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Fatigue and Tribological Properties of Plastics and Elastomers
Hardbound; Publisher: Plastic Design Library; Publication Date: 1995; ISBN 1-884207-15-4; 475 pages
$360.00

For all practical purposes, the useful life of many plastic components is equal to its fatigue resistance under conditions of short term loading and unloading such as those which occur in vibration. Other important factors materials engineers and designers must consider are abrasion, friction and wear properties (tribological properties).

This data bank publication covers these very important properties of thermoplastics, thermosets, thermoplastic elastomers and rubbers. It is an exhaustive reference work which puts at your fingertips comprehensive data for use in materials selection, materials comparison, materials evaluation, design and analysis. Information is culled from sources including independent and supplier test labs, conference proceedings and journal articles.

Fatigue data are presented graphically as stress vs. cycles to failure curves, as tabular data and as textual discussions. Test methods include rotating beam test, completely reversed cycle test and others. Results in different environments including temperature and humidity are provided at different times and load levels.

Tribological properties provided include wear factor, static coefficient of friction, dynamic coefficient of friction, Limiting Pressure Velocity (LPV), taber abrasion, ball mill abrasion, tape abrasion test, radial wear, deformation, weight loss and more. Properties are provided as functions of pressure, velocity, elapsed time, temperature, mating surface, surface finish, hardness, lubricant and humidity. Mating surfaces include plastic to itself, plastic to other plastics, plastic to metal, plastic to aluminum, plastic to bronze and others with various lubricants.