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Introduction : materials - history and character |
Materials, processes and choice, material properties, design-limiting properties |
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Family trees : organising materials and processes |
Getting materials organised, process-property interaction |
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Strategic thinking : matching materials to design |
The design process, materials and process informatiom for design |
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Stiffness and weight : desnsity and elastic moduli |
Dessity, stress, stran, and moduli, material property charts |
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Flex, sag and wobble : stiffness-limited design |
Standard solution to elastic problems, material indices for elastic design |
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Beyond elasticity : plasticity yielding and ductility |
Strength, plastic work and ductility, charts for yield strengh |
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Fracture and fracture toughness |
Strengh and toughness, material property charts for toughness |
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Shake, rattle and roll : cyclic loading, damage and failure |
Vibration and resonance, manipulating resistance to fatigue |
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Rub, slither and seize : friction and wear |
Tribological properties, the physics of fiction and wear |
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Agitated atoms : materials and heat |
Thermal properties, the physics of Thermal properties |
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Conductorsm insulators and dielectrics |
Using the electrical properties of materials |
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Magnetic materials |
Magnetic properties, materials selection for magnetic design |
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Heat, beat, stick and polish : manufacturing processes |
Process attributes : material compatibility |
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Follow the recipe : processing and properties |
Microstructure of materials, metals processing |
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