Materials and Processes for Spacecraft and High Reliability Applications Barrie D. Dunn
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Materials and Processes for Spacecraft and High Reliability Applications Barrie D. Dunn Springer Praxis Books, 2016 667 pages, $229.00 (e-book $179.00) ISBN 978-3-319-23361-1
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s a materials scientist with some interest in space materials, reviewing this book was a delight. It is a followup to Dunn’s 1997 book, Metallurgical Assessment of Spacecraft Parts, Materials and Processes. However, the current book updates the older one with the materials advances of the last 20 years, and is timely due to the steadily increasing number of spacecraft being launched with the increased demand for commercial telecommunication tools. Space is a punishing area in which to work, as the lightweight, robust materials must be able to withstand the shock and vibration of launch, and then remain functionally robust during exposure to cycles of excessive heat and cold while in a vacuum and exposed to the space radiation environment. Further, as Dunn notes, the materials in spacecraft can be exotic and doted upon, as the overall cost of materials in a spacecraft comprises only about 10% of the total program. The book starts with a chapter describing the unique demands of spacecraft materials, and then is followed by a chapter on integration of materials into product assurance schemes. The latter
chapter is a somber reminder to spacecraft researchers and engineers about the methodical approach that must be used to introduce new materials, and that a full team overviewing quality, reliability, and safety is needed to ensure proper functionality. From there, the book includes a chapter on how materials analysis can be used to prevent failure, and gives a toplevel review of many of the materials processes that might be employed (welding, brazing, etc.), mixed with methods to control the processes and components. Another chapter discusses the metallography applied to spacecraft test failures, and another discusses electrical interconnections. The subject of whisker growth— something specific to the thermal cycles and vacuum environment endured by spacecraft—is also covered. Corrosion prevention is another key topic, and useful advice and tables are provided regarding how to avoid joining metals of different potentials. The book concludes with a chapter on materials post-analysis, and then has 100 pages of tables on everything from linear expansion coefficients to examples of declared
Wisdom of the Martians of Science: In Their Own Words with Commentaries Balazs Hargittai and István Hargittai World Scientific, 2016 264 pages, $64.00 (softcover $34.00, e-book $27.00) ISBN 978-981-4723
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his is an uncommon book: It is neither a monograph nor a sum of five biographies, but rather a collection of quotations, commentaries, and ideas
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materials lists. The materials described are generally well known, such as standard polymers, titanium, and beryllium, as well as alloys of steel, aluminum, and copper. Graphene, which
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