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Author: John B., Jr. Wachtman
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars

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Sales Rank: 460959

Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 472
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.2

ISBN: 0471133167
Dewey Decimal Number: 620.140423
EAN: 9780471133162

Publication Date: May 11, 1996
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Also Available In:

•	Kindle Edition - Mechanical Properties of Ceramics
•	Digital - Mechanical Properties of Ceramics (Wiley Interscience)
•	Hardcover - Mechanical Properties of Ceramics

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
This excellent text/reference presents a systematic introductory treatment of the current understanding, supplemented by empirical facts, of the subject and describes the role of microstructure in determining the effect of mechanical properties of ceramics. Chapters on each of the major types of structural ceramics provide a guide to achievable mechanical properties. Discusses design for specified levels of safety and for minimal life under service conditions. Includes scores of illustrations, tables and figures.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars

Second Edition January 24, 2008
The second edition, currently in press and due out in February 2009, addresses the deficiencies noted by the earlier reviewer. In particular, the new edition is intended to be a useful textbook at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Explanations and derivations have been clarified and include more explanatory sketches. The new edition includes example problems at the end of each chapter. The book now contains many micrographs, particularly in the fractography chapter which has been almost completely rewritten.

1 out of 5 stars

Mechanical Properties of ceramics: A student's perspective March 30, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Mechanical Properties of Ceramics was the textbook used in my graduate Ceramics Engineering Class. I felt that the book was rather lacking in many respects. Very often, formulas occured without any explanation of their origin or any sort of derivations. Additionally, a few of the derivations that were presented were wrong.

Many of the concepts were explained very vaguely and it was difficult to follow the author's train of thought. It was sometimes difficult to follow why various conclusions could be drawn, or why certain assumptions could be made.

As a student, I do not think that this was a very good textbook. During my course, I tried to read the textbook carefully and in detail, but often found myself very confused. The text and the mathematical formulations and the conclusions did not follow a logical and consistent order.

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