Metal Foams: A Design Guide

ISBN-13: 9780750672191 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 266 str.

M. F. Ashby; Tony Evans; Michael Ashby

Opis

Metal foams are at the forefront of technological development for the automotive, aerospace, and other weight-dependent industries. This guide gives information on the advantages metal foams possess, and the applications for which they may prove suitable. It offers a description of metal foams, their manufacture, and their advantages in industry.

Recenzje

"Offers an insight into metal foams which are often at the forefront of technological development for the automotive, aerospace, and other weight-dependent industries.The text provides an excellent data base of information on the properties, performance, and applications of these materials.The text offers a concise description of metal foams...applications are nicely covered." --Sampe Journal

"Offers a concise description of metal foams, their manufacture, and their advantages in industry. Provides engineers with answers to vital design questions surrounding metal foams. Satisfies a major need for information on the properties, performance, and applications of these materials." --Engineering Designer

"...this book is an interesting read even for those with little research or commercial interest in metallic foams." --Materials World

"This book does what the title suggests-it provides the reader with a rich resource on metallic foams. It is bang up-to-date, with many references less than two years old." --Materials World

"...this book has everything you ever wanted to know about metalic foams but were afraid to ask." --Materials World

Spis treści

Introduction; Making Metal Foams; Characterization Methods; Properties of Metal Foams; Design Analysis for Material Selection; Design Formulae for Simple Structures; A Constitutive Model for Metal Foams; Design for Creep with Metal Foams; Sandwich Structures; Energy Management: Packaging and Blast Protection; Sound Absorption and Vibration Suppression; Thermal Management and Heat Transfer; Electrical Properties of Metal Foams; Cutting, Finishing and Joining; Cost Estimation and Viability; Case Studies; Suppliers of Metal Foams; Web Sites; Index .

O autorze

Ashby, Michael F.Royal Society Research Professor Emeritus at Cambridge University and Former Visiting Professor of Design at the Royal College of Art, London, UK

Mike Ashby is sole or lead author of several of Elsevier's top selling engineering textbooks, including Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Materials and the Environment, and Materials: Engineering, Science, Processing and Design. He is also coauthor of the books Engineering Materials 1&2, and Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design.