ASM International

Composite filament winding.

Contributors detail procedures for automated filament winding for complex shapes, and chronicle developments in robotic filament winding and ancillary processes that support the deposition process. They also show what has been done and can be done to advance the process of low-cost composite fabrication by filament winding. Among the topics are an engineering approach to fiber trajectories on shells of revolution, filament winding technology learned, and static mechanical tests for filament-wound composites. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Metallurgy for the non-metallurgist, 2d ed.

As fewer and fewer metallurgists are employed in industry, and more and more academic metallurgy departments are disbanded or absorbed into other departments, people not formally trained in the field are called on to do the work. This can lead to problems, so this volume is designed to introduce the fundamentals to practicing professionals who require a working knowledge of it. The topics include the accidental birth of a no-name alloy, a historical overview of discovering metals, steel products and properties, cast iron, the heat treatment of nonferrous alloys, and the durability of metals and alloys. A glossary is included. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)