Introduction to Adiabatic Shear Localization: (Revised Edition)

Adiabatic shear bands are found in a variety of metals and other materials; they cause rapid weakening due to energy concentration into narrow regions of the material. This is the first book targeted at under- and post-graduate students and is the only true introduction to the subject. An enhance student-friendly edition of the authors' 1992 book Adiabatic Shear Localization: Occurrence, Theories and Applications, this seminal text now includes essential Further Reading sections in some chapters. It explains adiabatic shear bands in a descriptive rather than a mathematical way, with a 'quick reference' section for readers wanting a more rapid introduction. Entirely comprehensive, the reader can dip into the chapters as suits his or her course material or research. If you are a post-graduate materials scientist, engineer, physicist, metallurgist, or indeed any researcher in material that undergo rapid deformation and failure, this text is not to be missed.