Werkstofftechnik für das Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen

The book builds a bridge between materials engineering expertise and industrial engineering. It is particularly suitable for industrial engineers due to the very broad spectrum of materials for many branches of technology and the well-structured presentation of different material groups. In addition to the technical and economic consideration of materials, many practical application examples are shown, with comprehensible explanations but without theoretical in-depth analyses. One of the book's main topics is the recycling of materials.

This edition has been revised and adapted to the current state of the art. New sections on refractory metals, solar cells, magnetic materials, implant materials and glass ceramics have been added.

The contents

Materials and their significance (material selection, use of materials in a gearbox) - Classification and structural consideration of materials - Properties of materials and their determination - Fundamentals of metallurgy - Ferrous materials (steels, cast iron) - Non-ferrous metals (aluminium, copper, magnesium, titanium, nickel, refractory metals) - Fundamentals of plastics science - Plastics (thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomers) - Ceramic materials and glasses (silicate, oxide, glass)(silicate, oxide, non-oxide ceramics, glasses and glass ceramics) - Composite materials (hard metals, fibre composites) - Materials for special applications (semiconductors, piezoelectric materials, shape memory alloys, magnetic materials, implant materials)

The target groups

Students of industrial engineering and engineering sciences
Professional engineers

The authors
Dr Böena Arnold (formerly Boczek) completed her doctorate in the field of materials science at Warsaw University of Technology. From 1999 to 2013, she was a lecturer in materials engineering at the FH Nordakademie in Elmshorn on the degree programme.