Superplasticity In Metals And Ceramics (cambridge Solid State Science Series)

This book describes advances in the field of superplasticity. This is the ability of certain materials to undergo very large tensile strains, a phenomenon that has increasing commercial applications, but also presents a fascinating scientific challenge in attempts to understand the physical mechanisms that underpin it. Breakthroughs include the development of superplasticity in metallic materials at very high strain rates that are of interest to the automobile industry. The authors emphasize the materials aspects of superplasticity. They begin with a brief history of the phenomenon. This is followed by a description of the two major types of superplasticity - fine-structure and internal-stress superplasticity - together with a discussion of their operative mechanisms. In addition, microstructural factors controlling the ductility and fracture in superplastic materials are presented. The observations of superplasticity in metals (including alloys of aluminium, magnesium, iron, titanium and nickel), ceramics (including monolithic alloys and composites), intermetallics (including iron, nickel, and titanium base), and laminates are thoroughly described. The technological and commercial applications of superplastic forming and diffusion bonding are presented and examples given. This book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in materials science and engineering, especially those working in the aerospace and automobile companies. Cambridge Solid State Science Series EDITORS Professor D.R. Clarke Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara Professor S. Suresh Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor I.M. Ward FRS IRC in Polymer Science and Technology, University of Leeds Superplasticity in metals and ceramics TITLES IN PRINT IN THIS SERIES S.W.S. McKeever Thermoluminescence of solids P.L. Rossiter The electrical resistivity of metals and alloys VJ. McBrierty and KJ. Packer Nuclear magnetic resonance in solid polymers R.H. Boyd and PJ. Phillips The science of polymer molecules D.I. Bower and W.F. Maddams The vibrational spectroscopy of polymers D.P. Woodruff and T. A. Delchar Modern techniques of surface science - second edition S. Suresh Fatigue of materials J.S. Dugdale Electrical properties of metallic glasses J. Zarzycki Glasses and the vitreous state R.A. Street Hydrogenated amorphous silicon M. Nastasi, J.W. Mayer and J.K. Hirvonen Ion—solid interactions: fundamentals and applications T-W. Chou Microstructural design of fiber composites D.Hull and T.W. Clyne An introduction to composite materials - second edition A.M. Donald and A.H. Windle Liquid crystalline polymers J.W. Martin, R.H. Doherty and B. Cantor Stability of microstructure in metallic systems - second edition B.R. Lawn Fracture of brittle solids — second edition T.W. Clyne and P.J. Withers An introduction to metal matrix composites Superplasticity in metals and ceramics T.G. Nieh Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory J. Wadsworth Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory O.D. Sherby Stanford University CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521561051 © T.G. Nieh, J. Wadsworth and O.D. Sherby 1997 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission