Engineering Materials 1, Fourth Edition: An Introduction to Properties, Applications and Design
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (727 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0080966659 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is also coauthor of the books Engineering Materials 1&2, and Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design. His research interests are in materials engineering, and along with serving as President of Christ's College at the University of Cambridge he now works internationally advising major companies and legal firms on failures of large steel structures.Royal Society Research Professor Emeritus at Cambridge University and Former
The text is deliberately concise, with each chapter designed to cover the content of one lecture. Engineering Materials 1, Fourth 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.Many new design case studies and design-based examplesRevised and expanded treatments of stress-strain, fatigue, creep, and corrosionAdditional worked examples-to consolidate, develop, and challengeCompendia of results for elastic beams, plastic moments, and stress intensity factorsMany new photographs and links to Google Earth, websites, and video clipsAccompanying companion site with access to instructors’ resources, including a suite of interactive materials science tutorials, a solutions manual, and an image bank of figures from the book. W
The textbook is for a first course on materials for undergraduate engineering students, holding up one corner of a curriculum that includes design, mechanics, and structures. It covers price and availability; the elastic moduli; yield strength, tensile strength, and ductility; fast fracture, brittle fracture, and toughness; fatigue failure; creep deformation and fracture; oxidation and corrosion; and friction, abrasion, and wear." --Reference and Research News, October 2012. "Ashby (emeritus) and Jones (both Cambridge U.) have made considerable changes to the 2005 third edition (the first edition was published in 1980), among them new illustrative photographs, references to reliable websites, and worked examples to many of the chapters
"Pretty poorly done" according to Amazon Customer. As a Material Science and Engineering Student, I have owned and read many engineering books. Ashby's is one of the worst, if not the worst, I've encountered so far. Overall, the book seems to simply present a few ideal and specific scenarios, giving shallow explanations. There is no sense of a comprehensive or general coverage. This would be tolerable if the topics presented were covered in depth, but they aren't. Random ideas are presented with unjustified equations, and the reader is only able to learn about the specific scenario presented. The equations are also often labelled poorly and not explained at all. For example, there is an eq. Great introduction to Materials. Useful reference for those needing basic info. Very informative and easy to read/learn from! I am a Systems Engineer with an Electrical backgroundas such I like to pick up references for areas I'm not terribly familiar with, so I thought this would be a good choice.Overall, I've found it really handy! As a quick reference, it does fairly well for concepts - easily located via the index and equations - all stored in a handy appendix in the back. There are lots of tables of properties of common materials.I have actually now read most of it cover to cover and I have to say I find it well written - interesting enough to stick with and relatively easy to follow along and learn - nice properties in a text book, I must say! Better of man. It's the stories that set this one apart My first flip into this book led me to a story that has interested me for a long time - the mechanical failure that led to the space shuttle Challenger explosion in 1986. I knew the O-rings had failed, but this text examines in detail exactly what material properties were in play that allowed a part that had withstood so many successful missions to fail that particular morning. This is just one example - materials properties are handled throughout by citing interesting real-world examples, and following up with insightful examples/study problems. The text works as historical perspective, materials library, and classroom text/study guide.