Textures of Materials - ICOTOM 14
Author | : Paul van Houtte |
Publisher | : Trans Tech Publications Ltd |
Total Pages | : 1750 |
Release | : 2005-09-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783038130109 |
ISBN-13 | : 3038130109 |
Rating | : 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Download or read book Textures of Materials - ICOTOM 14 written by Paul van Houtte and published by Trans Tech Publications Ltd. This book was released on 2005-09-15 with total page 1750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the materials science community, Texture is an important property which describes the relative orientations of the various material elements which constitute the microstructure. These elements are usually the crystalline grains; each with a different orientation of its crystal lattice. However, morphological textures, such as the arrangement of fibers in a composite material, also have to be considered. In rare cases, the texture is random; with all possible orientations being equally represented in the material. But, usually, processing of the material has caused the texture to become non-random; with a consequent anisotropy of the material properties. Thus, not only metallurgists and materials scientists take an interest in textures, but also physicists, mathematicians, geologists, mechanical engineers and others.