Joining of materials and structures from pragmatic process to enabling technology

Joining of Materials and Structures is the first and only complete and highly readable treatment of the options for joining conventional materials and the structures they comprise in conventional and unconventional ways, and for joining emerging materials and structures in novel ways. Joining by mec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Messler, Robert W. 1942-
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Boston Elsevier c2004
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Joining: A Process and a Technology; Mechanical Joining; Mechanical Fasteners, Integral Attachments, & Other Mechanical Joining Methods; Adhesive Bonding & Cementing; Adhesives, Cements, Mortars, and the Bonding Process; Welding as a Joining Process; The Basics of Welding Metallurgy; Brazing: A Subclassification of Welding; Soldering: A Subset of Brazing; Other Joining Processes: Variants & Hybrids; Joining Metals, Alloys, and Internetallics; Joining of Ceramics and Glasses; Joining of Polmeric Materials; Joining Composite Materials and Structures; Joining Dissimilar Material Combinations; Joining Structures and Living Tissue