Chapter 1Introduction
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Chapter 2Mechanical Properties of Metals
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Concepts of Stress and Strain
2.3 StressStrain Behavior
2.4 Anelasticityor Viscoelasticity
2.5 Elastic Properties of Materials
2.6 Tensile Properties
2.6.1 Yield Strength
2.6.2 Tensile Strength
2.6.3 Ductility
2.6.4 Toughness
2.6.5 Resilience
2.7 True Stress and Strain
2.8 Elastic Recovery After Plastic Deformation
2.9 Compressive,Shear,and Torsion Deformation
2.10 Hardness
2.10.1 Rockwell Hardness Tests
2.10.2 Brinell Hardness Tests
2.10.3 Knoop and Vickers Microindentation Hardness Tests
2.10.4 Correlation between Hardness and Tensile Strength
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IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS
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QUESTIONS AND PROBLEM
Chapter 3 Fracture: Microscopic Aspects
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Classification of Fracture4
3.2.1 Ductile Fracture
3.2.2 Brittle Fracture
3.3 Process of Fracture
3.3.1 Crack Nucleation
3.3.2 Ductile Fracture
3.3.3 Brittle, Cleavage Fracture
3.4 Impact Fracture60
3.4.1 Impact Testing Techniques
3.4.2 DuctiletoBrittle Transition
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IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS
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QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
Chapter 4Fracture: Macroscopic Aspects
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Theoretical Cleavage Strength
4.3 Stress Concentration
4.3.1 Stress Concentrations
4.3.2 Stress Concentration Factor
4.4 Griffith Criterion of Fracture
4.5 Fracture Toughness
4.5.1 Hypotheses of LEFM
4.5.2 CrackTip Separation Modes
4.5.3 Stress Field in an Isotropic Material in the Vicinity of a Crack Tip
4.5.4 Details of the CrackTip Stress Field in Model
4.5.5 PlasticZone Size Correction
4.6 Fracture Toughness Parameters
4.6.1 Crack Extension Force G
4.6.2 Crack Tip Opening DisplacementCTOD
4.6.3 J Integral
4.6.4 R Curve
4.6.5 Relationships among Different Fracture Toughness Parameters
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IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS
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QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
Chapter 5 Fatigue of Metal Materials
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Cyclic Stresses
5.3 The SN Curve
5.4 Mechanisms of Fatigue
5.4.1 Fatigue Crack Nucleation
5.4.2 Fatigue Crack Propagation
5.5 Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics Applied to Fatigue
5.6 Factors That Affect Fatigue Life
5.7 Environmental Effects
SUMMARY
IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS
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QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
Chapter 6 Creep of Metal Materials
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Generalized Creep Behavior
6.3 Stress and Temperature Effects
6.4 Fundamental Mechanisms Responsible for Creep1
6.4.1 Diffusion Creep
6.4.2 Dislocation or Power Law Creep
6.4.3 Dislocation Glide
6.4.4 GrainBoundary Sliding
6.5 Data Extrapolation Methods
6.6 Alloys for HighTemperature
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IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS
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QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
Chapter 7 Strengthening Strategies of Metal Materials
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Dislocations
7.3 Boundary Strengthening
7.4 Strain Hardening or Cold Working
7.5 SolidSolution Alloying
7.6 Precipitation and DispersionAlloying
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IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS
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QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
Chapter 8 Mechanical Behavior of Ceramics Materials
8.1 Introduction
8.2 StressStrain Behavior
8.3 Mechanisms of Plastic Deformation
8.4 Brittle Fracture of Ceramics
8.5 Various Mechanical Considerations
SUMMARY
IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS
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QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
Chapter 9 Mechanical properties of Polymers Materials
9.1 Introduction
9.2 StressStrain Behavior
9.3 Macroscopic Deformation
9.4 Viscoelastic Deformation
9.5 Deformation of Elastomers
9.6 Fracture of Polymers
9.7 Various Mechanical Characteristics
9.8 Mechanisms of Deformation and for Strengthening of Polymers
9.9 Factors that Influence the Mechanical Properties of Semicrystalline
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IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS
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QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
Chapter 10 Mechanical Properties of Composite Materials
10.1 Introduction210
10.2 StressStrain Behavior
10.2.1 Elastic Moduli
10.2.2 Strength
10.3 Toughness
10.4 Fracture in Composites
10.4.1 Single and Multiple Fracture
10.4.2 Failure Modes in Composites
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IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS
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QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
Chapter 11 Environmental Effects in Metals,Ceramics and Polymers
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Electrochemical Nature of Corrosion in Metals
11.3 Passivity
11.4 Forms of Corrosion
11.5 Environmentally Assisted Fracture in Metals
11.5.1 Stress Corrosion Cracking SCC
11.5.2 Hydrogen Damage in Metals
11.6 Corrosion of Ceramic Materials
11.7 Degradation of Polymers
11.7.1 Swelling and Dissolution
11.7.2 Bond Rupture
11.7.3 Weathering
11.8 Corrosion Prevention
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IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS
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QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS