William Bolton, R. A. Higgins

Materials for Engineers and Technicians (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive introduction to materials engineering and manufacturing processes for BTEC Level 2 students and beginning level 3 students is updated to current European-wide standards, more cases on selection of materials, sustainability and 3D printing, and more on recycling.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000209181
• Artikelnr.: 60165377

Autorenporträt

William Bolton, formerly Head of Research and Development and Monitoring at BTEC, is the author of many successful engineering textbooks, including Higher Engineering Science (Routledge, 2004) and Engineering Science (Routledge, 2020).

R.A. Higgins was a Senior Lecturer in Materials Science at the College of Commerce and Technology, West Bromwich, UK. He was a Chief Metallurgist at Messrs Aston Chain and Hook Ltd., Birmingham, UK, as well as an Examiner in Metallurgy for the Institution of Production Engineers, the City and Guilds of London Institute, the Union of Lancashire and Cheshire Institutes and the Union of Educational Institutes.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Engineering materials 2. Properties of materials 3. Mechanical testing
4. The crystal structure of metals 5. Casting process 6. Mechanical
deformation of metals 7. The mechanical shaping of metals 8. Alloys 9.
Equilibrium diagrams 10. Practical microscopy 11. Iron and steel 12. The
heat-treatment of plain-carbon steels 13. Alloy steels 14. The surface
hardening of steels 15. Cast iron 16. Copper and its alloys 17. Aluminium
and its alloys 18. Other non-ferrous metals and their alloys 19. Plastics
materials and rubbers 20. Properties of plastics 21. Ceramics 22. Glasses
23. Composite materials 24. Fibre-reinforced composite materials 25.
Methods of joining materials 26. Causes of failure 27. Choice of materials
and processes 28. Selection of materials Appendix A: Properties of
engineering materials Appendix B: Glossary of key terms