Engineering Materials : Research, Applications and Advances

Title: Engineering Materials : Research, Applications and Advances
Author: K.M. Gupta
ISBN: 1482257971 / 9781482257977
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 568
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2014
Availability: Out of Stock
Special Indian Edition.

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Rapid advancement in electron-based computers or probable light-based computers in future; changes in electronics engineering from vacuum valves to very large scale microchips (VLSC); cement concrete (CC) to polymer reinforced concrete (PRC) in civil engineering; pure metals to duplex stainless steel (DSS) in mechanical engineering; wood to ferroelectrics, and ordinary steel to ferrites in electrical engineering are some illustrations which became possible due to developments in materials science. This book introduces emerging engineering materials with the inclusion of recent topics.

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Preface

Chapter 1 : Introduction to Some Recent and Emerging Materials
Chapter 2 : Peculiar Materials With Fascinating Properties
Chapter 3 : Organic Materials : Plastics, Rubber, Elastomer and Wood
Chapter 4 : Amorphous Materials : Ceramics, Refractories and Glasses ETC
Chapter 5 : Composite Materials
Chapter 6 : Sandwich Composite Materials
Chapter 7 : Biocomposite Materials
Chapter 8 : Special Kinds of Composites
Chapter 9 : Composite Materials in Alternative Energy Sources Biomimetics and Biomimetic Materials
Chapter 10 : Superhard Materials
Chapter 11 : Advances in Powder Metallurgy
Chapter 12 : Engineering Materials : Ferrous Metals and Alloys, and Effects of Alloying Elements
Chapter 13 : Engineering Materials : Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys, and Emerging and Futuristic Materials
Chapter 14 : Special Materials in Specialised Applications
Chapter 15 : Vivid Fields of Ongoing Researches
Chapter 16 : Extracting The Palmyra Fibres, Their Processing, and Characterization
Chapter 17 : Trends in Research of Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites and Hybrid Composites
Chapter 18 : Recent Researches and Developments of Magical Materials Porous and Foam Materials

Index