A balanced mechanics-materials approach and coverage of the latest developments in biomaterials and electronic materials, the new edition of this popular text is the most thorough and modern book available for upper-level undergraduate courses on the mechanical behavior of materials. To ensure that the student gains a thorough understanding the authors present the fundamental mechanisms that operate at micro- and nano-meter level across a wide-range of materials, in a way that is mathematically simple and requires no extensive knowledge of materials. This integrated approach provides a conceptual presentation that shows how the microstructure of a material controls its mechanical behavior, and this is reinforced through extensive use of micrographs and illustrations. New worked examples and exercises help the student test their understanding. Further resources for this title, including lecture slides of select illustrations and solutions for exercises, are available online at www.cambridge.org/97800521866758.
Contents


Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
1. Materials: structure, properties and performance
2. Elasticity and viscoelasticity
3. Plasticity
4. Imperfections: point and line defects
5. Imperfections: interfacial and volumetric defects
6. Geometry of deformation and work-hardening
7. Fracture: macroscopic aspects
8. Fracture: microscopic aspects
9. Fracture testing
10. Solid solution, precipitation and dispersion strengthening
11. Martensitic transformation
12. Speciality materials: intermetallics and foams
13. Creep and superplasticity
14. Fatigue
15. Composite materials
16. Environmental effects.