In its new edition, this book reviews developments in automotive, aerospace, electronics and consumer applications, including continuous fiber reinforced MMCs for power transmission cables, particulate MMCs in aircraft and automotive applications, and more.

This work focuses on the fundamentals of MMCs for engineers and designers. The new edition addresses new issues and developments in the areas of automotive, aerospace, electronics and consumer applications. These include continuous fiber reinforced MMCs for cables in power transmission, high temperature superconducting wires, particulate MMCs in civilian aircraft and automotive applications, and high volume fraction, high thermal conductivity substrates for electronic packaging. The coverage is thorough and cohesive, and emphasizes the synergistic relationships among processing, structure and properties of metal matrix composites.

Introduces up-to-date developments of metal matrix composites, particularly in 3D characterization and nano-composites Focuses on the synergistic relationships among processing, microstructure, and properties of metal matrix composites Describes the latest in applications of common matrix materials

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Nikhilesh Chawla is Fulton Professor of Materials Engineering at Arizona State University. He's the recipient of the 2013 Brimacombe Medalist Award from TMS; 2011 Distinguished Lectureship given by Tsinghua University, China; 2009 Raymond Award for Best Paper by the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME); 2004 Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers, given by ASM International; and the 2006 TMS Young Leaders Tutorial Lecture. He's also won the National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award and the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award.

Krishan Chawla is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. Among his other awards are: Distinguished Researcher Award at New Mexico Tech, Distinguished Alumnus Award from Banaras Hindu University, Eshbach Society Distinguished Visiting Scholar award at Northwestern University, Faculty Fellow award at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs) have progressed from niche materials to high performance applications in aerospace, electronic packaging, automotive, and recreational products. This book focuses on the synergistic relationships among processing, microstructure, and properties of metal matrix composites. The authors include chapters on reinforcements, common matrix materials, processing of MMCs, interface characterization and techniques for obtaining interfacial properties, monotonic mechanical and physical properties, cyclic fatigue, creep, wear resistance, corrosion, and applications of MMCs. This, 2nd edition, builds on the text of the previous edition, by adding new and contemporary coverage of nanocomposites, corrosion, new applications, and new characterization techniques such as x-ray tomography and micropillar compression.

Inhalt
Preface.- Introduction.- Reinforcements.- Matrix Materials.- Processing.- Interface.- Micromechanics.- Monotonic Behavior.- Cyclic Fatigue.- Creep.- Wear and Corrosion.- Applications.- Author Index.- Subject Index.