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Engineering Materials 1: An Introduction to Properties, Applications and Design Paperback – 19 Dec. 2018
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Widely adopted around the world, Engineering Materials 1 is a core materials science and engineering text for third- and fourth-year undergraduate students; it provides a broad introduction to the mechanical and environmental properties of materials used in a wide range of engineering applications. The text is deliberately concise, with each chapter designed to cover the content of one lecture. As in previous editions, chapters are arranged in groups dealing with particular classes of properties, each group covering property definitions, measurement, underlying principles, and materials selection techniques. Every group concludes with a chapter of case studies that demonstrate practical engineering problems involving materials. The 5th edition boasts expanded properties coverage, new case studies, more exercises and examples, and all-around improved pedagogy.
Engineering Materials 1, Fifth Edition is perfect as a stand-alone text for a one-semester course in engineering materials or a first text with its companion Engineering Materials 2: An Introduction to Microstructures and Processing, in a two-semester course or sequence.
- New chapters on magnetic, optical, thermal and electrical properties, with appropriate case studies of applications
- Improved pedagogy, featuring more relevant photographs, new glossary of terms, additional worked examples, plus 50% more exercises than in previous edition, now graded according to difficulty
- Improved discussion of supply and demand in Chapter 2
- Discussion at various points throughout the book of how nanomaterials can differ from larger-scale materials in their properties
- New case studies on medical materials/biomaterials
- ISBN-100081020511
- ISBN-13978-0081020517
- Edition5th
- PublisherButterworth-Heinemann
- Publication date19 Dec. 2018
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions19.05 x 3.18 x 22.86 cm
- Print length586 pages
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Renowned, best-selling introduction for understanding engineering materials and their applications, now with expanded coverage of physical properties
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Mike Ashby is one of the world’s foremost authorities on materials selection. He is sole or lead author of several of Elsevier’s top selling engineering textbooks, including Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Materials and the Environment, Materials and Sustainable Development, and Materials: Engineering, Science, Processing and Design. He is also co-author of the books Engineering Materials 1&2, and Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design.
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- Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann; 5th edition (19 Dec. 2018)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 586 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0081020511
- ISBN-13 : 978-0081020517
- Dimensions : 19.05 x 3.18 x 22.86 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 557,426 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- 199 in Materials Science
- 455 in Mechanical & Material Engineering
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