Strength and Toughness of Materials
By: by Toshiro Kobayashi
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Tokyo
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9784431679738; 9784431539735
Subjects: Surfaces (Physics); Materials
Description: As the shift from the Metal Age progresses, materials engineers and materials scientists seek new analytical and design methods to create stronger and more reliable materials. Based on extensive research and developmental work done at the author's multi-disciplinary material laboratory, this graduate-level and professional reference addresses the relationship between fracture mechanisms (macroscale) and the microscopic, with the goal of explaining macroscopic fracture behavior based on a microscopic fracture mechanism. A careful fusion of mechanics and materials science, this text and monograph systematically considers an array of materials, from metals through ceramics and polymers, and demonstrates lab-tested strategies to develop desirable high-temperature materials for technological applications.
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Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Basic concept of fracture mechanics; title: The principle of Strength and toughness; title: Steel materials; title: Ductile cast iron; title: Wrought Aluminum alloys; title: Aluminum Casting Alloys; title: Metal matrix composite materials; title: Titanium alloys; title: Intermetallic compounds; title: Ceramics; title: Polymer materials.