ASTM and SAE-AMS Standards and Specifications for Stainless Steel
ASTM and SAE-AMS Standards and Specifications for Stainless Steel

Author: Society of Automotive Engineers

Publisher: Astm International

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 2800

ISBN-13: 9780803131415

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This thick volume compiles 190 ASTM and 200 AMS standards dealing with stainless steel that have been previously published separately in 20 plus volumes. Arranged by committee, the ASTM standards cover all of the standard mill product forms as well as castings, forgings, powder metal products, bearings, fasteners, flanges, valves, wire cloth, needl

Guide to ASTM Test Methods for the Analysis of Petroleum Products and Lubricants
Guide to ASTM Test Methods for the Analysis of Petroleum Products and Lubricants

Author: R. A. Nadkarni

Publisher: Astm International

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 9780803120877

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Summarizes the essential elements of all analytical tests used to characterize petroleum products. The 350 plus entries are alphabetically arranged by chemical and physical properties, such as apparent viscosity, density, metal analysis, sulfur determination, vapor pressure, and water. Each entry co

Building Economics: Theory and Practice
Building Economics: Theory and Practice

Author: Rosalie Ruegg

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-11-11

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 1475746881

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We no longer build buildings like we used to nor do we pay for them in the same way. Buildings today are no longer only shelter but are also life support systems, communication terminals, data manufacturing centers, and much more. Buildings are incredibly expensive tools that must be constantly adjusted to function efficiently. The economics of building has become as complex as its design. When buildings were shelter they lasted longer than their builders. The av erage gothic master mason lived 35 or 40 years. Cathedrals took 3 or 4 hundred years to build. Cost estimates were verified by great great grandchildren of the original designer. Today, creative economics has become as important as creative design and creative building. The dient brings builder, contractor, architect, and facilities manager to account in their life time. The cost of building can therefore no longer be left to chance or act of god. Solutions are no longer as ingeniously simple as those proposed by a Flor entine builder early in the 15th century. He proposed to center the dome of S. Maria deI Fiore on a great mound of earth mixed with pennies. When the job was done street urchins would carry away the dirt in their search for the pennies. This was a serious suggestion offered by an early construction manager before Brunelleschi solved the problem more sensibly.

Fundamentals of Materials Science for Technologists
Fundamentals of Materials Science for Technologists

Author: Larry Horath

Publisher: Waveland Press

Published: 2019-05-01

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 1478639539

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The properties of materials provide key information regarding their appropriateness for a product and how they will function in service. The Third Edition provides a relevant discussion and vital examples of the fundamentals of materials science so that these details can be applied in real-world situations. Horath effectively combines principles and theory with practical applications used in today's machines, devices, structures, and consumer products. The basic premises of materials science and mechanical behavior are explored as they relate to all types of materials: ferrous and nonferrous metals; polymers and elastomers; wood and wood products; ceramics and glass; cement, concrete, and asphalt; composites; adhesives and coatings; fuels and lubricants; and smart materials. Valuable and insightful coverage of the destructive and nondestructive evaluation of material properties builds the groundwork for inspection processes and testing techniques, such as tensile, creep, compression, shear, bend or flexure, hardness, impact, and fatigue. Laboratory exercises and reference materials are included for hands-on learning in a supervised environment, which promotes a perceptive understanding of why we study and test materials and develop skills in industry-sanctioned testing procedures, data collection, reporting and graphing, and determining additional appropriate tests.