Engineering Materials and Processes Desk Reference
  1. 552 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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About this book

A one-stop desk reference, for engineers involved in the use of engineered materials across engineering and electronics, this book 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. - A hard-working desk reference, providing all the essential material needed by engineers on a day-to-day basis - Fundamentals, key techniques, engineering best practice and rules-of-thumb together in one quick-reference sourcebook - Definitive content by the leading authors in the field, including Michael Ashby, Robert Messler, Rajiv Asthana and R.J. Crawford

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Yes, you can access Engineering Materials and Processes Desk Reference by Michael F. Ashby,Robert W. Messler,Rajiv Asthana,Edward P. Furlani,R. E. Smallman,A.H.W. Ngan,R. J Crawford,Nigel Mills in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Industrial Design. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Engineering Materials and Processes Desk Reference
  3. Note from the Publisher
  4. Contents
  5. Author Biographies
  6. Section 1 Introduction
  7. Section 2 Materials selection
  8. Section 3 Processes and process selection
  9. Section 4 Metals
  10. Section 5 Production, forming and joining of metals
  11. Section 6 Light alloys
  12. Section 7 Plastics
  13. Section 8 Ceramics and glasses
  14. Section 9 Composite materials
  15. Section 10 Magnetic materials
  16. Section 11 Nanomaterials
  17. Section 12 Joining materials
  18. Index
  19. Ch4.4-V586.pdf