Creep Failure: Prediction and Prevention Strategies

20% of plastics failures occur due to creep. Suprisingly, theeffect of time & temperature on plastic parts is missingin most failure analysis studies & that's the only way to detect creep rupture. Without noticing the origin of creep in plastics parts, people may not be able to relate their part failure to creep and end up focusing their solving efforts on the wrong factor ...

1. Save time & efforts tosolve creep failureby extracting relevant info (useful life time, creep properties, thermal stability...) from your test results

2.Wisely optimize your plastics part-designby understanding the effect of different factors influencing creep rupture (plastic type/formation, stress type & magnitude, temperature, design features….)

3.Extend lifetime of your plastics productsin a service application with real-life case studies on creep failure prediction & prevention strategies

Manufacturers of plastic parts, materials engineers, plastic part designers, quality engineersor anyone selecting or specifying plastic materials for an application

The following sections will be covered in the course:

1. 粘弹性的基本行为Plastics


2. Introduction to Creep Rupture
   • Creep Failure Mechanism


3. Generalizations of Creep
   • Factors that affect the creep performance of plastic materials
   • Identify creep when you see it!


4. Creep Testing
   • Analytical techniques used to understand the creep performance of a plastic
   • Assess the useful lifetime of a plastic material in a service application


5. Prevention Strategies


6. Real life Case Studies involving failures due to creep and setting up effective prevention measures


7. Conclusions