Phase transformations
Introduction
Questions
[1] Is there an inherent limit to how fast you can fly, in a sustained manner? What sets such a limit?
[2] Can a structural material be used above its melting temperature?
Course content and plan
Textbook
Phase transformations in metals and alloys, D A Porter and K E Easterling, Second Edition, CRC press, 1992.
References
- Phase transformations in materials, A K Jena and M C Chaturvedi, Prentice Hall PTR, 1992.
- Phase equilibria, phase diagrams and phase transformations: their thermodynamic basis, M Hillert, Second Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Stability of microstructure in metallic systems, J W Martin, R D Doherty, and B Cantor, Second Edition, Cambridge Solid State Science Series, Cambridge University Press, 1997.
- The theory of transformations in metals and alloys, J W Christian, Third edition, Pergamon Press, 2002.
- Phase transformations in materials, R W Cahn, P Haasen and E Kramer, John Wiley and Sons Inc., 1991.
- Kinetics of materials, R W Balluffi, S A Allen and W C Carter, First Edition, Wiley-Interscience Publishers, 2005.
- Transformations in metals, P G Shewmon, Indo American Books, 2006.
- Phase diagrams in metallurgy: their development and applications, F N Rhines, Mc-Graw Hill Book Company, 1956.