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Adhesive bonding of aluminium alloys
Book Reviews LEADING CONSULTANTS IN T E C H N O L O G Y - SECOND EDITION Research Publications USA 1985 1,996 pp in 2 vols $195.00 set ISBN: 0 89235 089 X Volume One "Biographical Data" contains biographical entries for 18,000 consultants arranged by generic areas of expertise and by state. Six broad categories - Electronics, Mechanical Technology, Chemistry, Civil Engineering/Energy Technology/Earth Sciences, Physics, and Biotechnology - are each subdivided into four to twelve disciplines. The biographical entry includes the consultant's name, telephone number, present position and address, areas of expertise, past affiliations, educational background, publications, patents, other achievements, memberships, and honours/awards. Volume Two "Expertise Index and Index of Names" contains two indexes that allow access to consultants by specific areas of expertise and to consultants by name. The 1,500 subject headings are based on each consultant's own description of his or her expertise. Within each area of expertise, consultants are listed geographically by state with their name, page on which biographical entry appears, and city and state.
with the subject history and progressing through alloy pretreatments, surface analysis, adhesives selection and characterisation, durability testing, structural analysis, tool design, non-destructive inspection techniques and repair aspects. Overall the individual chapters are well-presented but special mention is perhaps merited for the latter sections on analysis, design, inspection and repair. These sections are sufficiently detailed and practical in their approach to provide confidence in this joining technique to potential (non-aerospace) users. Criticisms of the book are relatively minor: more hard data on long term joint performance would have been welcomed in the book itself rather than its references; a more detailed surface analytical approach to failure mechanisms in joints would be a useful inclusion; and a more extensive discussion on non-anodising alloy pretreatments would have been welcome. It should be emphasised, however, that these are minor criticisms and that the editors themselves limited the subject matter to make it less voluminous and more readable. Overall this is a well-written book which readily achieves the editors aims of being both rewarding and interesting, putting the subject within an acceptable framework for researcher and practician alike. E. McAlpine
ADHESIVE BONDING OF ALUMINIUM ALLOYS Edited by E. W. Thrall and R W Shannon Marcel Dekker USA 1985 504 pp $79.95 (USA and Canada), $95.50 (others) ISBN: 0 8247 7405 1
H A N D B O O K OF OCEANOGRAPHIC ENGINEERING M A T E R I A L S by Stephen C Dexter, Robert E Krieger Publishing Co. Inc. Malabar, Florida 32950, USA 314 pages. US $45.95 1985 ISBN: 0 89874 805 4
This book constitutes an excellent source in addressing the subject of adhesive bonding and its application to aluminium. The editors are to be complimented for their logical presentation of the subject matter; starting
As a comprehensive guide to materials selection for engineers and designers concerned with maritime structures, Stephen Dexter's book has been highly regarded since its original publication by John Wiley in 1979. The 1985
MATERIALS & DESIGN Vol. 7 No. 5 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1986
edition, appearing under a new publisher's imprint, makes available again this practical introduction to materials' properties and costs. It includes virtually all of the metals, alloys, plastics and other non-metallic materials that are commonly or potentially useful in seawater environments; it offers cautionary advice on some that have been used because of their ready availability but in fact have proved unsuitable in the long term. Composite materials, most of which are still under development or little-documented in marine applications, are not listed. The book commences with a series of tables summarising all of the materials covered, ranked according to mechanical and physical properties, corrosion resistance and cost. Particularly useful is a table of more than 800 materials tabulated in order of their strength/unit weight/unit cost: factors not always considered in combination when making a preliminary materials choice. Part Two - the major section of the volume - gives detailed information for all of the metals considered- properties, applications, forms available, ease of fabrication and behaviour in seawater. The nine chapters forming this section cover respectively aluminium alloys; copper- and nickel-based alloys; iron and steel; stainless steel; titanium alloys; magnesium, lead & zinc; precious and refractory metals and alloys. Whenever appropriate, reference is made also to the advisability of cathodic protection and other real or potential problems in manufacture or longterm use. Occasional photographs and drawings, such as a detailed cross section of the three-man submersible Alvin, show applications of specific materials. The third part of the book - three chapters on non-metallic materials covers in similar fashion the polymers, rubbers and elastomers; concrete, ceramics and glass; and w o o d - seldom used today but included for completenes. A useful feature is inclusion of familiar trade names for many of the plastics, which even to engineers are known primarily by their common designations - Delrin, Kevlar and Lexan, for example.
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with the subject history and progressing through alloy pretreatments, surface analysis, adhesives selection and characterisation, durability testing, structural analysis, tool design, non-destructive inspection techniques and repair aspects. Overall the individual chapters are well-presented but special mention is perhaps merited for the latter sections on analysis, design, inspection and repair. These sections are sufficiently detailed and practical in their approach to provide confidence in this joining technique to potential (non-aerospace) users. Criticisms of the book are relatively minor: more hard data on long term joint performance would have been welcomed in the book itself rather than its references; a more detailed surface analytical approach to failure mechanisms in joints would be a useful inclusion; and a more extensive discussion on non-anodising alloy pretreatments would have been welcome. It should be emphasised, however, that these are minor criticisms and that the editors themselves limited the subject matter to make it less voluminous and more readable. Overall this is a well-written book which readily achieves the editors aims of being both rewarding and interesting, putting the subject within an acceptable framework for researcher and practician alike. E. McAlpine
ADHESIVE BONDING OF ALUMINIUM ALLOYS Edited by E. W. Thrall and R W Shannon Marcel Dekker USA 1985 504 pp $79.95 (USA and Canada), $95.50 (others) ISBN: 0 8247 7405 1
H A N D B O O K OF OCEANOGRAPHIC ENGINEERING M A T E R I A L S by Stephen C Dexter, Robert E Krieger Publishing Co. Inc. Malabar, Florida 32950, USA 314 pages. US $45.95 1985 ISBN: 0 89874 805 4
This book constitutes an excellent source in addressing the subject of adhesive bonding and its application to aluminium. The editors are to be complimented for their logical presentation of the subject matter; starting
As a comprehensive guide to materials selection for engineers and designers concerned with maritime structures, Stephen Dexter's book has been highly regarded since its original publication by John Wiley in 1979. The 1985
MATERIALS & DESIGN Vol. 7 No. 5 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1986
edition, appearing under a new publisher's imprint, makes available again this practical introduction to materials' properties and costs. It includes virtually all of the metals, alloys, plastics and other non-metallic materials that are commonly or potentially useful in seawater environments; it offers cautionary advice on some that have been used because of their ready availability but in fact have proved unsuitable in the long term. Composite materials, most of which are still under development or little-documented in marine applications, are not listed. The book commences with a series of tables summarising all of the materials covered, ranked according to mechanical and physical properties, corrosion resistance and cost. Particularly useful is a table of more than 800 materials tabulated in order of their strength/unit weight/unit cost: factors not always considered in combination when making a preliminary materials choice. Part Two - the major section of the volume - gives detailed information for all of the metals considered- properties, applications, forms available, ease of fabrication and behaviour in seawater. The nine chapters forming this section cover respectively aluminium alloys; copper- and nickel-based alloys; iron and steel; stainless steel; titanium alloys; magnesium, lead & zinc; precious and refractory metals and alloys. Whenever appropriate, reference is made also to the advisability of cathodic protection and other real or potential problems in manufacture or longterm use. Occasional photographs and drawings, such as a detailed cross section of the three-man submersible Alvin, show applications of specific materials. The third part of the book - three chapters on non-metallic materials covers in similar fashion the polymers, rubbers and elastomers; concrete, ceramics and glass; and w o o d - seldom used today but included for completenes. A useful feature is inclusion of familiar trade names for many of the plastics, which even to engineers are known primarily by their common designations - Delrin, Kevlar and Lexan, for example.
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