Mechanical Behaviour of Materials - 9780521195690

Emphasizing quantitative problem solving, this is a textbook on the mechanical behavior of materials that is suitable for courses in mechanical engineering and materials science in which students already have experience with introductory materials science and a "strength of materials" course. Hosford (emeritus, materials science, U. of Michigan) presents chapters on stress and strain, elasticity, mechanical testing, strain hardening of metals, plasticity theory, strain rate and temperature dependence of flow stress, slip and crystallographic textures, dislocation geometry and energy, dislocation mechanics, mechanical twining and martenitic shear, hardening mechanisms in metals, discontinuous and inhomogeneous deformation, ductility and fracture, fracture mechanics, viscoelasticity, creep and stress rupture, fatigue, residual stresses, ceramics and glasses, polymers, composites, and mechanical working. The text differs from others on mechanical behaviors by offering greater coverage of lattice rotations and deformation textures, recent work in defects, stress relaxation, particulate composites, and metal forming, among other topics, although this comes at the expense of the coverage of fatigue failure and fracture mechanics. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)