Computer Methods and Experimental Measurements for Surface Treatment Effects

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The 35 papers describe computer methods and experimental measurements for such aspects of surface engineering as residual stress field effects, laser treatments, fracture and fatigue, thermal treatments, surface technology, and coating processes. They come at a time when surface treatment is increasingly being used to reduce the cost of expensive components and to extend the useful lifetime of existing structures. Among the topics are the effect of corrosion and oxide films on crack nucleation, heat treatment of metallic carbide coatings, in-situ observation of the corrosion process by scanning atomic force microscope, the effect of shot peening on the delayed fracture of carburized steel, and the experimental study of ductility in hard chromium electroplated coatings. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)