Materials Processes

1 Solidification/Liquid State Processes.- 1.1 Preliminary Concepts.- 1.2 Nucleation.- 1.3 Heterogeneous Nucleation/Inoculation and other Aspects of Structural Refinement.- 1.4 Heterogeneous Nucleation/Theoretical Aspects/Coherent and Incoherent Nucleation.- 1.5 Inoculation in Casting Practice/Aluminium Alloys.- 1.6 Inoculation of Cast Iron.- 1.7 The Origin of Cast Structure.- 1.8 Dendritic Growth.- 1.9 Transport Processes ahead of a Solid-Liquid Interface.- 1.10 Microsegregation.- 1.11 Zone Refining.- 1.12 Dendritic Growth Theory. Constitutional Supercooling Theory.- 1.13 Cast Structure.- 1.14 Eutectic Solidification.- 1.15 Schematic Representation of Casting Processes.- 1.16 Shrinkage and Risering.- 1.17 Continuous Casting Processes.- 1.18 Glass Manufacture by the Float Glass (Pilkington) Process.- 1.19 Slip Casting of Ceramics.- 1.20 Rapid Solidification.- 1.21 Surface Melting.- 1.22 Osprey Process.- 1.23 Composite Casting.- 1.24 Near Net Shape Processes.- 2 Joining Processes.- 2.1 Scope of Liquid and Solid State Joining Processes.- 2.2 Welding with Gas Sources.- 2.3 Brazing.- 2.4 Adhesive Joints and Wetting.- 2.5 Diffusion Bonding.- 2.6 Arc and Resistance Welding Processes.- 2.7 Plasma Welding.- 2.8 Heat Transfer in Welding.- 2.9 Electron Beam Processes.- 2.10 Weld Structure.- 2.11 The Heat Affected Zone in Welding.- 3 Surface Processes.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Laser Technology.- 3.3 Transformation Hardening of Surfaces by Laser.- 3.4 Laser Annealing/Laser Annealing of Silicon.- 3.5 Laser Alloying.- 3.6 Cladding.- 3.7 Coating.- 3.8 Electron Motion.- 3.9 Plasma Sheaths.- 3.10 Magnetrons.- 3.11 Coating of Plate Glass and Plastic Sheet by Planar Magnetrons.- 3.12 Ion Implantation.- 3.13 Spraying of Metals and Oxides by Gas Flame, Arc and Plasma.- 3.14 Chemical Vapour Deposition CVD.- 4 Powder Processes/Hard Metals/Ceramics/Glass Ceramics.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Powder Production Methods.- 4.3 Powder Consolidation.- 4.4 Sintering.- 4.5 Hard Materials.- 4.6 Ceramic Materials.- 5 Fibre Processes. Composites.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Types of Fibre.- 5.3 Types of Composite.- 5.4 Fibre Manufacturing Processes.- 5.5 Polymer Matrix Materials.- 5.6 Pultrusion.- 5.7 Cast Metal Composites.- 5.8 Ceramic Matrix Composites.- 5.9 Glass Ceramic Composites.- 6 Shape Forming.- 6.1 Plasticity of Metals/Physical Definitions.- 6.2 Plasticity Theory/Yield Criteria.- 6.3 Work Hardening of Metals.- 6.4 Microplasticity and Grain Size.- 6.5 Rate and Temperature Effects in Metal Forming.- 6.6 Plastic Working of Metals.- 6.7 Polymer Processes.- 7 Process Selection and Control/Computer Applications/Electronics Manufacturing Processes/Modelling of Processes.- 7.1 General.- 7.2 Costing.- 7.3 Technical Cost Modelling.- 7.4 Decision Analysis Techniques and Materials Selection.- 7.5 Materials Availability and Selection/Data Banks.- 7.6 Information Technology and Production Processes.- 7.7 CAD-CAM/The Computer as a Machine.- 7.8 The Computer in Manufacturing Technology/Turing's Machine.- 7.9 The Von Neumann Machine.- 7.10 Microprocessor.- 7.11 Processes in Electronics.- 7.12 Growing Silicon Crystals.- 7.13 Device Technology.- 7.14 Manufacturing Organisation.- 7.15 Integrated Manufacturing Systems (IMPS).- 7.16 Automation of Materials Processing.- 7.17 General Aspects of Process Modelling.- 7.18 Artificial Intelligence/Expert Systems.