The Handbook of Advanced Materials: Enabling New Designs

A detailed guide to the latest advanced materials
New and improved product designs demand knowledge of the latest advanced materials. Having this knowledge and putting it into practice will frequently result in higher product performance, increased sales, and a more efficient manufacturing process. With the pace of technological development only quickening, choosing the right materials for a design can be a major factor in a product’s success or failure.
The Handbook of Advanced Materials brings together the latest information designers and product engineers need to know about these new materials and their properties. Taking a comparative approach geared towards problem solving and material selection, this comprehensive resource will serve as a bridge between the practitioner and the material supplier. Detailed chapters describe the state of the art of each advanced material, including:Plastic CompositesNew Tougher Ceramics IntermetallicsMetal Matrix CompositesNew Alloys
In addition to chapters on specific materials, later chapters cover advances in manufacturing, nondestructive evaluation, and corrosion, among other topics. These chapters also contain information on in situ toughening, plasma spray, solid–state ion deposition, liquid veristors, smart materials, and remote microscopy.
The Handbook of Advanced Materials is both a useful guide to improvements in existing materials and an essential primer on the revolutionary materials that will figure in the breakthrough designs of tomorrow. Anyone engineering, designing, manufacturing, marketing, or studying products that use advanced materials, as well as professionals and students in the field of materials science, will benefit from this clearly organized and up–to–date reference.

Spis treści:
Preface.
1. Polymer Composites (John Shaffer, Theodore P. Phillippidis and Anastasios P. Vassilopoulo s).
2. Advanced Ceramic Materials (David W. Richerson).
3. Continuous Fiber Ceramic Composites (James K. Wessel).
4. Low–Temperature Co–Fired Ceramic Chip Carriers (John U. Knickerbocker and Sarah H. Knickerbocker).
5. Intermetallics (James K. Wessel and Vinod Sikka ).
6. Metal Matrix Composites (Christopher A. Rodopoulos and James K. Wessel).
7. Nickel and Nickel Alloys (D.C. Agarwal).
8. Titanium Alloys (F.H. (Sam) Froes).
9. Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys (J. Randolph Kissell, Syros G. Pantelakis and G.N. Haidemenopoulos).
10. Functionally Graded Materials (Ivar E. Reimanis).
11. Corrosion of Engineering Materials (Robert Akid).
12. Standards and Codes for Advanced Materials (Michael G. Jenkins).
13. Nondestructive Evaluation of Structural Ceramics (William A. Ellingson and Chris Deemer).
14. Advances in Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Using Laser–Based Solid Free–Form Fabrication (Eric Whitney).
Index.


Nota biograficzna:
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.

Okładka tylna:
A detailed guide to the latest advanced materials
New and improved product designs demand knowledge of the latest advanced materials. Having this knowledge and putting it into practice will frequently result in higher product performance, increased sales, and a more efficient manufacturing process. With the pace of technological development only quickening, choosing the right materials for a design can be a major factor in a product’s success or failure.
The Handbook of Advanced Materials brings together the latest information designers and product engineers need to know about these new materials and their properties. Taking a comparative approach geared towards problem solving and material selection, this comprehensive resource will serve as a bridge between the practitioner and the material supplier. Detailed chapters describe the state of the art of each advanced material, including:Plastic CompositesNew Tougher Ceramics IntermetallicsMetal Matrix CompositesNew Alloys
In addition to chapters on specific materials, later chapters cover advances in manufacturing, nondestructive evaluation, and corrosion, among other topics. These chapters also contain information on in situ toughening, plasma spray, solid–state ion deposition, liquid veristors, smart materials, and remote microscopy.
The Handbook of Advanced Materials is both a useful guide to improvements in existing materials and an essential primer on the revolutionary materials that will figure in the breakthrough designs of tomorrow. Anyone engineering, designing, manufacturing, marketing, or studying products that use advanced materials, as well as professionals and students in the field of materials science, will benefit from this clearly organized and up–to–date reference.