Materials Science

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A Heat Transfer Textbook, Third Edition
by John H. Lienhard IV, John H. Lienhard V - Phlogiston Press , 2003
This textbook is an introduction to heat and mass transfer for engineering students. The subjects covered include heat conduction, forced and natural convection, thermal radiation, boiling, condensation, heat exchangers, and mass transfer.
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Deformation Theory of Plasticity
by Robert Millard Jones - Bull Ridge Corporation , 2008
This book is an attempt to gather into one convenient semester-long format the fundamentals of an engineering approach to modeling the nonlinear stress-strain behavior of some common engineering materials. This topic is often called plasticity.
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Elements of X-Ray Diffraction
by B.D. Cullity - Addison-Wesley , 1956
Intended to acquaint the reader with the theory of x-ray diffraction, the experimental methods involved, and the main applications. It stresses X-ray diffraction rather than metallurgy. Designed for beginners, not a reference for the advanced reader.
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Fundamentals of Die Casting Design
by Genick Bar-Meir , 2000
This book describes the fundamentals of design of the die casting process and die mold/runner. It will be useful for the die casting engineer as well as managers and anyone else who deals with the die casting operations.
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Mechanics of Materials
by Madhukar Vable - Michigan Technological University , 2009
With strong practical examples and real-life engineering problems, the book promises to provide the skills and principles that students need to organize, integrate, and make sense of the flood of information in the world of modern engineering.
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Nanomaterials - A Sojourn
by B Viswanathan - National Centre for Catalysis Research , 2006
Nanomaterials today have pervaded every sphere of human activity and can be presented in various formats. Sector-wise application of nanomaterials yields a synthesis approach and probably easy to comprehend. This approach is adopted in the book.
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Superconductivity, Superfluids, and Condensates
by James F. Annett - Oxford University Press , 2003
The book provides a basic introduction to one of the most innovative areas in condensed matter physics today. This book includes ample tutorial material, including illustrations, chapter summaries, graded problem sets, and concise examples.
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The Mechanical Properties of Wood
by Samuel J. Record , 1914
This book was written primarily for students of forestry to whom a knowledge of the technical properties of wood is essential. The mechanics involved is reduced to the simplest terms and without reference to higher mathematics.
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Wave Propagation in Materials for Modern Applications
by Andrey Petrin - Sciyo.com , 2010
The advances in nanotechnology give rise new types of materials with unique properties. This book is devoted to the modern methods in electrodynamics and acoustics, developed to describe wave propagation in these modern materials and nanodevices.
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