Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering
(Part of the Mcgraw-Hill Series in Mechanical Engineering Series)
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Book Overview
Smith/Hashemi's Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering , 5/e provides an eminently readable and understandable overview of engineering materials for undergraduate students. This edition offers a fully revised chemistry chapter and a new chapter on biomaterials as well as a new taxonomy for homework problems that will help students and instructors gauge and set goals for student learning. Through concise explanations, numerous worked-out examples, a wealth of illustrations & photos, and a brand new set of online resources, the new edition provides the most student-friendly introduction to the science & engineering of materials. The extensive media package available with the text provides Virtual Labs, tutorials, and animations, as well as image files, case studies, FE Exam review questions, and a solutions manual and lecture PowerPoint files for instructors.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0073529249
ISBN13:9780073529240
Release Date:April 2009
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Companies
Length:1088 Pages
Weight:4.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 8.1" x 9.2"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Good book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
It is a good book to start material science. The first chapter a good overview and has interesting insight to get the reader interested in material science and engineering. However, I feel in the second chapter it goes too far back into detail about atoms, electron clouds, quantum numbers and things of that sort. Just seems like stuff from a general chemistry book rather than a material science book.
Materials Science and Engineering
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This text book was purchased for use with an Aerospace Engineering Materials class and was extremely useful, clear text.
covers all the basics
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This is an excellent book providing a clear, easy to understand, overview of the basic principles of material science and engineering. Covered are all the essential topics including the chemistry and physics behind the structure of metal, ceramic, polymer, composite and electronic materials. Also included are optical, magnetic and electrical properties of materials with relevance to optical fibers, superconductors, and semiconductors. This is a great book for a student's first exposure to material science or as a reference for practicing engineers. I personally found chapters covering the mechanical properties of metals and corrosion well presented and a useful workplace reference. The book provides great insight to real world applications, bridging the gap between theory and practice.
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