This book focuses on mechanical behavior, deformation, and fracture of materials, and how they play a critical role in the design of mechanical components under a variety of loading conditions. We have taken the approach of educating design engineers the key aspects of mechanical properties of material; in particular test methodologies to obtain important design parameters, and how they are taken into consideration during design for a variety of applications, such as static, fatigue and creep loading. The first part of the book presents an overview of mechanical design data, including the...