Mechanical Behavior of Materials: Second Edition

Front Cover
Waveland Press, Dec 16, 2005 - Technology & Engineering - 733 pages

This outstanding text offers a comprehensive treatment of the principles of the mechanical behavior of materials. Appropriate for senior and graduate courses, it is distinguished by its focus on the relationship between macroscopic properties, material microstructure, and fundamental concepts of bonding and crystal structure. The current, second edition retains the original editions extensive coverage of nonmetallics while increasing coverage of ceramics, composites, and polymers that have emerged as structural materials in their own right and are now competitive with metals in many applications. It contains new case studies, includes solved example problems, and incorporates real-life examples.


Because of the books extraordinary breadth and depth, adequate coverage of all of the material requires two full semesters of a typical three-credit course. Since most curricula do not have the luxury of allocating this amount of time to mechanical behavior of materials, the text has been designed so that material can be culled or deleted with ease. Instructors can select topics they wish to emphasize and are able to proceed at any level they consider appropriate.

From inside the book

Contents

Overview of Mechanical Behavior
1
Elastic Behavior
44
Dislocations
85
Plastic Deformation in Single and Polycrystalline Materials
140
Strengthening of Crystalline Materials
175
Composite Materials
244
HighTemperature Deformation of Crystalline Materials
293
Deformation of Noncrystalline Materials
354
Toughening Mechanisms and the Physics of Fracture
454
HighTemperature Fracture
522
Fatigue of Engineering Materials
566
Embrittlement
630
Cellular Solids
686
Name Index
718
Specific Substance Index
721
Subject Index
727

Fracture Mechanics
404

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Bibliographic information