Engineering Materials and Their Applications

by Richard A. Flinn

This edition of the classic text/reference book has been updated and revised to provide balanced coverage of metals, ceramics, polymers and composites. The first five chapters assess the different structures of metals, ceramics and polymers and how stress and temperature affect them. Demonstrates how to optimize a material's structure by using equilibrium data (phase diagrams) and nonequilibrium conditions, especially precipitation hardening. Discusses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395356601
• ISBN13: 9780395356609
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 742 Pages