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ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND PROCESSES E-MEGA REFERENCE
Engineering Materials and Processes e-Mega Reference
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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
Rajiv Asthana, Manufacturing Engineering Technology Department, University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA
R. E. Smallman, Emeritus Professor of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Department of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, UK
R .J. Crawford, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
Nigel Mills, Department of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, UK
Robert Messler, Professor and Associate Dean of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
Ian Polmear, Emeritus Professor in Materials Science, Monash University, Australia
R. A. Higgins, Formerly Senior Lecturer in Materials Science, West Bromich College, UK
Hari Nalwa, Formerly of Hitachi Research Laboratory, Japan
Edward Furlani, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, U.S.A.
Michel Biron, Plastics Consultant, Les Ulis, France

Audience
Professional engineers and technicians/technologists in manufacturing, applied materials, materials science, industrial arts, and engineering technology

Contents
1 Introduction to engineering materials 2 Science of materials behaviour 3 Materials selection 3.1 Materials properties charts 3.2 Materials selection case studies 4 Processes and process selection 4.1 Casting and solidication 4.2 Coatings and surface engineering 4.3 Processes selection case studies 5 Introduction to metals 5.1 Iron and steel 5.2 Carbon steels 5.3 Alloy steels 6 Metal structures 7 Equilibrium constitution and phase diagrams 8 Physical properties of metals 9 Mechanical properties of metals 9.1 Heat treatment of plain carbon steels 9.2 Surface hardening of steels 10 Production, forming and joining of metals 10.1 Casting processes 10.2 Mechanical deformation of metals 10.3 Mechanical shaping of metals 11 Light alloys 11.1 Aluminium alloys 12 Introduction to plastics 12.1 Basic criteria for the selection of thermoplastics 13 General properties of plastics 14 Processing of plastics 14.1 Thermoplastic processing 14.2 Molecular structure and polymer manufacture 14.3 Thermoplastic composites 15 Ceramics and glasses 15.1 Structures of ceramics 15.2 The mechanical properties of ceramics 15.3 Production, forming and joining of ceramics 16 Magnetic materials 17 Nanomaterials 17.1 Case studies of biomaterials and nanomaterials 17.2 Chemical synthesis of nanostructured metals, metal alloys, and semiconductors 17.3 Nanocomposites prepared by sol-gel methods 17.4 Carbon nanotubes 18 Joining materials 18.1 Mechanical joining 18.2 Adhesive Bonding and Cementing

Bibliographic details
e-Book, 2500 pages, publication date: JAN-2009
ISBN-13: 978-1-85617-587-6
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN

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