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The book covers the most important materials (naturals, metals, ceramics, polymers and composites) to be used mainly as structural engineering materials. Their main applications based on the properties are described in the first chapters of the book: mechanical, physical and chemical. The second part of the book is dedicated to the conceptual design by properties for a certain structural application: stiffness, mechanical strength, toughness, fatigue resistance, creep, etc., taking into account the weight and the cost. One of the chapters of the second part of the book is focused on the heat treatments of steels in order to improve their resistance to fatigue. The book concludes with a critical comparison between materials considering their production, properties and cost, and the forecast about the utilization of the different fields of materials in structural applications.
Table of contents
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Introduction to Structural Materials: Naturals, Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, and Composites
Structural Materials: Metals
Structural Materials: Ceramics
Organic Polymers
Composites
Selection of Structural Materials: Combined Mechanical Properties and Materials-Selection Charts
Materials for Beams
Materials for Columns and Struts (Compression–Tension)
Materials for Pressure Vessels
The Cost Factor for the Selection of Materials
Materials Resistant to Fatigue: Quenched and Tempered Steels
Considerations of Temperature in the Service and Behaviour of Materials
Additional Conclusions