Experimental techniques in mechanics and materials. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Cury Suryanarayana.
• Other Names: Suryanarayana, C
• Contents: Introduction; Materials Science and Engineering; Structure; Properties; Outline of the Book X-Ray Diffraction; Introduction; Crystal Structure; Production of X-Rays; Absorption of X-Rays; The Bragg Equation; Diffraction Angles; Intensities of Diffracted Beams; XRD Equipment; Examination of a Typical XRD Pattern; Crystal Structure Determination; Indexing the XRD Pattern; Differentiation between SC and BCC Lattices; Comparison with Electron and Neutron Diffraction; Experimental Procedure Optical Microscopy; Introduction; Principle of the Optical Microscope; Components of the Microscope; Microscopic Observation; Information Derivable from the Microstructure; Specimen Preparation for Microscopic Examination; Some Typical Microstructures; Precautions; Experimental Procedure Scanning Electron Microscopy; Introduction; Basic Design of the SEM; Electron Source; Electron Beam–Specimen Interactions; Specimen Preparation; Applications; Experimental Procedure The Iron–Carbon Phase Diagram and Microstructures of Steels; Introduction; Phase Diagrams; Representation of Phase Diagrams; The Phase Rule; Application of the Phase Rule; Derivation of Lever Rule; The Iron–Carbon Phase Diagram; Cooling Behavior and Microstructural Development; Differentiation between Proeutectoid Ferrite and Proeutectoid Cementite; Microstructural Observation; Experimental Procedure Heat Treatment of Steels; Introduction; Reaction Rates; Isothermal Transformation Diagrams; Transformation Products; Retained Austenite; Isothermal Treatments; Effect of Alloying Elements on the T–T–T Diagram; Continuous Cooling Transformation Diagrams; Types of Heat Treatment; Temper Embrittlement; Properties of Heat-Treated Steels; Experimental Procedure Hardenability of Steels; Introduction; Definition of Hardenability; Distribution of Hardness; Severity of Quench; The Grossmann Test; The Jominy End-Quench Test; Parameters Affecting Hardenability; Jominy Tests and Continuous Cooling Transformation Diagrams; Hardness Tester to be Used; Jominy Test for Nonferrous Alloys; Some Comments; Experimental Procedure; Results; Additional Experiment Hardness Testing; Introduction; Types of Hardness Measurements; Scratch Hardness Measurement; Rebound Hardness Measurement; The Durometer Test; Indentation Hardness Measurement; Brinell Hardness Testing; Rockwell Hardness Testing; Vickers Hardness Testing; Microhardness Testing; Nanoindentation Testing; General Observations; Correlations; Experimental Procedure; Observations; Additional Experiments Tensile Testing; Introduction; Measurement of Strength; Basic Definitions; Deformation Behavior; The Tensile Test; Properties Obtained from the Tensile Test; True Stress versus True Strain Curve; General Observations; Influence of Variables on Tensile Properties; Experimental Procedure; Observations; Results; Additional Experiment Impact Testing; Introduction; Impact-Testing Techniques; Ductile–Brittle Transition; Determination of Ductile–Brittle Transition Temperature; Effect of Variables on Impact Energy; Precautions; Correlations with Other Mechanical Properties; DBTT in Nonmetallic Materials; Experimental Procedure; Observations Fatigue Testing; Introduction; Definitions; Fatigue Testing; Some Typical Examples of Fatigue Failure; Fatigue Failure Mechanism; Factors Affecting the Fatigue Strength of Materials; Fracture Mechanics Approach; Correlations between Fatigue Strength and Other Mechanical Properties; Precautions; Experimental Procedure; Additional Experiments Creep Testing; Introduction; The Creep Test; The Creep Curve; Effect of Stress and Temperature; Creep-Rupture Test; Creep Resistance Criteria; Larson–Miller Parameter; Creep in Ceramic Materials; Creep in Polymeric Materials; Experimental Procedure Index Exercises and Further Reading appear at the end of each chapter.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (468 pages), (41 illustrations)
• Subjects: 620.1127; Nondestructive testing; Microstructure
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439895238; 1439895236
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