Materials Science Books

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41. Innovations in Materials Manufacturing, Fabrication, and Environmental Safety

    By Mel Schwartz

    When people make a call on a cellphone, drive a car, or turn on a computer, few truly appreciate the innovations in material selection, technology, and fabrication that were required to make it all possible. Innovations in Materials Manufacturing, Fabrication, and Environmental Safety explores...

    Published November 23rd 2010 by CRC Press
42. Strength of Materials in SI Units, Third Edition

    By B.S. Basavarajaiah, P. Mahadevappa

    Developed from the author’s lectures and years of teaching experience, this book presents the principles behind the methods of solving problems on material behavior when subjected to different types of loads. It elucidates the subject in simple language to enable students to comprehend the...

    Published November 17th 2010 by CRC Press
43. Advances in Laser Materials Processing Technology

    Technology, Research, and Applications

    Edited by J. Lawrence, J. Pou, D. K. Y. Low, E. Toyserkani

    Lasers have proven ability to replace existing equipment and tools in order to perform a wide range of tasks in the fields of engineering and medicine. Advances in Laser Materials Processing Technology is a comprehensive practitioner guide and reference work explaining ‘state of the art’ laser...

    Published August 25th 2010 by CRC Press
44. Fatigue Life Prediction of Composites and Composite Structures

    Edited by A. P. Vassilopoulos

    The use of composites is growing in structural applications in many industries including aerospace, marine, wind turbine and civil engineering. There are uncertainties about the long term performance of these composites and how they will perform under cyclic fatigue loading. Fatigue Life Prediction...

    Published August 25th 2010 by CRC Press
45. Non-Destructive Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Structures

    Non Destructive Testing Methods, Volume 2

    Edited by C. Maierhofer, H. W. Reinhardt, G. Dobmann

    This authoritative book provides a comprehensive review of the highly important subject of non-destructive evaluation of reinforced concrete structures. Engineers have a range of sophisticated techniques at their disposal to assess the condition of reinforced concrete structures that do not cause...

    Published August 25th 2010 by CRC Press
46. Projectile Dynamics in Sport

    Principles and Applications

    By Colin White

    How can we predict the trajectory of a baseball from bat to outfield? How do the dimples in a golf ball influence its flight from tee to pin? What forces determine the path of a soccer ball steered over a defensive wall by an elite player? An understanding of the physical processes involved in...

    Published August 17th 2010 by Routledge
47. Modeling and Analytical Methods in Tribology

    By Ilya I. Kudish, Michael Judah Covitch

    Series: Modern Mechanics and Mathematics

    Improving our understanding of friction, lubrication, and fatigue, Modeling and Analytical Methods in Tribology presents a fresh approach to tribology that links advances in applied mathematics with fundamental problems in tribology related to contact elasticity, fracture mechanics, and fluid film...

    Published July 19th 2010 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
48. Non-Destructive Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Structures

    Deterioration Processes and Standard Test Methods, Volume 1

    Edited by C. Maierhofer, H. W. Reinhardt, G. Dobmann

    Many concrete structures and elements of concrete infrastructure (roads, bridges, etc.) have exceeded their original design lives and are deteriorating to an extent where they are becoming dangerous. This breakdown can be internal or not obvious and therefore becomes evident only through detailed...

    Published July 19th 2010 by CRC Press
49. Quenching Theory and Technology, Second Edition

    Edited by Bozidar Liscic, Hans M. Tensi, Lauralice C.F. Canale, George E. Totten

    Quenching is one of the most fundamentally complex processes in the heat treatment of metals, and it is something on which mechanical properties and distortion of engineering components depend. With chapters written by the most respected international experts in the field, Quenching Theory and...

    Published July 18th 2010 by CRC Press
50. Heat Conduction Using Green’s Functions, 2nd Edition

    By Kevin Cole, James Beck, A. Haji-Sheikh, Bahman Litkouhi

    Series: Series in Computational Methods and Physical Processes in Mechanics and Thermal Sciences

    Since its publication more than 15 years ago, Heat Conduction Using Green’s Functions has become the consummate heat conduction treatise from the perspective of Green’s functions—and the newly revised Second Edition is poised to take its place. Based on the authors’ own research and classroom...

    Published July 15th 2010 by Taylor & Francis