Mechanical and Structural Aspects, Environmental Effects, Fundamentals and Applications
First Statement of Responsibility
by Kuppuswamy Anantha Padmanabhan, Graeme John Davies.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin, Heidelberg
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1980
SERIES
Series Title
Materials research and engineering (Unnumbered)
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1. Historical Introduction --; 1.1 First Observations of Structural Superplasticity --; 1.2 Early Observations of Environmental Superplasticity --; 1.3 The Revival of Interest in Structural Superplasticity --; 2. The Mechanics of Superplastic Deformation and the Assessment of Superplastic Behaviour --; 2.1 The Tensile Test --; 2.2 Constitutive Relations for Superplastic Materials --; 2.3 The Deformation Behaviour of Superplastic Materials --; 2.4 The Shape of the Deforming Specimen --; 2.5 Plastic Instability --; 2.6 The Elongations of Rate-Sensitive Materials --; 2.7 The Strain-rate Sensitivity Index, m --; 2.8 Strain-rate Sensitivity in Environmentally Superplastic Materials --; 2.9 Other Test Procedures for Studying Structural Superplasticity --; 3 Structural Superplasticity --; Experimental --; 3.1 The Mechanical Properties --; 3.2 Microstructural Studies --; 3.3 Fracture --; 4. Structural Superplasticity --; Theoretical --; 4.1 Early Theories --; 4.2 Modern Theories --; 5. Environmental Superplasticity --; 5.1 Experimental Results --; 5.2 Theoretical Studies --; 6. Applications of Superplasticity --; 6.1 Forming Operations --; 6.2 Theoretical Analyses of Superplastic Forming Processes --; 6.3. Practical Developments --; References --; Author Index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This book examines the idea that under the right experimental conditions any material can be rendered superplastic and it raises the question whether such a near-universal phenomenon like superplasticity should also have the same physical basis. The book tries to combine the perspectives of materials science, on the one hand, and that of design and mechanics, on the other, because the authors believe that only a holistic view of materials, design, mechanics and performance can lead to useful solutions of societal benefits, in addition to providing great intellectual challenges. After considering the experimental evidence for superplasticity in different classes of materials, the authors discuss the physics- and phenomenology- based models, along with their advantages and limitations. Then, the analyses for superplastic forming available in the framework of continuum mechanics, finite element analysis and numerical simulations are presented. Finally, the book highlights some successful industrial applications.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Surfaces (Physics)
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
TA418
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14
Book number
B958
1980
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
by Kuppuswamy Anantha Padmanabhan, Graeme John Davies.