The ability of a material to tolerate localized permanent deformation, such as indentation, is characterized by its hardness. Cutting, abrasion, penetrating, and scratching can…
When under stress, a material is said to be brittle if it cracks with little elastic deformation and little or no plastic deformation. Even…
Sheet metal embossing is a stamping technique that creates raised or sunken images in sheet metal. This procedure can be accomplished using matched male…
There is no way to avoid chip generation in metal cutting and machining processes. These chips can come in a variety of shapes and…
With the vast majority of turbine out there, Kaplan fall to be one. It works on the principle of axial flow reaction, though some…
There are various types of metals out-there suitable for specific applications. Even though metals are made by mining ore from within the earth. They…
Both metals and non-metals are very common materials that are widely used by humans. In fact, without these materials surviving would have been hard…
In solid materials, residual stress is stresses that remain in them after their original cause of stress is removed. Residual stress can be useless…
What is a vice? A vice is a mechanical device that is used in the engineering field to hold a workpiece rigid at a…
Solution heat treatment and annealing are the common method of heat treating nonferrous metals. in a previous post, I examined the process of heat…
