In this Eighth Edition we have retained the objectives and approaches for teaching
materials science and engineering that were presented in previous editions. The
first, and primary, objective is to... More > present the basic fundamentals on a level appropriate
for university/college students who have completed their freshmen calculus,
chemistry, and physics courses. In order to achieve this goal, we have endeavored
to use terminology that is familiar to the student who is encountering the discipline
of materials science and engineering for the first time, and also to define and explain
all unfamiliar terms.< Less
This book is based on Dr. Torraca's 2002 publication, Lezioni di scienza e tecnologia dei materiali per restauro dei monumenti. The English-language Lectures includes new and updated material. An... More > excellent resource for architectural conservators, engineers, and conservation scientists.< Less
This book reviews the materials used in automotive engines. It discusses how the performance characteristics of engines are directly associated with the materials used and their methods of... More > production.
This book has been written for those who are interested in automotive technologies,engineers and others who are engaged in the business of car parts and materials, and students who are learning mechanical engineering or materials engineering. The topics are centered on recent technologies as well as standards. Accordingly, this book will be a good introduction for those who intend to work in this field.< Less
It is a mechanics book written for materials scientists. It provides very simple basic principle written for audience with non mechanics background, so that readers who plan to adopt and integrate... More > the mechanics in their research areas can do it the smart way. The book also has plenty examples on the simple applications of mechanics in various materials science areas: in metallurgy, in coating, in design and in materials science in general. This book is filling the gap between the concept of mechanics used in the ‘mechanics world’ and the concept of mechanics ‘outside mechanics world’. It is perfect for researchers outside mechanics, especially in materials science, who want to incorporate the concept of mechanics in their works.
It is originally a script used by a research group in materials science with no mechanics background.< Less
This book is written for non-mechanics readers. It gives very simple basic principle written for ordinary audience. It emphasizes on the basic principle and philosophy of fracture mechanics so that... More > readers who plan to adopt fracture mechanics in their areas can do it the smart way. It also discusses about the limitation so that ordinary engineers do not implement linear elastic fracture mechanics beyond its limitations. It has plenty examples on the simple applications of linear elastic fracture mechanics outside the mechanics world. This book is filling the gap between the fracture mechanics used in the ‘mechanics world’ and the fracture mechanics used ‘outside mechanics world’.
It is also perfect for researchers outside mechanics who want to incorporate fracture mechanics in their works. His industrial experience combined with academic professorship enables him to change the once ‘academic knowledge’ into ‘daily useful knowledge’.< Less
This book is an essay on Dialectic Materialism and Science. This essay initiates with overview of the conceptions of objective reality. The various currents of philosophy are
mentioned starting from... More > idealism, objective and subjective moving on to agnosticism and Kantian philosophy.
The philosophical entrainment ends with Positivism and the cycle of vienna and the foundations of the philosophical idea that talked about the separating of mathematics and natural science. The Dialectic Materialist case study here is Dirk Jan Struik and specifically his book “A concise history of science”.< Less
This NSF workshop focused on addressing the needs of the Base of the Pyramid population of the world–which consists of over 4 billion people–through integrated and system approaches to... More > explore scientific, technological and design aspects of materials and manufacturing for extreme affordability. This invitation-only workshop was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), in collaboration with Ball State University, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Engineering for Change, and the IEEE.< Less
The worldwide increase in emphasis on sustainability and the environment necessitates a holistic examination of how highways and pavements can be designed, constructed, operated, maintained,... More > preserved and recycled in a more economically, environmentally, and socially sound manner. Rapidly depleting natural resources, anthropogenic climate change implications and increasing financial pressures are some crucial challenges today’s and tomorrow’s transportation engineers are faced with. A better understanding of the art and science of sustainable highway and pavement engineering will equip them to effect positive economic, environmental, and social change while balancing competing interests.
Sustainable Highways, Pavements and Materials provides introductory and yet up-to-date coverage of latest technologies, practices and initiatives related to the contemporary application of sustainability principles during all phases of a pavement’s life cycle.< Less
