Handbook of Materials Selection
Handbook of Materials Selection

Author: Myer Kutz

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2002-07-22

Total Pages: 1524

ISBN-13: 9780471359241

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An innovative resource for materials properties, their evaluation, and industrial applications The Handbook of Materials Selection provides information and insight that can be employed in any discipline or industry to exploit the full range of materials in use today-metals, plastics, ceramics, and composites. This comprehensive organization of the materials selection process includes analytical approaches to materials selection and extensive information about materials available in the marketplace, sources of properties data, procurement and data management, properties testing procedures and equipment, analysis of failure modes, manufacturing processes and assembly techniques, and applications. Throughout the handbook, an international roster of contributors with a broad range of experience conveys practical knowledge about materials and illustrates in detail how they are used in a wide variety of industries. With more than 100 photographs of equipment and applications, as well as hundreds of graphs, charts, and tables, the Handbook of Materials Selection is a valuable reference for practicing engineers and designers, procurement and data managers, as well as teachers and students.

Fractography of Glass
Fractography of Glass

Author: R.C. Bradt

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780306448805

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A monograph of technical articles that are organized in the way an object actually fractures. The text starts with information about fracture origins, the growth of the original flaws or defects, and the macroscopic fracture patterns that evolve. From this, both the topography of the actual fracture surface and the macrocrack pattern (at right angles) are considered. Among the specific forms of glass considered are optical fibers, fiberglass, glass containers, and flat glass. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Computational Structural Engineering
Computational Structural Engineering

Author: Yong Yuan

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-06-05

Total Pages: 1244

ISBN-13: 9048128226

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Following the great progress made in computing technology, both in computer and programming technology, computation has become one of the most powerful tools for researchers and practicing engineers. It has led to tremendous achievements in computer-based structural engineering and there is evidence that current devel- ments will even accelerate in the near future. To acknowledge this trend, Tongji University, Vienna University of Technology, and Chinese Academy of Engine- ing, co-organized the International Symposium on Computational Structural En- neering 2009 in Shanghai (CSE’09). CSE’09 aimed at providing a forum for presentation and discussion of sta- of-the-art development in scientific computing applied to engineering sciences. Emphasis was given to basic methodologies, scientific development and engine- ing applications. Therefore, it became a central academic activity of the Inter- tional Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM), the European Com- nity on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS), The Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanic, the China Civil Engineering So- ety, and the Architectural Society of China. A total of 10 invited papers, and around 140 contributed papers were p- sented in the proceedings of the symposium. Contributors of papers came from 20 countries around the world and covered a wide spectrum related to the compu- tional structural engineering.

Failure Assessment of Thin-walled Structures with Particular Reference to Pipelines
Failure Assessment of Thin-walled Structures with Particular Reference to Pipelines

Author: Lie Zhang

Publisher: WIT Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1845644204

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This book describes integrity management procedures for thin-walled structures such as gas pipelines. It covers various methods for the analysis of crack growth in thin-walled structures and the probability of failure evaluation of pipelines using the Monte-Carlo simulation.The focus of this book is on the practical applications of the boundary element method, finite element method and probabilistic fracture mechanics. Popular methods for SIF calculation, crack growth are presented and the evaluation of failure probabilities based on BS7910 is also explained in detail. The procedures described in the book can be used to optimise the maintenance of pipelines thereby reducing the operating costs. This book will be of interest to pipeline engineers, postgraduate students and university researchers.

Fracture Mechanics of Ceramics
Fracture Mechanics of Ceramics

Author: R.C. Bradt

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-07

Total Pages: 645

ISBN-13: 1461533481

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These volumes, 9 and 10, of Fracture Mechanics of Ceramics constitute the proceedings of an international symposium on the fracture mechanics of ceramic materials held at the Japan Fine Ceramics Center, Nagoya, Japan on July 15, 16, 17, 1991. These proceedings constitute the fifth pair of volumes of a continuing series of conferences. Volumes 1 and 2 were from the 1973 symposium, volumes 3 and 4 from a 1977 symposium, and volumes 5 and 6 from a 1981 symposium all of which were held at The Pennsylvania State University. Volumes 7 and 8 are from the 1985 symposium which was held at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The theme ofthis conference, as for the previous four, focused on the mechanical behavior ofceramic materials in terms of the characteristics ofcracks, particularly the roles which they assume in the fracture processes and mechanisms. The 82 contributed papers by over 150 authors and co-authors represent the current state of that field. They address many of the theoretical and practical problems ofinterest to those scientists and engineers concerned with brittle fracture.