Testing of the Plastic Deformation of Metals

Description

Discover a novel, self-contained approach to an important technical area, providing both theoretical background and practical details. Coverage includes mechanics and physical metallurgy, as well as study of both established and novel procedures such as indentation plastometry. Numerical simulation (FEM modelling) is explored thoroughly, and issues of scale are discussed in depth. Discusses procedures designed to explore plasticity under various conditions, and relates sample responses to deformation mechanisms, including microstructural effects. Features references throughout to industrial processing and component usage conditions, to a wide range of metallic alloys, and to effects of residual stresses, anisotropy and inhomogeneity within samples. A perfect tool for materials scientists, engineers and researchers involved in mechanical testing (of metals), and those involved in the development of novel materials and components.

T. W. Clyne is Professor of Mechanics of Materials in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge, and the Director of the Gordon Laboratory. He is also the Director of DoITPoMS, an educational materials science website, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and a Helmholtz International Fellow. J. E. Campbell is Chief Engineer at Plastometrex (PhD University of Cambridge) with expertise in mechanical testing of metals with a focus on indentation and finite element modelling.

'The book can be used as either a textbook or reference text for first year graduate students. Meanwhile it is required reading for professional engineers as well as researchers in the field of metal materials testing ... Essential.' S. D. El Wakil, Choice Magazine