Engineering Materials and Processes Desk Reference
By- Michael Ashby, Royal Society Research Professor Emeritus at Cambridge University and Former Visiting Professor of Design at the Royal College of Art, London, UK
- Robert Messler, Professor and Associate Dean of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
- Rajiv Asthana, Manufacturing Engineering Technology Department, University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA
- Edward Furlani, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, U.S.A.
- R. E. Smallman, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Department of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, UK
- A.H.W. Ngan, PhD, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong
- R .J. Crawford, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
- Nigel Mills, Department of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, UK
Audience
Professional engineers and technicians/technologists in manufacturing, applied materials, materials science, industrial arts, and engineering technology
Hardbound, 552 Pages
Published: January 2009
Imprint: Butterworth Heinemann
ISBN: 978-1-85617-586-9
Contents
- Introduction to engineering materials; Science of materials behaviour; Materials selection; Processes and process selection; Introduction to metals; Metal structures; Equilibrium constitution and phase diagrams; Physical properties of metals; Mechanical properties of metals; Light alloys; Introduction to plastics; General properties of plastics; Processing of plastics; Ceramics and glasses; Magnetic materialsNanomaterials; Joining materials

