Mechanical Behavior of Materials.

by Norman E. Dowling

This title introduces the spectrum of mechanical behaviour of materials, emphasizing practical engineering methods for testing structural materials to obtain their properties, and predicting their strength and life when used for machines, vehicles, and structures.

Genres: Technical, Engineering

960 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[Faisal · Rating 5 out of 5]

This course is an essential and core course in materials and manufacturing.
I have taken this course during my master degree in mechanical engineering at KFUPM.
To those who are interested or specialized in this field
The book contents are the following

-Structure and Deformation in Materials
-A Survey of Engineering Materials
-Mechanical Testing: Tension Test and
-Stress–Strain Relationships and Behavior
-Review of Complex and Principal States of Stress and Strain
-Yielding and Fracture under Combined Stresses
-Fracture of Cracked Members
-Fatigue of Materials: Introduction and Stress-Based Approach
-Stress-Based Approach to Fatigue: Notched Members
-Fatigue Crack Growth
-Plastic Deformation Behavior and Models for Materials
-Stress–Strain Analysis of Plastically Deforming Members
-Strain-Based Approach to Fatigue
-Time-Dependent Behavior: Creep and Damping
-Appendix A Review of Selected Topics from Mechanics of Materials
-Appendix B Statistical Variation in Materials Properties

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