Material Science for Engineers  (English, Paperback, Gupta Aparna)

Material Science for Engineers is intended to serve this need. It is expected to cater to the needs of a vast majority of students of different branches of science and engineering. It is meant to serve as a textbook for those students who are going to get their first exposure of this beautiful subject. Additional concepts of thermodynamics physical chemistry atomic structure etc. not covered in earlier core courses are explained as and when required. A large number of illustrations & more than 180 solved problems are included for better understanding of basic concepts presented in the book. SI units are used in the book. The book has projected an overall view of the structure and structure-related properties of materials within the framework of science and engineering disciplines. The lucid presentation of the book would be a great help for the students to have a clear grasp of the fundamentals. The objective of the book is to prepare students to tackle applications oriented problems in the field of materials science. Topics in this book include crystal structure crystal imperfections polymers diffusion in solids phase diagrams kinetics of phase transformation and elastic behaviour of materials viscoelasticity semi- conductors superconductors magnetic materials and dielectric materials. Certain advanced topics like ceramics composites fracture strengthening and deterioration of materials are also included. State-of-the- art developments in the subject are also included to make the reader aware of the latest developments in the area.

About the Author

Aparna Gupta is Professor of Physics at N.C. College of Engineering Israna Panipat Haryana. She has been faculty of Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani Rajasthan for the last 28 years. She became Associate Professor of Physics in 1995 and Professor of Physics since 2000. She was Group Leader of Physics from 1987 to 1988. She has been Dean Educational Hardware Division BITS (1988- 2003). She has done her Bachelors degree from Presidency College Kolkata: Masters and Ph.D. from University of Calcutta India. She was awarded Premchand Roychand studentship during her Ph.D. She was a member of the Senate and of the Research Board BITS since 1995. She was also a Student Counselor. She is an Associate of sana Institute of Nuclear Physics Kolkata and is a life member of the Indian Physics Association. She has 39 research publications to her credit. She has authored the book System Analysis: Concepts and Applications. She has developed lecture notes for the two courses: Measurement Techniques-1 Thermo-mechanical Conversion of Solar Energy.

Santosh Kumar is Professor of Physics and Head of the Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities at N.C. College of Engineering Israna Panipat Haryana India. He has been Associate Professor of Physics at Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani Rajasthan India since 1982 and was Professor of Physics at BITS for the last 12 years (1990-2002). He has done his Bachelors and Masters from Panjab University Chandigarh India and Ph.D. from University of Calcutta India. He has been Dean Academic Registration and Counseling Division BITS and Chairman Academic Counseling Board BITS (1987-1995) and Dean Faculty Division III (1995-1997). He was a member of the Senate BITS since 1982 and has been member of the Research Board BITS (1982-1997). He has been a resource faculty for the Intensive Teaching Workshop BITS since 1996. He is an Associate of Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Kolkata and is a life member of the Indian Physics Association. He has 40 research publications to his credit. He has developed lecture notes for the two courses: Concepts in Science; and Management Information and Decision Support Systems.