High Temperature Miniature Specimen Test Methods (eBook)

High Temperature Miniature Specimen Test Methods, for the first time in book format, focuses on a comprehensive and thorough introduction to a range of high temperature, miniaturized test methods at elevated temperatures which are used to obtain 'bulk creep or fatigue properties from a small volume of material. Complicated mathematics and modelling are not involved. It is intended to be of use to a wide range of audience of engineers (e.g. designers, manufacturers, metallurgists, stress analysts), researchers (e.g. materials scientists) and students (undergraduate and postgraduate) in the field of high-temperature material and structural integrity assessment. Specific novel features of the book include 1] theoretical basis of each test method; 2], data interpretation method of each test method; and 3] specific application of each test method. - Provides the theoretical basis of each test method - Includes the data interpretation method of each test method - Presents specific applications and the limitations of each test method, along with opportunities for future developments

Wei Sun Ph.D DS.c was a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nottingham, and has been working on creep, fatigue, cyclic plasticity, and the miniaturized specimen test methods at high temperatures for > 25 years. He has supervised 40 Ph.D projects (> 10 related to high temperature small specimen testing). He is an author of 260 international journal articles (63 related to high-temperature miniature specimen tests), 170 conference contributions (14 plenary/keynote lectures) and one textbook (Applied Creep Mechanics. McGraw-Hill 2013). He became Charted Engineer in 1998, a Fellow of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 2002, and a Fellow of The Institute of Materials in 2009. Prof. Sun has been an Emeritus Professor at the University of Nottingham since he retired in 2020, and currently is a member of EU CEN Impression Creep Standard Committe.

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High Temperature Miniature Specimen Test Methods, for the first time in book format, focuses on a comprehensive and thorough introduction to a range of high temperature, miniaturized test methods at elevated temperatures which are used to obtain "e;bulk creep or fatigue properties from a small volume of material. Complicated mathematics and modelling are not involved. It is intended to be of use to a wide range of audience of engineers (e.g. designers, manufacturers, metallurgists, stress analysts), researchers (e.g. materials scientists) and students (undergraduate and postgraduate) in the field of high-temperature material and structural integrity assessment. Specific novel features of the book include 1] theoretical basis of each test method; 2], data interpretation method of each test method; and 3] specific application of each test method. - Provides the theoretical basis of each test method- Includes the data interpretation method of each test method- Presents specific applications and the limitations of each test method, along with opportunities for future developments