The new science of strong materials, or, Why you don't fall through the floor
Provides an introduction to the properties of materials used in engineering, answering some fundamental questions about how the material world around us functions. This book focuses on so-called strong materials, such as metals, wood, ceramics, glass, and bone, and explains the physical and chemical basis for its inherent structural qualities.
Print Book, English, 1984, ©1976
2nd ed., 1st Princeton paperback print View all formats and editions
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 1984, ©1976
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287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
9780691023809, 9780691125480, 0691023808, 0691125481
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The new science of strong materials
ELASTICITY AND THE THEORY OF STRENGTH: Stresses and strains
Cohesion
Cracks and dislocations
THE NON-METALLIC TRADITION: Crack-stopping
Timber and cellulose
Glue and plywood
Composite materials
THE METALLIC TRADITION: Ductility in metals
Iron and steel
The materials of the future
Reprint. Originally published: 2nd ed. Harmondsworth : Penguin, ©1976. (Pelican books ; A920)