Mechanical Properties of Engineered Materials

Wole Soboyejo

Nov 2002 · Mechanical Engineering Book 152 · CRC Press

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Featuring in-depth discussions on tensile and compressive properties, shear properties, strength, hardness, environmental effects, and creep crack growth, "Mechanical Properties of Engineered Materials" considers computation of principal stresses and strains, mechanical testing, plasticity in ceramics, metals, intermetallics, and polymers, materials selection for thermal shock resistance, the analysis of failure mechanisms such as fatigue, fracture, and creep, and fatigue life prediction. It is a top-shelf reference for professionals and students in materials, chemical, mechanical, corrosion, industrial, civil, and maintenance engineering; and surface chemistry.

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About the author

Wole Soboyejo is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Princeton Materials Institute at Princeton University, New Jersey. The author or coauthor of more than 250 professional publications, he is a member of the Materials Research Society, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society and the Society for Biomaterials. Dr. Soboyejo is a recipient of two National Investigator Awards (NSF and ONR) and ASM's Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers of Materials Science. Dr. Soboyejo received the B.Sc. degree (1985) in mechanical engineering from King's College, London University, England, and the Ph.D. degree (1988) in materials science and metallurgy from Cambridge University, England.