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Presents practical discussions on thermodynamic and electrochemical principles of corrosion, recognition and prevention of various forms of corrosion, types of corrosive environments commonly encountered. DLC: Corrosion and anti-corrosives. .
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This full-color textbook will help students and professionals understand the space environment and its impacts on spacecraft design, engineering, and performance. While the primary emphasis of the book is the Earth's environment and its effects on spacecraft, it also addresses the extraterrestrial environment and the effects of radiation on humans in space. The book begins with an introduction to the history of spacecraft failures, risk management, reliability and quality assurance techniques, and parts reliability. It goes on to provide an overview of the structure of the Sun; the structure, origin, and models of the geomagnetic field; gravitational field of the Earth; Earth's magnetosphere and radiation environment; neutral environment including fundamentals of the kinetic theory of gases; variation of pressure with altitude and hypoxia of humans; electromagnetic propagation; the effect of atomic oxygen on materials; plasma surrounding the Earth; transport and effects of photon and charged particle radiation on electronics and tissue; spacecraft contamination; techniques to mitigate debris impact; and heat transfer and thermal control of spacecraft. An appendix provides important astrodynamic constants and parameters of the celestial bodies in the solar system. Problem sets and examples are included, and a solution manual is available for instructors..
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Component failures result from a combination of factors involving materials science, mechanics, thermodynamics, corrosion, and tribology With the right guidance, you don’t have to be an authority in all of these areas to become skilled at diagnosing and preventing failures. Based on the author’s more than thirty years of experience, Practical Plant Failure Analysis: A Guide to Understanding Machinery Deterioration and Improving Equipment Reliability is a down-to-earth guide to improving machinery maintenance and reliability.

Illustrated with hundreds of diagrams and photographs, this book examines…

· When and how to conduct a physical failure analysis

· Basic material properties including heat treating mechanisms, work hardening, and the effects of temperature changes on material properties

· The differences in appearance between ductile overload, brittle overload, and fatigue failures

· High cycle fatigue and how to differentiate between high stress concentrations and high operating stresses

· Low cycle fatigue and unusual fatigue situations

· Lubrication and its influence on the three basic bearing designs

· Ball and roller bearings, gears, fasteners, V-belts, and synchronous belts

Taking a detailed and systematic approach, Practical Plant Failure Analysis thoroughly explains the four major failure mechanisms—wear, corrosion, overload, and fatigue—as well as how to identify them. The author clearly identifies how these mechanisms appear in various components and supplies convenient charts that demonstrate how to identify the specific causes of failure..
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In Structural Condition Assessment, editor-in-chief Robert T. Ratay gathers together the leading people in the field to produce the first unified resource on all aspects of structural condition assessment for strength, serviceability, restoration, adaptive reuse, code compliance, and vulnerability. Organized by the four main stages of a structural evaluation, this book provides an introduction to structural deterioration and its consequences, the business and legal aspects of conducting an evaluation, initial survey and evaluation techniques for various structures, and specific tests for five of the most common structural materials (concrete, steel, masonry, timber and fabric.).
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How corporate greed and mismanagement ate the American dream. In the 1990s, before the bubble of the "miracle economy" burst, corporate America grew fat on the miseries of the American worker. Media attention has focused on dot-com disasters, massive layoffs, and explosions of corporate violence. But for those millions of Americans who have neither been laid off nor "gone postal," life at the office has become a nightmare: seven-day-a-week workloads; reduced salaries, pensions, and benefits; virtual enslavement to technology; and a pervasive fear about job security. With facts, figures, and telling case histories, the author chronicles this catastrophic sea change in industry after industry. Her book is essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of the American economy...or worried about his or her own job..
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This book will introduce the reader to the wide variety of analytical techniques that are employed by those working on the conservation of materials. An introduction to each technique is provided with explanations of how data may be obtained and interpreted. Examples and case studies will be included to illustrate how each technique is used in practice. The fields studied include: inorganic materials, polymers, biomaterials and metals. Clear examples of data analysis feature, designed to assist the reader in their choice of analytical method..
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This book is based on the author's 25 years of experience in research on photodegradation. All available data on photodegradation has been collated and information on how to carry out experiments given. Special attention is given to photodegradation in extreme conditions with a combination of theoretical and practical discussion..
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Ultraviolet rays, heat and moisture cause millions of dollars of damage every year to exposed materials. Understanding the weatherability of plastics and rubber is the only way to predict the durability of your end product. With that in mind, PDL compiled this book - the complete database on the effect of UV radiation and weather on the properties and appearance of plastics and rubber. Over 80 generic materials are in the database, covering many suppliers and grades. Thermoplastics, thermosets, thermoplastic elastomers, and rubbers, including alloys and other new material are covered. How various additives and fillers affect the weatherability of materials is also shown..
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