Mechanical Properties of Ceramics
Mechanical Properties of Ceramics

Author: John B. Wachtman

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-08-13

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 9780470451502

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A Comprehensive and Self-Contained Treatment of the Theory and Practical Applications of Ceramic Materials When failure occurs in ceramic materials, it is often catastrophic, instantaneous, and total. Now in its Second Edition, this important book arms readers with a thorough and accurate understanding of the causes of these failures and how to design ceramics for failure avoidance. It systematically covers: Stress and strain Types of mechanical behavior Strength of defect-free solids Linear elastic fracture mechanics Measurements of elasticity, strength, and fracture toughness Subcritical crack propagation Toughening mechanisms in ceramics Effects of microstructure on toughness and strength Cyclic fatigue of ceramics Thermal stress and thermal shock in ceramics Fractography Dislocation and plastic deformation in ceramics Creep and superplasticity of ceramics Creep rupture at high temperatures and safe life design Hardness and wear And more While maintaining the first edition's reputation for being an indispensable professional resource, this new edition has been updated with sketches, explanations, figures, tables, summaries, and problem sets to make it more student-friendly as a textbook in undergraduate and graduate courses on the mechanical properties of ceramics.

Diabetes Its Medical and Cultural History
Diabetes Its Medical and Cultural History

Author: Dietrich v. Engelhardt

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 364248364X

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Diabetes. Its Medical and Cultural History covers the history of scientific inquiry into this affliction from antiquity to the discovery of insulin (1921) with concurrent consideration of the history of the patient and the cultural historical background. The reprints of medical historical studies discuss general relationships as well as specific details and exceptional research achievements of the past. Included in the bibliography of primary sources are the most important historical contributions in diabetic research and diabetic therapy with the author's name and information on the place of publication. The bibliography of secondary literature consolidates international studies from the past century to the present on the history of the theory of diabetes and therapeutic approaches. Illustrations and literary texts document cultural historical relationships. In index of persons and items facilitates use of this work which is intended to provide a stimulus for the physician, medical historian, medical student, general historian as well as diabetics themselves.

The DesLoges Family
The DesLoges Family

Author: Joseph E. Steadman

Publisher:

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780788454455

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"The main purpose of this book is to show the origin of the DesLoges-Deloache family and, by a series of sketches, to show the direct line of descent of the Reverend Zebulon DeLoache and his children from the first known ancestor. Data on collateral lines generally has been omitted with the thought that full information can or will be included in family records compiled by descendants in those lines." Sketches are included for: Michael DesLoges, the immigrant to Virginia; William DeLoach; William DeLoach, Jr.; Thomas DeLoach; Michael Allison DeLoache; Samuel DeLoache; Thomas DeLoache, Jr.; Allison DeLoache; Zebulon DeLoache; and James Nathaniel DeLoache. Vintage photographs enhance the text.

A Lynching in the Heartland
A Lynching in the Heartland

Author: James H. Madison

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780312239022

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After being accused of killing a young white man and sexually abusing his girlfriend, three black teenagers were dragged from the jail by an angry mob, who lynched two of the teens, in a powerful true account that delves into race, justice, and history in America.