Fatigue Failure
section epub:type=”chapter”> Chapter 18 Fatigue Failure Publisher Summary This chapter examines the condition under which a crack is stable and would not grow, as is the condition under which it…
Case Studies in Fatigue Failure
section epub:type=”chapter”> Chapter 20 Case Studies in Fatigue Failure Publisher Summary This chapter discusses three real situations where failure occurred because of fatigue. The first situation is about the crash…
Case Studies in Fracture
section epub:type=”chapter”> Chapter 17 Case Studies in Fracture Publisher Summary This chapter discusses three real situations where failure occurred because of the catastrophic growth of a crack by fast fracture:…
Fatigue Design
section epub:type=”chapter”> Chapter 19 Fatigue Design Publisher Summary This chapter presents a discussion of fatigue design. The chapter presents data for the fatigue strengths of metals and alloys (useful for…
Final Case Study: Materials and Energy in Car Design
section epub:type=”chapter”> Chapter 33 Final Case Study: Materials and Energy in Car Design Publisher Summary The status of steel as the raw material of choice for the manufacture of car…
Thermal Expansion
section epub:type=”chapter”> Chapter 31 Thermal Expansion Contents 31.1. Introduction Worked example 1 31.2. Coefficients of thermal expansion 31.3. Physical basis of thermal expansion Worked example 2 31.4. Thermal expansion of composites 31.5. Case studies Examples…
Friction and Wear
section epub:type=”chapter”> Chapter 29 Friction and Wear Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the frictional properties of materials in contact. This is of considerable importance in mechanical design. Frictional forces are…
Oxidation of Materials
section epub:type=”chapter”> Chapter 25 Oxidation of Materials Publisher Summary One of the requirements of a high-temperature material—for example, in a turbine blade or a super-heater tube—is that it should resist…
Thermal Conductivity and Specific Heat
section epub:type=”chapter”> Chapter 32 Thermal Conductivity and Specific Heat Contents 32.1 Introduction Worked example 1 32.2 Thermal conductivities and specific heats 32.3 Physical basis of specific heat 32.4 Physical basis of thermal conductivity Worked…
Wet Corrosion of Materials
section epub:type=”chapter”> Chapter 27 Wet Corrosion of Materials Publisher Summary In has been seen that most materials that are unstable in oxygen tend to oxidize. Principally, the main concern is…