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Materials for engineering, 3rd Edition - (Malestrom)

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xvi<br />

Introduction<br />

Young’s modulus, E (GPa)<br />

1000<br />

100<br />

10<br />

1. Modulus–Density<br />

Engineering WC-Ce<br />

Young’s modulus E<br />

Diamond ceramics<br />

B SiCSi 3 H 4<br />

(G = 3E/8 : K = E)<br />

Steels<br />

MFA: 88-91<br />

Aluminas<br />

Sialons ZrO 2 Mo<br />

CFRP<br />

W-alloys<br />

Si BeO<br />

uni-ply<br />

Ce Ni-alloys<br />

Glasses<br />

Cu-alloys<br />

Pottery<br />

Engineering KFRP<br />

Ti-alloys Zn-alloys<br />

1/2<br />

⎛<br />

composites GFRP<br />

Al-alloys<br />

E ⎞<br />

Tin<br />

CFRP<br />

Rock, stone<br />

⎜ ρ ⎟ (m / s)<br />

alloys<br />

⎝ ⎠<br />

Lead<br />

Laminates<br />

Cement, concrete<br />

alloys<br />

10 4 Parallel GFRP KFRP<br />

Ash<br />

Mgalloys<br />

to grain Oak<br />

Fir Pine MEL<br />

Porous<br />

ceramics Engineering<br />

P<br />

alloys<br />

Balsa<br />

PS<br />

Epoxies<br />

PMMA<br />

3 × 10 3 Woods<br />

1<br />

Wood<br />

products<br />

PVC<br />

Nylon<br />

Ash<br />

<strong>for</strong> true solids Oak<br />

Polyesters<br />

Perpendicular Pine HDPE<br />

Fir<br />

Guide lines <strong>for</strong><br />

to grain<br />

PTFE<br />

minimum<br />

Spruce<br />

LDPE<br />

E<br />

weight design<br />

Balsa<br />

C<br />

Plasticised ρ =<br />

PVC<br />

0.1<br />

Hard<br />

3 × 10 2 butyl PU Elastomers<br />

E<br />

1/2<br />

=C<br />

Cork<br />

ρ 1/3<br />

Polymers<br />

E<br />

Soft Silicone = C<br />

foams butyl<br />

ρ<br />

0.01<br />

0.1 0.3 1.0 3.0 10 30<br />

10 3 Lower limit<br />

PP<br />

Density, ρ (Mg/m 3 )<br />

0.1 Young’s modulus, E, vs. density, ρ. (After M. F. Ashby, Acta<br />

Metall., 1989, 37, 1273).<br />

namely the atomic arrangement, or crystal structure, the microstructure,<br />

which refers to the size and arrangement of the crystals, and the molecular<br />

structure. We will consider these aspects of structure in turn.

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