Structural Materials: Properties and Selection

Description

The book covers the most important materials (naturals, metals, ceramics, polymers and composites) to be used mainly as structural engineering materials. Their main applications based on the properties are described in the first chapters of the book: mechanical, physical and chemical. The second part of the book is dedicated to the conceptual design by properties for a certain structural application: stiffness, mechanical strength, toughness, fatigue resistance, creep, etc., taking into account the weight and the cost. One of the chapters of the second part of the book is focused on the heat treatments of steels in order to improve their resistance to fatigue. The book concludes with a critical comparison between materials considering their production, properties and cost, and the forecast about the utilization of the different fields of materials in structural applications. Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Conversion of Units (José Antonio Pero-Sanz Elorz, Daniel Fernández González, Luis Felipe Verdeja)....Pages 1-6 Introduction to Structural Materials: Naturals, Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, and Composites (José Antonio Pero-Sanz Elorz, Daniel Fernández González, Luis Felipe Verdeja)....Pages 7-17 Structural Materials: Metals (José Antonio Pero-Sanz Elorz, Daniel Fernández González, Luis Felipe Verdeja)....Pages 19-76 Structural Materials: Ceramics (José Antonio Pero-Sanz Elorz, Daniel Fernández González, Luis Felipe Verdeja)....Pages 77-132 Organic Polymers (José Antonio Pero-Sanz Elorz, Daniel Fernández González, Luis Felipe Verdeja)....Pages 133-162 Composites (José Antonio Pero-Sanz Elorz, Daniel Fernández González, Luis Felipe Verdeja)....Pages 163-191 Selection of Structural Materials: Combined Mechanical Properties and Materials-Selection Charts (José Antonio Pero-Sanz Elorz, Daniel Fernández González, Luis Felipe Verdeja)....Pages 193-203 Materials for Beams (José Antonio Pero-Sanz Elorz, Daniel Fernández González, Luis Felipe Verdeja)....Pages 205-247 Materials for Columns and Struts (Compression–Tension) (José Antonio Pero-Sanz Elorz, Daniel Fernández González, Luis Felipe Verdeja)....Pages 249-273 Materials for Pressure Vessels (José Antonio Pero-Sanz Elorz, Daniel Fernández González, Luis Felipe Verdeja)....Pages 275-287 The Cost Factor for the Selection of Materials (José Antonio Pero-Sanz Elorz, Daniel Fernández González, Luis Felipe Verdeja)....Pages 289-300 Materials Resistant to Fatigue: Quenched and Tempered Steels (José Antonio Pero-Sanz Elorz, Daniel Fernández González, Luis Felipe Verdeja)....Pages 301-347 Considerations of Temperature in the Service and Behaviour of Materials (José Antonio Pero-Sanz Elorz, Daniel Fernández González, Luis Felipe Verdeja)....Pages 349-356 Additional Conclusions (José Antonio Pero-Sanz Elorz, Daniel Fernández González, Luis Felipe Verdeja)....Pages 357-362 Back Matter ....Pages 363-372