Engineering Materials and Processes Desk Reference

A one-stop Desk Reference, for engineers involved in the use of engineered materials across engineering and electronics; this is a book that will not gather dust on the shelf. It brings together the essential professional reference content from leading international contributors in the field. Material ranges from basic to advanced topics including materials and process selection; and explanations of properties of metals, ceramics, plastics and composites. This is a hard-working desk reference, providing all the essential material needed by engineers on a day-to-day basis. There are fundamentals, key techniques, engineering best practice and rules-of-thumb together in one quick-reference sourcebook. This reference contains definitive content by the leading authors in the field, including Michael Ashby, Robert Messler, Rajiv Asthana and R J Crawford.

ISBN 1856175863   Pages 552 ISBN13 9781856175869 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology   Weight (grammes) 1637 Imprint Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd   Published in Oxford Format Hardback   Height (mm) 279 Publication date 09 Feb 2009   Width (mm) 216 Library of Congress TA402   Spine width (mm) 30 DEWEY 620.11   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

Sect. 1		Introduction		1
Sect. 2		Materials Selection		49
Sect. 3		Processes and Process Selection		67
Sect. 4		Metals		97
Sect. 5		Production, Forming and Joining of Metals		223
Sect. 6		Light Alloys		235
Sect. 7		Plastics		245
Sect. 8		Ceramics and Glasses		341
Sect. 9		Composite Materials		349
Sect. 10		Magnetic Materials		411
Sect. 11		Nanomaterials		447
Sect. 12		Joining Materials		495
		Index		525

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