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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Main Author Messler, Robert W., Jr., 1942-
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, ©2004.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780750677578
0750677570
1417544368
9781417544363
1592783031
9781592783038
0080478840
9780080478845
Physical Description1 online resource (xxiv, 790 pages) : illustrations

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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.