Materials : engineering, science, processing and design /
By: Ashby, M. F
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Contributor(s): Shercliff, Hugh | Cebon, David.
Publisher: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2010Edition: 2nd ed.Description: 1 v. (various pagings) : col. ill., col. ports. ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781856178952 (hbk.); 9781856178952:; 1856178951 (hbk.); 9781856177436 (hbk.); 1856177432 (hbk.).Subject(s): Materials![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Previous ed.: 2007.
Text on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: materials - history and character -- Family trees: organising materials and processes -- Strategic thinking: matching material to design -- Stiffness and weight: density and elastic moduli -- Guided learning unit 1: simple ideas of crystallography -- Flex, sag and wobble: stiffness-limited design -- Beyond elasticity: plasticity, yielding and ductility -- Bend and crush: strength-limited design -- Fracture and fracture toughness -- Shake, rattle and roll: cyclic loading, damage and failure -- Keeping it all together: fracture-limited design -- Rub, slither and seize: friction and wear -- Agitated atoms: materials and heat -- Running hot: using materials at high temperatures -- Conductors, insulators and dielectrics -- Magnetic materials -- Materials for optical devices -- Durability: oxidation, corrosion, degradation -- Heat, beat, stick and polish: manufacturing processes -- Follow the recipe: processing and properties -- Guided learning unit 2: phase diagrams and phase transformations -- Materials, processes and the environment.
A complete introduction to materials science and engineering, this text covers the key topics which students can expect to face if they are studying a mechanical materials, civil, manufacturing or design engineering course.