Book Companion
Handbook of Materials Failure Analysis
Edition 1
Welcome to the Companion site for Makhlouf, Aliofkhazraei: Handbook of Materials Failure Analysis, Vol 4, 5, and 6.
After the success of our first three volumes in the “Handbook of Materials Failure Analysis”, Elsevier has the pleasure to extend this project to the following new volumes:
Handbook of Materials Failure Analysis with Case Studies from the Electronic Industries (Volume 4)
Handbook of Materials Failure Analysis with Case Studies from the Textile Industries (Volume 5)
Handbook of Materials Failure Analysis with Case Studies from the Construction Industries (Volume 6)
Invited authors are welcome to propose new topics for failure analysis for different industries.
The websites for the first three volumes
The websites for the first three volumes are here:
About the site
Failure analysis and its prevention is an important issue for all engineering structures. Materials failure in some industrial sectors such as oil, chemicals, aircraft, automotive, etc., can result in huge costs due to the industrial damage and possible environmental crisis. In some cases, it can also result in human loss. In our previous three published books for Elsevier [1-3], we covered a wide spectrum of materials failure analysis in different industrial sectors such as automotive, aerospace, power, concrete, chemical, oil and gas.
New volumes of this handbook will focus on Electronic Industries, Textile Industries, and Construction Industries. It will discuss the most common cases of relative failures and their investigation, analysis and possible remedy in different industrial applications.
About the Author
Dr. Abdel Salam Hamdy Makhlouf
Dr. Abdel Salam Hamdy Makhlouf is RGV STAR Professor in the Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He is a multiple-award winner for his academic excellence: He received several prestigious awards in Germany (Humboldt Research Award for Experienced Scientists at Max Planck Institute); USA (Fulbright Visiting Scholar, NSF Fellow, and Dept. of Energy Fellow); Belgium (Belgian Federal Science Research Fellowship); Arab League (Arab Youth Excellence Award in Innovation 2013), Jordan (Abdul Hameed Shoman Award in Engineering Science 2012); Egypt (National Prize of Egypt in Advanced Science and Technology 2006; Egyptian Prize of Excellence in Surface Technology and Corrosion 2006; and Egyptian Prize of Excellence and Innovation in Materials Science and their Applications 2009); and Palestine (An-Najah Prize for Research 2014).
His biography was selected to be included in Who's Who in the World® 2015, 2007 and 2006. He is Senior Editor of Insciences Journal, Nanotechnology Section, (Switzerland), Associate Editor: J. Nanostructure in Chemistry, Springer, and Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Int'l Journal of Applied Sciences. His research interests include preparation and characterization of advanced coatings, corrosion, nanomaterials, biomaterials, renewable energy and advanced materials and polymers. His publication list (+170) includes studies and review papers authored in journals from top publishers. He is the editor of 11 books and 20 book chapters. He supervised and graduated 11 PhD and Master’s students, and 5 postdoctoral fellows. He is a persistent journal reviewer, advisor, and judge of the work of his peers. He is a referee for over 30 int’l journals of a high caliber, and a continued board member of over 22 journals.
He is also an experienced Editor with board titles at journals published by Springer and Elsevier, an Expert Evaluator for the EU’s FP7, with an estimated budget of over €50.521 billion, expert for the German Ministry of Education and Research, reviewer for the German Academic Exchange Service, and expert for the German Aerospace Center. He is a reviewer/panelist for the NSF programs: MME, MEP, and CREST; with an estimated budget of over $7.6 billion. He is a reviewer for the US Fulbright Commission, the Qatar National Research Fund, and the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences. He is a Consultant for Innosquared GmbH, and for Covestro, Germany.
Mahmood Aliofkhazraei
Mahmood Aliofkhazraei is assistant professor in the department of materials science at the Tarbiat Modares University, where he also earned his master's degree and Ph.D. in corrosion and protection of materials. Dr. Aliofkhazraei has authored over 60 scientific publications on nanostructured coatings and thin films and has received numerous scientific awards, such as Khwarizmi award. He was selected among the 10 top best nanotechnologists in his country.
Project Overview
The product will be a highly structured and searchable electronic reference in the subject area of failure analysis case studies within specific industries, using newly commissioned content that will provide a thorough understanding of the reasons materials fail in certain situations, covering important scenarios, including material defects, mechanical failure as a result of various causes, and improper material selection.
Each volume will begin with a general overview of materials failure analysis and its importance, and then logically proceeds from a discussion of the failure analysis process, types of failure analysis, and specific tools and techniques, to chapters on analysis of materials failure from various causes. It covers the most common types of materials failure, analysis, and provides possible solutions.
Contribution to this handbook is possible for invited authors. However, authors with enough publications or strong background on a relevant subject may propose their chapter based on their field of work.
This work will be published both in print and online on Elsevier’s Science Direct platform. With online access, researchers can quickly and easily link within the work, all from the convenience of their desktop. We therefore also encourage authors to submit colour digital images and multimedia components such as video clips, samples of simulations, sound clips and links to other online resources and reference materials.
Each Section will be available as a printed volume. All Sections will also be available electronically on Elsevier’s Science Direct and will treated as an integrated whole. We are developing great search capabilities which will enhance this 6 volume handbook as an electronic research tool. Libraries will be able to purchase the handbook via Science Direct; most academic libraries already subscribe to Science Direct.
Both an individual and institution are able to buy a printed section, while also being able to buy each volume in electronic form within a section. We also plan to make it possible that individuals could have a subscription to Science Direct to access the content they require. In this way, our model allows for institutional subscriptions but also has the flexibility that individuals can easily purchase and use the content you and others have put together.