Table of Contents

Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; 1. Materials: structure, properties and performance; 2. Elasticity and viscoelasticity; 3. Plasticity; 4. Imperfections: point and line defects; 5. Imperfections: interfacial and volumetric defects; 6. Geometry of deformation and work-hardening; 7. Fracture: macroscopic aspects; 8. Fracture: microscopic aspects; 9. Fracture testing; 10. Solid solution, precipitation and dispersion strengthening; 11. Martensitic transformation; 12. Speciality materials: intermetallics and foams; 13. Creep and superplasticity; 14. Fatigue; 15. Composite materials; 16. Environmental effects.

Promotional Information

A balanced mechanics-materials approach to mechanical behavior that now also covers biomaterials and electronic materials, ideal for upper-level undergraduate courses.

About the Author

Marc Meyers is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. In 2003 he was presented with the TMS Distinguished Materials Scientist/Engineer Award. Krishan Chawla is a Professor and former Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham. He was awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2006.

Reviews

'I would certainly recommend this book to senior undergraduate and postgraduate students studying mechanical behavior of materials in schools of engineering or solid state physics. The book would be an excellent resource for a faculty staff to deliver a course on this topic.' Materials Today