Materials for Engineers and Technicians

This renowned text has provided many thousands of students with an easily accessible introduction to the wide ranging subject area of materials engineering and manufacturing processes for over thirty years. It is now thoroughly updated and fully in line with current syllabus requirements. Offering a comprehensive guide to materials, the fifth edition focuses on applications and selection, reflecting the increased emphasis on this aspect of materials engineering now seen within current vocational and university courses. Materials properties and relevance to particular uses are addressed in detail from the outset, with all subsequent chapters linking back to these essential concepts. Detailed discussion of examples of materials, and additional applications of processes have been incorporated throughout, along with expanded sections addressing the causes of failure and material selection.




Contents

Engineering materials; Properties of materials; Mechanical testing; The crystal structure of metals; Casting process; Mechanical deformation of metals; The mechanical shaping of metals; Alloys; Equilibrium diagrams; Practical microscopy; Iron and steel; The heat-treatment of plain-carbon steels; Alloy steels; The surface hardening of steels; Cast iron; Copper and its alloys; Aluminium and its alloys; Other non-ferrous metals and their alloys; Plastics materials and rubbers; Properties of plastics; Ceramics; Glasses; Composite materials; Fibre-reinforced composite materials; Methods of joining materials; Causes of failure; Choice of materials and processes; Appendix: Properties of engineering materials; Index.


Author Information
By R. Higgins and Bill Bolton, International Consultant in Enterprise Development and Entrepreneurship.