Written in easy-to-read and -use format, this book provides a strong training resource and reference for product designers using plastics in their products - helping them identify, quantify, and confirm whether problems are related to product design or process.•Â Â   Updates coverage of data analysis techniques and examples and expands coverage of failure analysis, key because of increased litigation related to product liability•Â Â   Overviews plastic testing methods and the framework to investigate causes of plastic part failure•Â Â   Provides a strong training resource and reference for product designers using plastics in their products•Â Â   Features a video tour of a plastics testing labroatory on a companion website and has a separate manual of problems and solutions that are appropriate for college professors using the book as a class textbook