The Handbook of Advanced Materials

Enabling New Designs
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-471-45475-5
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 656 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 1043 g

Written to educate readers about recent advances in the area of new materials used in making products. Materials and their properties usually limit the component designer.
* Presents information about all of these advanced materials that enable products to be designed in a new way
* Provides a cost effective way for the design engineer to become acquainted with new materials
* The material expert benefits by being aware of the latest development in all these areas so he/she can focus on further improvements

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Wessel, James K.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Werkstoffkunde, Materialwissenschaft: Forschungsmethoden
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Verbundwerkstoffe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

1 Polymer Composites 1
John Shaffer, Theodore P. Philippidis, and Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos

2 Advanced Ceramic Materials 65
David W. Richerson

3 Continuous Fiber Ceramic Composites 89
James K. Wessel

4 Low-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic Chip Carriers 129
John U. Knickerbocker and Sarah H. Knickerbocker

5 Intermetallics 149
James K. Wessel and Vinod Sikka

6 Metal Matrix Composites 165
Christopher A. Rodopoulos and James K. Wessel

7 Nickel and Nickel Alloys 217
D. C. Agarwal

8 Titanium Alloys 271
F. H. (Sam) Froes

9 Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys 321
J. Randolph Kissell, Syros G. Pantelakis, and G. N. Haidemenopoulos

10 Functionally Graded Materials 465
Ivar E. Reimanis

11 Corrosion of Engineering Materials 487
Robert Akid

12 Standards and Codes for Advanced Materials 543
Michael G. Jenkins

13 Nondestructive Evaluation of Structural Ceramics 569
William A. Ellingson and Chris Deemer

14 Advances in Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Using Laser-Based Solid Free-Form Fabrication 611
Eric Whitney

Index 633

Über Autor(innen)

JAMES K. WESSEL is an advanced materials consultant. He has worked for Dow Corning Corporation in various positions in their Science and Technology department, including Division Director of R & D for advanced materials. He has authored a number of technical reports and journal articles. He frequently speaks to professional audiences on the subject of advanced materials.