Thermodynamic Degradation Science: Physics of Failure, Accelerated Testing, Fatigue, and Reliability Applications by Ale
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Thermodynamic Degradation Science: Physics of Failure, Accelerated Testing, Fatigue, and Reliability Applications Alec Feinberg Wiley, 2016 264 pages, $115.00 ISBN 978-1-119-27622-7
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his book uses thermodynamic concepts coupled with physical analogies to address the complex issues associated with material degradation. As part of the Wiley Series in Quality and Reliability Engineering, this text presents a review of thermodynamic principles from the perspective of reliability engineering. The laws of thermodynamics are restated in terms of damage and repair rather than simply as the result of state variables. The book begins by introducing equilibrium thermodynamics as a foundation for discussing the behavior of nonequilibrium systems. The second chapter clearly states the nomenclature required to bridge the two, including numerous explicit examples spanning many physical paradigms. Later chapters describe the utility of key concepts and analytical tools in addressing thermodynamic degradation, including work, accelerated testing, corrosion, thermal activation, viscoelastic and fatigue effects, and diffusion. Activation (Arrhenius) and other
aging laws are discussed in the context of specific applications as well as predicting failure. The last chapter and the appended “Special Topics” suggest interesting directions in which the developed methods can be taken, but seem rushed relative to the richness of the early chapters. This may be a limitation of the organization in conjunction with the paucity of work done in this area to date. This is a minor limitation of the enlightening approach used throughout the remainder of the text. The “Special Topics” include reliability statistics, accelerated testing, and the conceptualization of humans as thermodynamic engines, which can wear in predictable ways. Practical examples from classical physics and biomechanics are abundant. Each chapter concludes with a summary of key concepts and equations. Thermodynamic laws are restated in terms of nonequilibrium processes, and then used to derive common semiempirical and theoretical results from Miner’s
Composite Materials: Concurrent Engineering Approach S.M. Sapuan Butterworth-Heinemann, 2017 338 pages, $119.00 (e-book $119.00) ISBN 9780128025079
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his book is innovative in that it applies the concepts of concurrent engineering to composite materials. According to Report 338 of the US Institute for Defense Analyses (1988), concurrent engineering is the “systematic approach to the integrated design
of products and their related processes including manufacture and support.” Composite materials are a current and ever-growing area. In this book, Sapuan emphasizes the importance of considering the manufacturing aspects in the early stages of
rule to the diffusion equation. The early chapters include tables that explicitly list variables and equations of interest, which allow the developed methods to be applied to any classical physical system by analogy. Later chapters extend these analogies to nonequilibrium examples, includi
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