Materials for engineering 3rd edition

by John Martin (Editor)

This third edition of Materials for engineering what has become a modern classic presents a lively overview of materials science that is ideal for students of structural engineering.

Materials for engineering 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 thought-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 Materials for engineering as a permanent source of reference to readers throughout their professional lives.

The Second edition was awarded Choice’s Outstanding Academic Title award in 2003.

This third edition of Materials for engineering includes new information on emerging topics and updated reading lists.

The criterion I have adopted for discussing a specific material in this book is its commercial availability, rather than its being confined to a research and development laboratory.

In the ten years since the appearance of the first edition of the book, a number of such engineering materials have appeared on the market and a number of these will be discussed in the pages below.