Index

Abundance of elements, 16t

Alkali halides, 56, 80t
properties (see Data)
Alumina, 3t, 6, 180t, 219, 359
properties (see Data)
Aluminum alloys, 3t, 6, 7f, 9798,
97t, 101t, 155, 163, 177, 214,
235, 262, 278, 289290, 454
properties (see Data)
Amorphous structures, 76, 78f, 79f,
82
Anelasticity, 439440, 439f
Angular velocity, 174175
Arrheniuss law, 325326, 326f
Availability of materials, 15

Bearings, 431436
Bending, 36, 47, 96, 168, 170, 172,
173, 176
Bending stress, 49, 168, 212, 224,
279, 306
BFRP, 8t
properties (see Data)
Biaxial tension, 3234
Body-centered cubic structure,
74, 75f
Bonding
atom packing, 55, 56f
condensed states of matter, 62, 63t
interatomic bonds, 55, 55f
interatomic forces, 63
primary bond, 5661
secondary bonds, 56, 6162
Bond stiffness, 63, 85, 85t
Boundary diffusion, 334335, 335f,
340

Brittle materials
median strength, 225, 226
modulus of rupture, 224, 224f, 225
probability of survival, 220221,
227, 228
Weibull equation, 226
Weibull modulus, 222
Weibull plot, 225226
Buckling, 53, 109, 110, 170, 180, 233,
313314, 316f
Bulk diffusion, 332, 338, 340
Bulk modulus, 37

Carbon fiber-reinforced polymers

(CFRP), 3t, 56, 87, 95, 97t,
101t, 175176, 177
properties (see Data)
Car design
aluminum alloys, 448, 451, 453
compression molding, 452453,
453f
energy and carbon emissions,
443444
energy economy, 444445
GFRP, 452453, 452f, 454
high-strength steel, 451, 453t
material content, 445, 445f, 446t
primary mechanical properties,
445449
Rolls-Royce cars, 451, 452f
secondary properties, 449451
steel, 443
thermoset, 453
Case studies
car design, 443
Challenger disaster, 102108
Comet air disasters, 287293

Note: Page numbers followed by f indicate figures and t indicate tables.

corrosion, 401404
cracking, 235239
creep, 351
Eschede railway disaster,
293297
fracture, 229232
friction, 431
hydrostatic testing, 233235
moduli, 9598
oxidation, 377382
pressure vessels, 176177
springs, 171176
Stretham engine, 298301
Tay Bridge disaster, 240244
telescope mirrors, 98102
turbine blades, 351361
wear, 431
yacht masts, 9598
yield, 171172
Cast iron, 240244, 245, 299, 398
properties (see Data)
Cement, 219
Ceramics, 3t, 213, 359
properties (see Data)
Challenger disaster, 102108
Chalk, 221
Cleavage, 208210, 214, 230
Close-packed hexagonal structure, 69,
70f, 72f
Close-packed planes, directions, 68
Comet air disasters, 287293
Composite material, 167
Composites, 3t, 8790, 345
fracture, 210211
properties (see Data)
Composition of earths crust, 19
Compression test, 118f
Compressive stress, 255

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