
Engineering Materials 1
An Introduction to Properties, Applications and Design
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Key Features
- New chapters on magnetic, optical, thermal and electrical properties, with appropriate case studies of applications
- Improved pedagogy, featuring more relevant photographs, new glossary of terms, additional worked examples, plus 50% more exercises than in previous edition, now graded according to difficulty
- Improved discussion of supply and demand in Chapter 2
- Discussion at various points throughout the book of how nanomaterials can differ from larger-scale materials in their properties
- New case studies on medical materials/biomaterials
Readership
Mid and senior undergraduate level courses in departments of mechanical engineering; materials sciences; manufacturing; engineering design; materials design; product design; aeronautical engineering; engineering sciences. Particularly suitable as a one-semester course text
Table of Contents
1. Engineering Materials and Their Properties
Part A: Price and Availability
2. Price and Availability of MaterialsPart B: Elastice Moduli
3. Elastic Moduli
4. Bonding between Atoms
5. Packing of Atoms in Solids
6. Physical Basis of Young’s Modulus
7. Applications of Elastic Deformation
8. Case Studies in Modulus-Limited DesignPart C: Yield Strength, Tensile Strength, and Ductility
9. Yield Strength, Tensile Strength, and Ductility
10. Dislocations and Yielding in Crystals
11. Strengthening and Plasticity of Polycrystals
12. Continuum Aspects of Plastic Flow
13. Case Studies in Yield-Limited DesignPart D: Fast Fracture, Brittle Fracture, and Toughness
14. Fast Fracture and Toughness
15. Micromechanisms of Fast Fracture
16. Fracture Probability of Brittle Materials
17. Case Studies in FracturePart E: Fatigue Failure
18. Fatigue Failure
19. Fatigue Design
20. Case Studies in Fatigue FailurePart F: Creep Deformation and Fracture
21. Creep Deformation and Fracture
22. Kinetic Theory of Diffusion
23. Mechanisms of Creep, and Creep-Resistant Materials
24. The Turbine Blade—A Case Study in Creep-Limited DesignPart G: Oxidation and Corrosion
25. Oxidation of Materials
26. Case Studies in Dry Oxidation
27. Wet Corrosion of Materials
28. Case Studies in Wet CorrosionPart H: Friction and Wear
29. Friction and Wear
30. Case Studies in Friction and WearPart I: Thermal Properties
31. Thermal Expansion
32. Thermal Conductivity and Specific Heat
33. Final Case Study:Materials and Energy in Car DesignAppendix
Product details
- No. of pages: 586
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 2018
- Published: November 30, 2018
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN: 9780081020524
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081020517
About the Authors
David R.H. Jones

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Michael Ashby

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Samuli P. Sat Aug 21 2021
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The product was very easy to buy, and the price of the product was very competitive.
AndrewWeighell Wed Feb 19 2020
Engineering Materials 1
Good normal user level text book with worked through examples. Nice to have detailed answers. (There is nothing more useless than a text book with unanswered questions).