Joining of Materials and Structures: From Pragmatic Process to Enabling Technology

Preface

I: Joining Processes & Technologies1. Introduction to Joining: A Process and a Technology 2. Mechanical Joining 3. Mechanical Fasteners, Inte gral Attachments, and Other Mechanical Joining Methods 4. A dhesive Bonding and Cementing 5. Adhesives, Cements, Mortar s, and the Bonding Process 6. Welding as a Joining Process< BR id=‘CRLF’>7. Brazing: A Subclassification of Welding 8. Soldering: A Subset of Brazing 9. The Basic Metallurgy of W elding, Brazing, and Soldering 10. Other Joining Processes: Variants and Hybrids II: Joining of Specific Materials and Structures 11. Joining of Metals, Alloys, and Intermetalli cs 12. Joining of Ceramics and Glasses 13. Joi ning of Polymers 14. Joining Composite Materials and Struct ures 15. Joining Dissimilar Material Combinations 16. Joining Structures and Living Tissue

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