Materials for Engineering (2nd Edition)

This new edition of what has become a modern classic presents a lively overview of materials science which is ideal for students of structural engineering. It contains chapters on the structure of engineering materials, the determination of mechanical properties, metals and alloys, glasses and ceramics, organic polymeric materials and composite materials. It contains a section with though-provoking questions as well as a series of useful appendices. Tabulated data in the body of the text, and the appendices, have been selected to increase the value of he book as a permanent source of reference to readers throughout their professional lives.

'This outstanding title has been selected for its excellence in scholarship and presentation, the significance of its contribution to the field, and its value regarding important treatment of its subject....' Irving E. Rockwood Editor & Publisher Choice Magazine