Testing Automotive Materials and Components

When Wright looks back at his 40 years of testing car parts, he figures that the best tools for identifying the cause of failures are realism, practicality, and accumulated wisdom. Nevertheless, he describes and illustrates test methods for designers and development engineers that might help save time and money, hopefully in the prototype and preproduction stages, but if necessary, after the part has failed in service. He explains the basic principles and methods, then shows how to apply them to such components as drive shafts, gears, and wheels; he also considers the new uses of plastics, composites, and ceramics. Member price, $59. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.