Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters BCI (WoS). The uniqueness of the title of this book, Materials Science and Design for Engineers, already indicates that the authors - professionals having over 30 years of experience in the fields of materials science and engineering - are here tackling the rarely-discussed topic of the science of materials as directly related to the domain of design in engineering applications. This comprehensive textbook has now filled that gap in the engineering literature.

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About the Authors Preface Contents in Brief Part One: Fundamentals of Materials Science & Engineering Chapter 1: Introduction WHY STUDY MATERIALS SCIENCE AND DESIGN? WHAT PROPERTIES DETERMINE PERFORMANCE OF A MATERIAL? WHAT CHOICES ARE AVAILABLE IN MATERIALS? WHAT ARE RECENT ADVANCES IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND DESIGN? WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF MATERIALS IN TODAY’S SOCIETY? Summary Additional Information. Questions and Problems Chapter 2: Atomic Bonding and Structure of Materials Materials Selection and Design Problems HOW ARE ATOMS ARRANGED IN METALS AND MATERIALS? HOW ARE CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS IMPORTANT IN THE REAL WORLD? HOW ARE CRYSTALS PROPERTIES DETERMINED? HOW ARE CRYSTALS FORMED IN METALS? Summary Additional Information. Questions and Problems Materials Selection and Design Problems Chapter 3: Crystal Imperfections, Deformation and Metal Forming WHAT IMPERFECTIONS EXIST IN REAL CRYSTALS? HOW DO DISLOCATIONS INFLUENCE PLASTIC DEFORMATION? WHY ARE BCC AND FCC METALS DUCTILE WHEREAS HCP METALS ARE NOT? HOW CAN WE WORK WITH METALS? Summary Additional Information Questions and Problems Materials Selection and Design Problems Chapter 4: Diffusion and Kinetics of Materials WHAT IS KINETICS OF MATERIALS AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? HOW DO ATOMIC MOVEMENTS RESULT IN DIFFUSION? WHAT FACTORS AFFECT DIFFUSION? WHAT RULES GOVERN DIFFUSION? WHAT EXAMPLES OF INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS of DIFFUSION AND ITS KINETICS CAN BE IDENTIFIED? Summary Additional Information. Questions and Problems. Materials Selection and Design Problems Part Two: Physical & Mechanical Metallurgy Chapter 5: Microstructural Characterization and Design WHAT ARE SOLID-SOLUTIONS, PHASES, & MICROCONSTITUENTS? WHAT IS MICOSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? HOW CAN WE PREPARE AND EXAMINE A METALLOGRAPHIC SAMPLE? HOW CAN WE CHARACTERIZE MICROSTRUCTURE BY USING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES? HOW CAN WE QUANTITATIVELY ANALYZE MICROSTRUCTURES? HOW CAN WE DESIGN MICROSTRUCTURE FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS? Summary Additional Information Materials Selection and Design Problems Chapter 6: Phase Diagrams and Alloy Systems WHAT IS THE BASIS OF PHASE DIAGARMS? HOW DO ALLOYS FORM? WHAT ARE PHASE-TRANMSFORMATION REACTIONS? HOW CAN WE REPRESENT VARIOUS ALLOY SYSTEMS IN PHASE DIAGRAMS? HOW CAN WE REPRESENT ISOMORPHOUIS ALLOYS IN PHASE DIAGRAM? HOW CAN WE REPRESENT EUTECTIC ALLOYS IN PHASE DIAGRAMS? HOW CAN WE REPRESENT PERITECTIC ALLOYS IN PHASE DIAGRAMS? WHAT EXAMPLES OF COMPLEX PHASE DIAGARMS CAN WE IDENTIFY? Summary Additional Information. Questions and Problems Materials Selection and Design Problems Chapter 7: Designing Alloys Using a Controlled Strengthening Mechanism HOW ARE ALLOYS STRENGTHENED AND TOUGHENED? WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF APPLICATIONS OF STRENGHENED ALLOYS? Applications. Summary Additional Information Questions and Problems Materials Selection and Design Problems Chapter 8: Processing and Mechanical Properties of Metals WHAT METHODS ARE USED TO PROCESS METALS AND ALLOYS? WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF METALS? HOW CAN WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN ELASTIC AND PLASTIC DEFORMATION? HOW IS TENSILE TESTING USEFUL IN OBTAINING TENSILE PROPERTIES? WHAT ARE ELASTIC AND IMPACT PROPERTIES OF METALS? HOW DO METALS RESIST INDENTATION? HOW DO METALS BEHAVE UNDER CYCLIC STRESES? HOW DO METALS BEHAVE AT HIGH TEMPEARATURES? Summary Additional Information Questions and Problems Chapter 9: Designs against Fracture and Failure WHAT ARE THE MODES OF FRACTURE IN METALS? HOW DOES TEMPERATURE DROP RESULTS IN DBT FAILURE? HOW IS FRACTURE BEHAVIOR AFFECTED BY PRESENCE OF A CRACK? HOW IS DESIGN PHILOSOPHY USEFUL TO AVOID FRACTURE? HOW CAN WE DESIGN MATERIALS TO AVOID CREEP AND STRESSRUPTURE? HOW CAN WE DESIGN MATERIALS TO AVOID CREEP AND STRESSRUPTURE? Summary Additional Information. Questions and Problems Materials Selection and Design Problems Chapter 10: Corrosion and Protective Systems Design WHY DO METALS CORRODE? WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON FORM OF CORROSION? HOW IS ELECTROCHEMISTRY HELPFUL IN EXPLAINING CORROSION? WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF CORROSION? HOW CAN WE CLASSIFY CORROSION? WHAT IS LOCALLIZED CORROSION? AND WHAT ARE ITS FORMS? HOW DO METALLURGICAL CONDITIONS INFLUENCE CORROSION? HOW DO MECHANICAL CONDITIONS INDUCE CORROSION? HOW DO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ASSIST CRACKING? HOW CAN WE DESIGN PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS AGAINST CORROSION? Summary Additional Information. Questions and Problems Materials Selection and Design Problems Part Three: Design of Engineering Alloys Chapter 11: Plain-Carbon Steels and Heat Treatment WHAT ARE PLAIN-CARBON STEELS? AND HOW CAN WE CLASSIFY THEM? WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF CARBON & OTHER IMPURITIES ON STEEL? WHAT IS HEAT TREATMENT OF STEEL? AND WHIY IS IT IMPORTANT? HOW IS HEAT-TREATMENT OF STEEL DEPENDENT ON RATE OF COOLING? HOW CAN WE DESIGN A HEAT-TREATMENT PROCESS USING the Fe- C PHASE DIAGRAM? HOW DOES RATE OF COOLING AFFECT PHASE TRANSFORMATION IN STEEL? HOW CAN WE DESIGN HEAT TRAETMENT PROCESS USING TTT/CCT DIAGRAM? HOW CAN WE HARDEN SURFACES BY HEAT TREATMENT? Summary Additional Information. Questions and Problems Materials Selection and Design Problems Chapter 12: Ferrous Alloys: Science and Design HOW ARE STEEL-ALLOY DESIGNS USEFUL FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS? HOW ARE CAST-IRON DESIGNS USEFUL FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS? Summary Additional Information. Questions and Problems Materials Selection and Design Problems Chapter 13: Non-Ferrous Alloys: Science and Design HOW CAN WE DESIGN LIGHTWEIGHT STRONG ALUMINUM ALLOYS? HOW CAN WE DESIGN COPPER ALLOYS FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS? HOW CAN WE DESIGN MAGNESIUM FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS? WHY ARE TITANUM AND ITS ALLOYS SUITABLE FOR AERSOPACE AND BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS? WHY ARE ZINC-BASE ALLOYS WIDELY USED FOR DIE-CASTING? HOW CAN WE DESIGN NICKEL ALLOYS FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS? HOW CAN WE DESIGN ALLOYS FOR GAS TURBINES APPLICATIONS? Summary Additional Information Questions and Problems. Materials Selection and Design Problems. Part Four: Non-Metallic Materials: Science and Design Chapter 14: Ceramics, Glasses and Carbon Materials HOW CAN WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN CERAMICS AND GLASSES? HOW CAN WE CLASSIFY CERAMICS BASED ON THEIR APPLICATIONS? WHAT ARE SIMPLE CERAMIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURES? WHAT ARE CARBON MATERIALS? AND HOW ARE THEY BONDED & STRUCTURED? WHAT ARE THE COMPLEX CERAMIC STRUCTURES? WHAT ARE PROPERTIES OF CERAMICS FOR DESIGN APPLICATIONS? WHAT ARE REFRACTORY APPLICATIONS OF CERAMICS? HOW CAN WE PROCESS CERAMICS? WHAT ARE SURFACE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF CERAMICS? Summary Additional Information. Questions and Problems Materials Selection and Design Problems Chapter 15: Polymers and Plastics HOW CAN WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN POLYMERS AND PLASTICS? WHAT IS POLYMERRIZATION? HOW ARE PLASTICS MANUFACTURED BY POLYMERIZATION? WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF PLASTICS ON ENVIRONMENT? WHAT ARE THE COMMONLY USED PLASTICS? HOW CAN WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THEMOPLASTICS AND THERMOSETS? ARE POLYMERS CRYSTALLIME OR AMORPHOUS? HOW DO POLYMERS BEHAVE UNDER STRESS? AND WHAT DESIGN APPLICATIONS CAN WE IDENTIFY? WHAT IS THE ROLE OF Tg ON DESIGN APPLICATIONS OF POYMERS? WHAT ARE ELASTOMERS? HOW CAN WE PROCESS PLASTIC MATERIALS? HOW CAN WE DESIGN POLYMERIC MATERIALS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS? Summary Additional Information Questions and Problems. Materials Selection and Design Problems Chapter 16: Composite Materials WHAT PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITES CAN WE IDENTIFY FOR DESIGN APPLICATIONS? HOW CAN WE CLASSIFY COMPOSITE MATERIALS? HOW ARE COMPOSITE MATERIALS MADE? WHAT DESIGN APPLICATIONS CAN WE IDENTIFY FOR MMCs? WHAT DESIGN APPLICATIONS CAN WE IDENTIFY FOR CMCs? WHAT DESIGN APPLICATIONS CAN WE IDENTIFY FOR PMCs? HOW CAN WE PERFORM DESIGN CALCULATIONS FOR LAMELLAR FIBROUS COMPOSITES? WHAT IS THE SCIENCE AND DESIGN OF STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES? WHAT IS THE SCIENCE AND DESIGN OF HYBRID COMPOSITES? Summary Additional Information Questions and Problems. Materials Selection and Design Problems Chapter 17: Electronic Materials WHY IS TODAY’S CIVILIZATION KNOWN AS THE ‘SILICON AGE’? HOW IS THE ENERGY-BAND MODEL HELPFUL IN ASSESSING CONDUCTIVITY? WHAT ARE INTRINSIC SEMICONDUCTORS? HOW IS ELECTRICAL CHARGE TRANSPORTED IN A SEMICONDUCTOR? WHAT ARE EXTRINSIC SEMICONDUCTORS? AND WHAT TYPES ARE THRE? WHAT ARE SEMICODUCTOR DEVICES? AND WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? HOW ARE SEMICONDUCTORS PROCESSED TO FABRICATE I.Cs? Summary Additional Information. Questions and Problems Materials Selection and Design Problems Chapter 18: Optical and Superconducting Materials HOW CAN WE EXPLAIN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM? WHAT IS THE TECHNOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF REFRACTION OF LIGHT? WHAT IS THE ROLE OF OPTICAL FIBERS IN TODAY’S COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY? HOW DOES LIGHT INTERACT WITH SOLIDS? WHAT DESIGN APPLICATIONS CAN WE IDENTIFY FOR LUMINESCENT AND ELECTROLUMINECENT MATERIALS? WHAT DESIGN APPLICATIONS CAN WE IDENTIFY FOR SUPERCONDUCTORS? HOW CAN WE EXPLAIN SUPERCONDUCTIVITY? WHAT EXAMPLES OF SUPERCONDCTING MATERIALS CAN WE IDENTIFY? HOW CAN WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN TYPE-I & TYPE-II SUPERCONDUCTORS? WHAT IS THE TECHNOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF HIGH-CURRENT HIGH-FIELD SUPERCONDUCTORS? WHAT EXAMPLES OF HIGH Tc SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS CAN WE IDENTIFY? WHAT ARE THE EXAMPLES OF RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN SUPERCONDUCTORS? Summary Additional Information Questions and Problems. Materials Selection and Design Problems Answers to Problems