Selection and Use of Engineering Materials - Softcover

J.A. Charles

9780408009973: Selection and Use of Engineering Materials

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0408009977 ISBN 13: 9780408009973

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1989

The text of this introduction to engineering materials selection has been modified to include recent information on material development. The chapter on joining has been widened to include a more detailed consideration of the welding abilities of steels, plastics and adhesion. The properties and use of non-metallic materials and high temperature materials are examined, and the section on materials for aircraft structures has been revised to include a consideration of aluminium-lithium and magnesium and its alloys. A new chapter on materials for automobile structures has been included as a method of introducing a consideration of a typical field in which there is growing competition between the traditional use of steel and the increasing application of reinforced polymers. The development of new computer databases for materials and associated materials selection programs are outlined, and investigative case studies are included at the end of the text.

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This edition has been revised throughout and now includes coverage of the use of new materials in engineering, materials for bearings and tribological usage, and the use of materials in civil engineering structures. It has also been expanded to include more case studies and worked examples in order to provide tangible and interactive contact with the content matter. The book also contains a detailed consideration of the weldability of steels, the welding of plastics and adhesion programs. An example of this development is the inclusion of a chapter detailing the use of materials in automobile structures; a field in which the traditional use of steel is being displaced as the application of reinforced polymers becomes more widespread. The book also reflects the growing use of computerized databases and materials selection programs.

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