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Going further

Books

  • Engineering Materials 1 by Michael F Ashby & David R H Jones, Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford, 1996.
    Provides an overview of creep and the turbine blade case study.

Websites

  • Nickel based superalloys
    Provides detailed information on the microstructure and properties of nickel-based superalloys. Authored by Prof H K D Bhadeshia, University of Cambridge.

Other resources

  • Many of the techniques described in the 'Aluminum Alloys: Strengthening' module, on the MATTER Project's 'Materials Science on CD-ROM', are also relevant to nickel based alloys. See the MATTER website for details of availability.

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