As its name implies, the ASCE Structural Plastics Design Manual(I)* is intended to assist the practicing engineer in the evaluation and use of plastics as structural materials. Consequently, it emphasizes those aspects of the technology of this broad class of materials that affect structural behavior. It outlines the various categories of plain and modified plastics, according to their structural characteristics, and explains their basic behavior under the conditions of stress, strain, time, and temperature that control design. It reviews fabrication processes and their effect on material usage and characteristics. It considers influences of the environment that result in degradation of structural properties. Above all, it presents the design principles and practices applicable to plastics and composites when employed structurally.

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Material properties, Materials, Compression, Moduli, Flanges, Buckling, Stress, Bending, Shear, Deflection, Plastics, Health, safety, and environment, Creep
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1983
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