Book Recommendations

[christianroth]

I'm looking for a good reference book on different material properties (yield, tensile, etc...) as well as typical applications.

Can anyone recommend a book?

 

[tomwalz]

There are books out called "materials Handbooks"

Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.

http://www.carbideprocessor.com

 

[TVP]

ASM International publishes a number of excellent references on this subject:

http://www.asminternational.org/Template.cfm?Section=BrowsebyTopic&Template=/ecommerce/Topic.cfm

Click on Mechanical Testing and Properties; Irons and Steels; Property Data; etc.

 

[MintJulep]

http://www.matweb.com/index.asp?ckck=1

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[EngJW]

The Clark & Varney metallurgy text is excellent if you are looking for general information about materials and heat treatment. It is an engineering text but it is not difficult to read.

 

[carnage1]

I get a lot of basic info from suppliers catalogs such as McMaster or MSC they cover any material you can buy from them and don't generaly cost you anything.

 

[kenvlach]

Handbook of Materials for Product Design (3RD) (2001) is available for the extremely low price of $7.75 + s/h.

http://www.campusi.com/bookFind/asp/bookFindPriceLst.asp?prodId=0071354069

Only ~1000 pages, so rather brief on processes. But, lots of cheap "Manufacturing Processes" textbooks are available. And, auto engineers presumably already have Machinery's Handbook.

For metals, I recommend Physical Metallurgy Handbook (2003)

http://www.campusi.com/bookFind/asp/bookFindPriceLst.asp?prodId=0070579865

and Smithells Metals Reference Book (1992 or newer)

http://www.campusi.com/bookFind/asp...title&srchTxt=smithells+metals+reference+book

I heartily concur with carnage1's recommendation of

http://www.mcmaster.com.

It has a good search engine, so you can browse by material, application or specification. Nice to find what is available, do-able, what specs. apply, etc. Do a trial search for 'ASTM screws,' then click on Hex Head & Cap Screws to see some of the available info.