Materials Selection and Applications in Mechanical Engineering

• Covers all aspects of engineering materials necessary for their successful utilization in mechanical components and systems.
• Defines a procedure to evaluate the materials’ performance efficiency in engineering applications and illustrates it with several examples.
• Includes sample project activities, along with several assignments for self-exercise.
• Keeps chapters short and targeted toward specific topics for easy assimilation.
• It contains several unique chapters, including microprocessing, MEMS, problems encountered during the use of materials in mechanical components, and NDT procedures used to detect common defects such as cracks, porosity and gas pockets, internal residual stresses, etc.
• Features commonly used formulae in mechanical system components in an appendix.
• Several tables containing material properties are included throughout the book.

Book Contents:

Front Matter
Nomenclature and Abbreviations
Preface
Table of Contents
Part A. Materials Selection Principles and Application to Mechanical Engineering
1. Materials Selection for Mechanical Engineering
2. The Material Engineering Index (MEI)
3. Analysis of Materials Performance Efficiency
4. Specific Example: MPI Analysis for Optimum Material Selection for a Steam Turbine Rotor
Part B. Properties of Interest in Mechanical Components and Systems
Section 1. Mechanical Properties 5. Mechanical Properties of Importance in Mechanical Engineering: Tensile and Compressive Properties
6. Material Properties: Mechanical – Fracture Characteristics and Fracture Toughness
7. Material Properties: Mechanical – Fatigue
8. Material Properties: Mechanical Creep
9. Material Properties: Mechanical Friction and Wear
10. Variation of Mechanical Properties and Residual Stresses
Section 2. Physical Properties 11. Physical Properties of Interest to Mechanical Engineering: Thermal Properties of Materials
12. Physical Properties of Interest to Mechanical Engineering: Electrical Properties
Section 3. Chemical Properties 13. Material Properties: Chemical – Surface Properties and Corrosion
Part C. Materials Used in Mechanical Components and Systems
14. Mechanical Engineering Materials: Metallic Ferrous Alloys – Steels, Stainless Steels, and Cast Irons
15. Mechanical Engineering Materials: Metals – Non-Ferrous Aluminum, Titanium, and Copper Alloys
16. Mechanical Engineering Materials: Metallic Non- Ferrous Alloys – Nickel- and Cobalt-Base Superalloys
17. Other Metallic Materials Used in Mechanical Engineering
18. Engineering Ceramics and Polymers
19. Engineering Materials: Composites
Part D. Materials Engineering
Section 1. Processing – Techniques 20. Mechanical Processing and Thermal Treatments
21. Materials Processing: Surface Treatments and Case Hardening
22. Micromanufacturing: Micromachining, Lithography, and MEMS
Section 2. Materials Handling 23. Problems with Materials during Use: Manifestation, Detection, and Correction
24. Materials Maintenance: Non-Destructive Testing of ME Components
Part E. Materials in Use in Mechanical Components and Systems
25. Materials Commonly Used for Single Mechanical Engineering Components
26. Examples of Selection of Materials for Single Components
27. Materials Selection for Components in Simple Mechanical Systems
28. Materials Analysis in Multi-Component Mechanical Systems: Materials in Use for Components in Engines of Various Kinds
29. Materials in Use in Multi-Component Mechanical Systems: Pumps
30. Materials Selection for Selected Thermal Systems
Part F. Selected Materials Selection Projects
31. Examples for Materials Selection for Single Components
32. Material Selection for Components in Multi-Component Mechanical Systems: Selected Projects
33. Analysis of Materials Selection for New Mechanical Designs and Systems
34. Simple Materials Selection Projects
Part G. Appendix: Useful Engineering: Formulae, Unit Conversion Tables and Constants, and List of Useful ASTM Standards
Appendices
Subject Index