Advances in Stainless Steels

This book focuses on various facets of stainless steel, including processing, component design, properties, fabrication, and applications. It covers a broad spectrum of topics spanning the entire life cycle of stainless steel, from alloy design and characterization to engineering design, fabrication, mechanical properties, corrosion, quality assurance of components, in-service performance assessment, and life prediction and failure analysis of materials and components. Exploring contemporary developments in stainless steels, the text discusses component design, modeling and structural integrity, manufacturing technology, property evaluation, alloy development and applications, nondestructive evaluation methods, and corrosion and surface modification.

Baldev Raj; T Jayakumar and Saroja Saibaba, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India.

K Bhanu Sankara Rao, University of Hyderabad Central University (P.0), Hyderabad, India.

P V Sivaprasad, Sandvik Materials Technology R&D, Sandvik Asia Limited, Pune, India.

P Shankar, Nehru Institute of Engineering & Technology, T M Palayam, Coimbatore, India.