HANDBOOK OF CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES: Processing, Properties, and Structural Design of Advanced Engineering Materials - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

Design with the materials that metals can’t replace, and know exactly how they will fail. Advanced ceramics survive temperatures that melt superalloys. Fiber composites carry more load per kilogram than any metal. Ceramic-matrix composites now run inside jet engines and brake systems. Yet these materials punish engineers who treat them like steel: ceramics fail without warning from flaws you cannot see, and composites change strength with every ply angle. This handbook shows you how to process them, predict their properties, and design structures that hold up in real service.

It takes you from atomic bonding and sintering through fracture mechanics and Weibull reliability, then from fibers and micromechanics through classical lamination theory, failure criteria, manufacturing, and certification. It shows the calculation behind every design rule.

Inside, you will learn how to:

• Relate crystal structure, defects, and diffusion to the properties of technical ceramics
• Control powder processing, forming, and sintering to reach full density without grain growth
• Apply fracture mechanics, R-curves, and toughening mechanisms to brittle materials
• Use Weibull statistics and proof testing to design for a target failure probability
• Calculate thermal-shock resistance and the electrical behavior of functional ceramics
• Predict lamina stiffness and strength from fiber and matrix properties
• Build the ABD matrix, find ply stresses, and account for cure residual stresses
• Apply maximum stress, Tsai–Wu, and Hashin criteria to predict laminate failure
• Model cure, resin flow, and voids in autoclave, RTM, infusion, and filament winding
• Understand matrix cracking, fiber pull-out, and durability in ceramic-matrix composites
• Derive A- and B-basis allowables and design panels, sandwich structures, and joints

Why this book works:

• 376 worked examples with every step and unit shown, in SI units
• 571 practice problems, each with a boxed answer
• 50 precise technical figures, with learning objectives and summaries in every chapter
• Ceramics and composites in one connected framework
• Consolidated property data for ceramics, fibers, matrices, laminae, and CMCs
• Step-by-step Weibull and laminate-analysis procedures with verified Python code
• A complete reference section: list of symbols, a 155-term glossary, matrix mathematics, SI conversions, and an 821-entry index

Written for materials, mechanical, and aerospace engineering students at upper-undergraduate and graduate level, and for practicing engineers in aerospace, energy, automotive, defense, and electronics who specify, process, test, or design with advanced ceramics and composite materials.

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