Testing of Metals (INDIA PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING) - Hardcover

Nayar, Alok

9780070581647: Testing of Metals (INDIA PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070581649 ISBN 13: 9780070581647

Publisher: McGraw Hill / India, 2005

Testing of Metals covers standard test methods for tensile testing, formability testing, hardness testing, impact testing, nondestructive testing, metallographic and other methods of testing. Each test method describes the principle, apparatus, general precautions and the test procedures. This book contains information on equivalent national and international standard -- BIS, ASTM, BS, DIN, ISO and JIS - on testing of metals, hardness conversion tables, macroetchants and microetchants for metals. Besides this, a directory of select standards organizations, technical associations, and testing equipment manufacturers are also included. Testing of Metals is a must read for: Engineers and technical professionals involved in testing and evaluation of metallic materials Undergraduate and graduate students of metallurgical and mechanical engineering.

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About the Author:

Alok Nayar is Chief Manager, Materials Engineering and Metrology at the Escorts R&D Centre, Faridabad, India. He holds a B Tech (Hons.) degree in metallurgical engineering from IIT-Kharagpur, India, and an MS degree in materials science from the University of Minnesota, USA. He is a member of ASM International, the Tribology Society of India, and the Bureau of Indian Standards Sectional Committees on Wrought Steel Products, Pig Iron and Cast Iron, and Alloy Steels and Forgings. He is the author of The Metals Databook (1997) and The Steel Handbook (2002), published by Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited. He is also the co-editor of the proceedings on Continuous Casting of Steel (1984), published by the Indian Institute of Metals.

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