| Key Details |
| Author: | Kaushik Bhattacharya |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Oxford Univ Pr |
| Series: | Oxford Series on Materials Modelling |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: | 0198509340 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780198509349 |
| Size |
| Length: | 304 pages |
| Thickness: | 0.8 in |
| Weight: | 26.4 oz |
Publisher's NoteBhattacharya (mechanics and materials science, California Institute of Technology) shares what he has learned and found interesting about materials, mostly metal alloys, that after being deformed, revert to their original shape under certain conditions. (He includes a wire with the book that exhibits the behavior under the conditions he describes.) Here he explores why certain materials form the intricate patterns in their microstructure that characterize martensites, what kinds of materials form such a microstructure, and what if any is the link between the microstructure and the shape-memory effect. He assumes only a college-level knowledge of mathematics. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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