This 2003 book relates the strength characteristics of constituent atoms to the electronic structures. It begins with short reviews of classical and quantum mechanics followed by reviews of the three major branches of the strength of materials: elastic stiffnesses; plastic responses; and the nature of fracture.

Market_Desc: Primary MarketUndergraduate students from various engineering disciplines like mechanical, civil, electrical, aeronautical, chemical, metallurgy, etc.Secondary MarketPostgraduate students and academicians.Practicing engineers working in industries, Institute of Engineers, libraries of various design engineering offices and industrial plants Special Features: · Complete syllabi coverage of all leading universities of various engineering disciplines like mechanical, civil, electrical, aeronautical, chemical, metallurgy.· Topics explored and elaborated for both elementary as well as advanced levels.· Self-explanatory figures with liberal use of free-body diagrams to aid easy understanding.· Well-graded solved examples from easy to difficult levels in each chapter to explain the subjective intricacies and problem-solving tactics.· Last 5 years' questions from various university examinations included at the end of all chapters.· Model question papers for giving scope of mock tests appended at the end of the book.· Appendices including:" Deliberation on the topic of area moment of inertia." Summarised results of beam deflections for various beam configurations." Various symbols with their respective units and brief explanation on the various systems of units." Elaboration on the topic of pure bending and quick calculations for area under parabolas.· Excellent pedagogy including:" 660+ illustrations." 140+ review questions." 230+ solved examples." 260+ unsolved problems.· CD material containing:" Three useful chapters containing some special topics on leaf springs, beams of composite materials and continuous beams in form of Chapters 17, 18 and 19." History of the subject and its progress through various centuries." Lab manual containing some important experiments with detailed theory and illustrations." Last 10 years IES and GATE completely solved questions with explanatory answers." Uses of the Book" Helpful for the university students and also practicing engineers working in the industries for reference." Serves as a bridging subject for the applied subjects like Machine Design and Theory of Structures." Serves as the basic background for the more advanced-level subjects like Theory of Elasticity, Stress and Deformation Analysis or Advanced Mechanics of Solids. About The Book: This book covers one of the most fundamental subjects of Engineering discipline - Strength of Materials, also known as Mechanics of Materials, Mechanics of Deformable Bodies or Mechanics of Solids globally. The subject lays the ground for various Engineering subjects, ranging from Machine Design, Finite-Element Analysis, Theory of Structures, Bio-Mechanics, and Fracture Mechanics.In this book, the topics are broadly divided into two parts: Elementary Strength of Materials and Advanced Strength of Materials, thereby progressing from basic fundamentals to detailed analysis. The first eight chapters deal with basic concepts of strengths of materials such as theories of stress and strain, torsion, deflection and buckling of columns. The remaining chapters deal with the advanced topics such as advanced theories of stress and strain, energy principles, failure theories, theories of curved and continuous beams, unsymmetric or asymmetric bending.

Determinate truss -- Simple beam -- Determinate shaft -- Simple frames -- Indeterminate truss -- Indeterminate beam -- Indeterminate shaft -- Indeterminate frame -- Two-dimensional structures -- Column buckling -- Energy theorems -- Finite element method -- Special topics.

Electronic materials provide the basis for many high tech industries that have changed rapidly in recent years. In this fully revised and updated second edition, the author discusses the range of available materials and their technological applications. Introduction to the Electronic Properties of Materials, 2nd Edition presents the principles of the behavior of electrons in materials and develops a basic understanding with minimal technical detail. Broadly based, it touches on all of the key issues in the field and offers a multidisciplinary approach spanning physics, electrical engineering, and materials science. It provides an understanding of the behavior of electrons within materials, how electrons determine the magnetic thermal, optical and electrical properties of materials, and how electronic properties are controlled for use in technological applications. Although some mathematics is essential in this area, the mathematics that is used is easy to follow and kept to an appropriate level for the reader. An excellent introductory text for undergraduate students, this book is a broad introduction to the topic and provides a careful balance of information that will be appropriate for physicists, materials scientists, and electrical engineers.

This carefully revised third edition on the electrical, optical, magnetic, and thermal properties of materials stresses concepts rather than mathematical formalism. Many examples from engineering practice provide an understanding of common devices and methods.

Presents an overview of various materials, such as conducting materials, semiconductors, magnetic materials, optical materials, dielectric materials, superconductors, thermoelectric materials and ionic materials. This title includes chapters on thin film electronic materials, organic electronic materials and nanostructured materials.

Discusses the Structure and Properties of Materials and How These Materials Are Used in Diverse ApplicationsBuilding on undergraduate students' backgrounds in mathematics, science, and engineering, Introduction to the Physics and Chemistry of Materials provides the foundation needed for more advanced work in materials science. Ideal for a two-semes

In order to ensure effective military operations and continued warfighter safety, the functionality and integrity of the equipment used must also be ensured. For the past several years, the Nondestructive Evaluation Branch at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has focused actively on the development of embedded sensing technologies for the real-time monitoring of damage states in aircraft, turbine engines, and aerospace structures. These sensing technologies must be developed for use in environments ranging from the normal to the extreme, confronting researchers with the need to understand issues involving reliability, wireless telemetry, and signal processing methods. Additionally, there is a need to develop science and technology that will address the sensing of a material state at the microstructure level, precursor damage at the dislocation level, and fatigue-crack size population. To address these issues, the National Research Council convened a workshop at which speakers gave their personal perspectives on technological approaches to understanding materials state and described potential challenges and advances in technology. This book consists primarily of extended abstracts of the workshop speakers' presentations, conveying the nature and scope of the material presented.