22 Best Books on Mechanical Behaviour of Materials

“Inelastic Behavior of Materials and Structures Under Monotonic and Cyclic Loading (Advanced Structured Materials)” Book Review: This book focuses on the inelastic behavior of materials and structures under monotonic and cyclic loads. It also discusses new effects like purely thermal cycles or cases of non-trivial damages. The topics which are covered in this book are modeling of concrete behavior, modeling of RC structures, finite element approach, macro-element approach, experimental studies, analysis, and design issues. This book covers the various models which are based on different approaches and scaling aspects. Along with the models it also discusses the mechanism based approaches. It basically deals with the inelastic behaviour of materials. It consists of experiments and exercises at the end of the chapter.

“Advanced Dynamics of Mechanical Systems” Book Review: It is designed for the students of mechanical systems, aerospace, automation and energy but will also be useful for professionals. This book is divided into two parts. The first part covers the mechanical systems with one or more degrees of freedom. And the second part covers the mechanical systems subject to force fields, the rotor dynamics, techniques of experimental identification of the parameters and random excitations. This book not only contains the theoretical portions but it also contains the numericals and solved examples at the end of the chapter which will be beneficial for the students.

“Shell and Membrane Theories in Mechanics and Biology (Advanced Structured Materials)” Book Review: It is designed for the students of mechanical engineering, civil engineering,materials engineering and it is also useful for those who are in the field of physics and biology. The topics which are covered in this book are 3D boundary-value problems of statics and dynamics of plates and shells, chaotic vibrations of conical and spherical shells and their control, nonclassical shell theories in ocular biomechanics, linear oscillations of suspended graphene. This book basically focuses on the shells characterizing and designing shells, plates, membranes and other thin-walled structures, a multidisciplinary approach from macro-to nanoscale. It provides the theoretical foundations of the theories which are discussed in the book and it also discusses the material behavior used in structures.

“Micro-scaled Products Development via Microforming: Deformation Behaviours, Processes, Tooling and its Realization (Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing)” Book Review: It is designed for the postgraduates, manufacturing engineers and professionals working in the areas of manufacturing and materials processing. This book basically focuses on the development of micro-scaled metallic parts via micro forming processes. The topics which are covered in this book are size effects in micro-scaled plastic deformation, size effect in tooling-workpiece interface, flow-induced defects in meso forming processes, micropart fabrication using bulk metallic glasses. Other micromanufacturing processes, microforming advantages such as high productivity and good mechanical properties of the deformed microparts are discussed in this book.

“Drying and Energy Technologies (Advanced Structured Materials)” Book Review: This book is designed for the engineers, energy specialists, scientists, researchers, graduate students, and leaders of industrial companies. The important theories and applications of drying, emerging topics in drying technology, innovations and trends in drying, thermo-hydro-chemical-mechanical behaviors of porous materials in drying, and drying equipment and energy are discussed in this book. This book is divided into several chapters focusing on the engineering, science and technology applied in essential industrial processes used for raw materials and products.

“Advanced Methods of Structural Analysis” Book Review; It is designed for the students of civil and structural engineering, and researches and students with an interest in perfecting structural analysis. This book helps the readers to know the information about structural analysis. It also discusses methods used in structural analysis by focusing on the principal concepts, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each method. This book focuses on extended analysis of beams, trusses, frames, arches and cables, extensive application of influence lines for analysis of structures, simple and effective procedures for computation of deflections, Introduction to plastic analysis, stability, and free vibration analysis.

“Principles of Composite Material Mechanics, Third Edition (Mechanical Engineering)” Book Review: It is designed for the students of manufacturing engineering,researchers, students which are interested in the field of composite material. The topics which are covered in this book are particle composites, nanocomposites, nano enhancement of conventional fiber composites, and hybrid multiscale composites. It also discusses the current state-of-the-art composites technology, matrix concepts and operations. This book provides many worked-out example problems, homework problems, figures, and references which will be beneficial for the students.

“Mechanical and Creep Behavior of Advanced Materials: A SMD Symposium Honoring Professor K Linga Murty” Book Review: It is designed for the students of manufacturing engineering, researchers who are interested in this field. The topics which are covered in this book are high-temperature deformation behaviors of materials (elevated temperature creep, tensile, fatigue, superplasticity) and their micro mechanistic interpretation, understanding mechanical behavior of HCP metals/alloys using crystallographic texture, radiation effects on deformation and creep of materials. It also covers the mechanical behavior of nanostructured materials, fracture and fracture mechanisms, development and application of small-volume mechanical testing techniques, and general structure-property correlations.

“Creep Behavior of Advanced Materials for the 21st Century: A Collection of Papers from the 1999 TMS Annual Meeting” Book Review: It is designed for the students of manufacturing engineering, researchers who are interested in this field. This book basically deals with the behavior of advanced materials, including ceramic and metal-matrix composites, laminated materials, nanostructured materials, advanced intermetallics, and advanced dispersion strengthened materials. This book also focuses on the micro structures. The main aim of this book is to provide information about the behaviour of materials.

“Advanced Ceramics and Future Materials” Book Review: It is designed for the students, scientist, and engineers interested in conventional and advanced ceramics. This book covers the chemistry and physics of ceramic materials, as well as their behavior and properties, including bio-inspired approaches and microstructural aspects. The topics which are covered in this book are defining ceramics , understanding ceramics (chemical structures, crystal structures, microstructures), Observing Ceramics like chemical, physical, mechanical properties, and manufacturing ceramics. This book provides the basics of physics and chemistry in this field and the “black box” concept is also covered in this book.

Book Review: This book demonstrates all the principles that are related to the mechanical behavior of materials. This book is suitable for the graduate courses and focuses mainly on macroscopic property relationships, material microstructure and bonding and crystal structure properties. The book also covers all the aspects related to ceramics, composites, and polymers. The book also contains many problems that are solved as well as real life examples. The book includes many problems as well as figures along with a overview of the concepts related to mechanics and strength of materials.

“MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR AND TESTING OF MATERIALS” Book Review: This book provides comprehensive information on the mechanical behaviour and testing of metals, polymers and ceramics. The book explains the fundamentals and basic building blocks of materials, atomic bonding and crystal structure and the role of imperfections in metals and alloys, all this being organized in 13 chapters. The book also covers the destructive and nondestructive testing methods and to interpret the test data. The book provides a practice manual in form of appendices, question bank along with answers and an objective question bank of GATE questions. The book is useful for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Materials and Metallurgical engineering and also those pursuing Mechanical engineering. The book is also helpful for practising engineers.

“Mechanical Behavior of Materials: Engineering Methods for Deformation, Fracture, and Fatigue” Book Review: This book contains topics on the mechanical behavior of materials, new technology, safety and durability in design. The book also discusses testing of materials, yield-criteria, fracture mechanics, crack growth, stress-based and strain-based fatigue and creep. The book provides real world applications by analysing machine parts, vehicles and their structures to determine if the existing designs are adequate enough to be durable. This book is intended for upper level undergraduate engineering courses in Mechanical Behaviour of Materials.

“Ceramics: Mechanical Properties, Failure Behaviour, Materials Selection (Springer Series in Materials Science)” Book Review: The book discusses the failure of ceramic materials due to mechanical loading, the methods determining their properties and the rules of material selection. There are special chapters devoted to creep behaviour, multiaxial failure criteria and thermal shock criteria. The book also explains the fracture-mechanical and statistical principles and how to understand their use in determining the strength and durability of ceramics. This book is useful for mechanical engineering students.

“Deformation and Fracture Behaviour of Polymer Materials (Springer Series in Materials Science)” Book Review: The book describes the recent developments in the deformation and fracture behaviour of polymer materials and provides a deeper insight into related morphology-property correlations of thermoplastics, elastomers and polymer resins. The chapters discuss material testing and diagnostics which are tailored for plastic pipes, films and adhesive systems. It also provides real life industrial applications, the basic research and industrial developments in a very systematic and a concise manner. The book is useful for scientists and engineers in polymer materials science.

“Engineering Behaviour of Rocks” Book Review: This book provides comprehensive information on rocks as a structural material by describing their mechanical behaviour, experimental data, how they deform, fracture and yield. The book also covers behaviour of rocks as material, discontinuities and how they affect rock masses. This book can be referred to by the mechanical engineering and its derivative branches students and also the working professionals.

“Mesoscopic Dynamics of Fracture: Computational Materials Design (Advances in Materials Research)” Book Review: This book covers deformations, fractures, criterias for fractures and defects. The book also discusses Interfaces, electronic structure calculations and introducing the new computational methods. The book also presents the recent developments of molecular dynamics which help to solve the problem of fracture at the atomic level. This book is useful for mechanical engineering students and its derivative branches who are studying the dynamics of fracture and also the working professionals.

“Deformation and Failure in Metallic Materials (Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics)” Book Review: The book presents comprehensive information on deformation and failure in metallic materials and the recent engineering as well as mathematical important aspects pertaining to this domain. The book also covers mathematical foundations, modelling and various numerics with relevant experiments and their verification. The book has results compiled by the research programme held by “Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft”. This book is useful for mechanical engineering students and its derivative branches who are studying about the deformation and failure in metallic materials and also the working professionals.

“Metal Failures: Mechanisms, Analysis, Prevention” Book Review: This book covers failure methods, methods to determine the reasons for failure and metallurgical failure analysis. The book also discusses elastic behaviour of metals, plastic deformation, localised necking, fatigue and crack propagation. The book also explains alloys, coatings, tensors and their notations and many more topics. This book is meant for mechanical engineering students and its derivative branches who are studying about the metal failures and also the working professionals.

“Aluminum-Lithium Alloys: Chapter 10. Quasi-Static Strength, Deformation, and Fracture Behavior of Aluminum–Lithium Alloys” Book Review: The book explains about the use of Aluminum-Lithium alloys, their key aspects, precipitation kinetics, composition and heat treatment. The book also explains topics on the alloys strength, ductility, fracture toughness and overall anisotropy. The book also discusses tensile behaviour of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation, microstructural influences and matrix slip characteristics.This book is meant for mechanical engineering students and its derivative branches who are studying about the aluminium-lithium alloys and also the working professionals.

“Advances in Mechanical Behaviour, Plasticity and Damage: Proceedings of EUROMAT 2000, Tours, France, 7-9 November” Book Review: The book focuses on the discussions held in EUROMAT about the relationship between microstructures of materials, their mechanical behaviour which also includes the fundamentals, modelling and applications. The book also discussed important and practical aspects of mechanical behaviour and their damage, mechanics of solid polymers, microstructures and micromechanisms. This book can be referred to by anyone wanting to learn about Mechanical Behaviour, Plasticity and Damage.