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Imperial College Inaugural Lectures In Materials Science and Materials Engineering.

This volume contains six important articles in materials science and materials engineering, based upon inaugural lectures given by professors at Imperial College, London. Each author deals with an area of work in which he has been involved over a period of years, and gives a personal account, partly...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: World Scientific 2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface ; Professor B.J. Briscoe ; Slippery Customers; Sticky Problems ; 1. Interface Engineering
  • The Scope ; 1.1. Adhesion ; 1.2. Friction ; 1.3. Lubrication ; 1.4. Damage ; 1.5. Wear ; 2. Historical Contexts ; 3. Principles of Interpretation.
  • 3.1. The adhesion model of friction 3.2. The deformation models ; 3.3. Other processes ; 4. Tribological Interfaces; Some Examples ; 5. Interfaces in Assemblies ; 6. Solid Processing and Production Engineering; Frictional Walls ; 7. Final Reflection ; 8. Challenges for the Future.
  • 9. Personal Remarks Acknowledgements ; References ; Professor A.J. Kinloch ; Sticking up for Adhesives ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Interfacial Contact and Intrinsic Adhesion ; 2.1. Introduction ; 2.2. Mechanisms of intrinsic adhesion ; 2.3. The bonding of fibre-composite materials.
  • 2.4. The use of organometallic primers 3. Hardening the Adhesive ; 3.1. Introduction ; 3.2. Chemical aspects ; 3.3. Multiphase adhesives ; 4. Predicting the Strength and Service Life of Adhesive Joints ; 4.1. Introduction ; 4.2. The fatigue behaviour of adhesive joints.
  • 5. Conclusions Acknowledgements ; Bibliography ; Professor D.B. Holt ; Magical Materials for Motionless Machines ; 1. Introduction ; 1.1. Half the story of materials ; 1.2. The other half of the materials story ; 2. Grain Boundary Electroluminescence in GaP.