Includes bibliographical references and index

Engineering materials and their properties -- Part A: Price and availability -- The price and availability of materials -- Part B: The elastic moduli -- The elastic moduli -- Bonding between atoms -- Packing of atoms in solids -- The physical basis of Young's modulus -- Case studies is modulus-limited design -- Part C: Yield strength, tensile strength, and ductility -- Yield strength, tensile strength, and ductility -- Dislocations and yielding the crystals -- Strengthening methods and plasticity -- Continuum aspects of plastic flow -- Case studies in yield-limited design -- Part D: Fast fracture, brittle fracture, and toughness -- Fast fracture and toughness -- Micromechanisms of fast fracture -- Probabilistic fracture of brittle materials -- Case studies in fracture -- Part E: Fatigue failure -- Fatigue failure -- Fatigue design -- Case studies in fatigue failure -- Part F: Creep deformation and fracture -- Creep and creep fracture -- Kinetic theory of diffusion -- Mechanisms of creep and creep-resistant materials -- The turbine blade - a case study -- Part G: Oxidation and corrosion -- Oxidation of materials -- Case studies in dry oxidation -- Wet corrosion of materials -- Case studies is wet corrosion -- Part H: Friction, abrasion, and wear -- Friction and wear -- Case studies in friction and wear -- Final case study: materials and energy -- Appendix: Symbols and formulae