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1 online resource (425 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Salient Features of the Book -- Acknowledgements -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Automotive Materials -- Learning Objectives -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Requirements of Ideal Automotive Materials -- 1.3 Classification of Materials Used in Automobiles -- 1.3.1 Metals and Alloys -- 1.3.2 Ceramics -- 1.3.3 Glasses and Glass-Ceramic -- 1.3.4 Polymers (Plastics) -- 1.3.5 Semiconductors -- 1.3.6 Composite Materials -- 1.3.7 Others -- 1.4 Properties of Automotive Materials |
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1.5 Ferrous Materials and Their Alloys: Cast Iron and Steels-Types, Properties, and Applications -- 1.5.1 Cast Iron Classifications -- 1.5.1.1 Gray Cast Iron -- 1.5.1.2 White Cast Iron -- 1.5.1.3 Malleable Cast Iron -- 1.5.1.4 Nodular Cast Iron -- 1.5.1.5 Mottled Cast Iron -- 1.5.1.6 Chilled Cast Iron -- 1.5.2 Plain Carbon Steel -- 1.5.2.1 Low-Carbon Steels -- 1.5.2.2 Medium-Carbon Steels -- 1.5.2.3 High-Carbon Steels -- 1.5.3 Alloy Steels -- 1.5.3.1 Stainless Steels -- 1.5.3.2 Austenitic Stainless Steels -- 1.5.3.3 Ferritic Stainless Steels -- 1.5.3.4 Martensitic Stainless Steels |
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1.5.3.5 Tool Steels -- 1.6 Material Selection Process in the Automotive Industry -- 1.7 Summary -- 1.8 Review Questions -- 2 Nonferrous Materials -- Learning Objectives -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Nonferrous Materials and Their Alloys -- 2.2.1 Copper and Its Alloys -- 2.2.1.1 Properties and Uses -- 2.2.2 Copper Alloys -- 2.2.3 Aluminium and Its Alloys -- 2.2.4 Magnesium and Its Alloys -- 2.2.5 Titanium Alloy -- 2.3 Ceramics -- Properties of Ceramic Materials and Applications -- 2.4 Polymer Materials -- 2.4.1 Thermo-Setting Plastics, Rubber -- 2.4.2 Thermoplastics -- 2.4.3 Thermosetting Polymers |
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2.4.4 Applications of Polymers -- 2.5 Glass Fibre and Carbon Fibre: Properties and Applications -- 2.5.1 Glass Fibre -- 2.5.2 Carbon Fibre -- 2.6 Modern Materials Used in the Automotive Industry -- 2.7 Material Decision-Making Process -- 2.8 Business Factors Affecting Material Selection -- 2.9 Summary -- 2.10 Review Questions -- 3 Heat Treatment -- Learning Objectives -- 3.1 Introduction: Concept of Phase and Phase Transformation -- 3.1.1 Concept of Phase -- 3.1.2 Phase Transformation -- 3.2 Iron-Iron Carbide Phase Equilibrium Diagram -- 3.3 Common Heat Treatment Processes and Their Applications |
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3.3.1 Types of Heat Treatment Processes -- 3.3.2 Annealing -- 3.3.3 Normalising -- 3.3.4 Hardening and Quenching -- 3.3.5 Tempering -- 3.4 Surface Hardening Processes: Gas Carburising, Nitriding, Cyaniding -- 3.4.1 Carburising -- 3.4.2 Cyaniding -- 3.4.3 Nitriding -- 3.4.4 Carbonitriding -- 3.5 Induction and Flame Hardening -- 3.5.1 Induction Hardening -- 3.5.2 Flame Hardening -- 3.6 Heat Treatment Processes in the Automotive Industry -- 3.7 Summary -- 3.8 Review Questions -- 4 Moulding and Casting -- Learning Objectives -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Pattern Making -- 4.2.1 Types of Pattern |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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4.2.2 Pattern Materials |
| Subject |
Automobiles -- Design and construction
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Manufacturing processes
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Automobiles -- Design and construction.
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Manufacturing processes.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kumbhar, V. S
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Tirpude, R. B
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Rajurkar, S. W
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| ISBN |
9781000877328 |
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1000877329 |
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