Engineered Metal Matrix Composites: Forming Methods, Material Properties & Industrial Applications

ISBN-13: 9781620817193 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 393 str.

Luca Magagnin

Opis

Metal-Matrix Composites MMCs are being used or considered for use in a variety of applications in the automotive, aerospace and many other industries, together with applications in many areas of daily life. These materials open up unlimited possibilities for modern material science and engineering, tailoring the design and the characteristics on any usage. This book contains fifteen chapters, all written by experts in the field, which focus on forming methods, material properties and industrial applications of a wide variety of metal matrix composites. This book surveys the latest results and development possibilities for MMCs as engineering and functional materials, making it an utmost source of knowledge to all materials scientists and engineers on the potentials these materials can offer in research, development and design engineering.