13. Other Specialized and Emerging Applications - p. 367 26. 14. Correlating Structure–Properties to Performance Attributes - p. 375 27. 15. Composites and Sandwich Structures - p. 379 28. Index - p. 383
Polymeric Foams Structure–Property–Performance: A Design Guide is a response to the design challenges faced by engineers in a growing market with evolving standards, new regulations, and an ever-increasing variety of application types for polymeric foam. Bernard Obi, an author with wide experience in testing, characterizing, and applying polymer foams, approaches this emerging complexity with a practical design methodology that focuses on understanding the relationship between structure–properties of polymeric foams and their performance attributes. The book not only introduces the fundamentals of polymer and foam science and engineering, but also goes more in-depth, covering foam processing, properties, and uses for a variety of applications.
By connecting the diverse technologies of polymer science to those from foam science, and by linking both micro- and macrostructure–property relationships to key performance attributes, the book gives engineers the information required to solve pressing design problems involving the use of polymeric foams and to optimize foam performance. With a focus on applications in the automotive and transportation industries, as well as uses of foams in structural composites for lightweight applications, the author provides numerous case studies and design examples of real-life industrial problems from various industries and their solutions.
1. Part I: Introduction - p. xvi 2. 1. Overview of Applications of Polymeric Foams - p. 3 3. Part II: Polymer Science and Engineering - p. 13 4. 2. Polymer Chemistry and Synthesis - p. 17 5. 3. Characterization of Polymeric Solids - p. 41 6. Abstract - p. 41 7. 3.1 Introduction - p. 41 8. References - p. 80 9. Further Reading - p. 80 10. 4. Structure–Property Relationships of Polymeric Solids - p. 83 11. Part III: Science and Engineering of Polymeric Foams - p. 89 12. 5. Fundamentals of Polymeric Foams and Classification of Foam Types - p. 93 13. 6. Foaming Processes - p. 131 14. Abstract - p. 131 15. 6.1 Introduction - p. 131 16. 6.2 Thermosetting Polymeric Foams - p. 131 17. References - p. 177 18. 7. Structure–Property Relationships of Polymeric Foams - p. 189 19. Part IV: Design and Uses of Polymeric Foams - p. 204 20. 8. Fundamentals of Structure–Property Relationships of Polyurethane Foams - p. 209 21. 9. Structural Foams - p. 255 22. 10. Flexible Foams - p. 299 23. 11. Biomedical Applications of Polymeric Foams - p. 333 24. 12. Applications of Polymeric Foams in Automobiles and Transportation - p. 341 25. 13. Other Specialized and Emerging Applications - p. 367 26. 14. Correlating Structure–Properties to Performance Attributes - p. 375 27. 15. Composites and Sandwich Structures - p. 379 28. Index - p. 383
