INDEX 1483
Principle of protective layers (wear control),
761
Probabilistic design, 422
Probability of detection (POD) assessment,
691–693
ProceedingsFirst database, 456
Processability, performance requirement
analysis for, 6
Process annealing (recrystallization
annealing), 51
Processing, see Manufacturing
Processing, intelligent, 1115
Procurement of materials, 505–511
cost determination in, 509
at General Electric, 510–511
information sources
for purchasing, 507, 509
for standards and specifications, 511–513
Producibility list (composites), 1363–1365
Products. See also specific products
composites used in, 1344–1347
ideal, 831
medical, 1199–1213, 1219–1221
product development team for, 1349–1350
telecommunications, future of, 1337–1338
Product Data Exchange Specification (PDES),
499–500
Product data management (PDM) systems,
477–478
Proeutectoid ferrite, 36–37
Professional organizations:
National Electrical Manufacturers
Association, 617
National Fire Protection Association, 617–
618
National Sanitation Foundation, 618
Society of Plastics Engineers, 618 –619
Society of Plastics Industry, 619
Project team (database design / creation), 485
Proof-test ratio, 812–813
Properties of materials, see Materials
properties; specific materials
Protective layers, principle of (wear control),
761
PS, see Polystyrene
PTFE, see Poly(tetrafluoroethylene)
P–T–V relationships (for polymer melts),
1008–1009
Pugh decision matrix, 19
Pultruded fiber-reinforced polymeric (PFRP)
composites, 1401–1416
bridge applications, 1408, 1410–1416
buildings applications, 1406, 1408–1410
connections with, 1404–1405
research and development of, 1402–1407
Pultrusion (composites), 1090–1095
Punching, tool steels for, 62
Purchasing, see Procurement
PVC, see Polyvinyl chloride
PVC copolymers, 340
PVDC, see Poly(vinylidene chloride)
PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride), 349
PZT, see Lead zirconate titanates
Q-Panel Lab Products, 622
Quality assurance / control:
for composite applications, 1365–1367
for databases/ user interfaces, 492–493
materials properties data for, 462
Quality (of information resources), 452–453
Quantitative materials selection methods, 3–4
for comparing alternative solutions, 11–13
digital logic method for, 11–13
performance index in, 12–13
weighted-properties method for, 11–13
for initial screening, 7–11
Ashby’s material selection charts, 9, 10
cost per unit property method, 8, 9
Dargie’s method, 9–11
limits on material properties, 7–8
Quasi-isotropic laminates, 376, 377, 379
Quenching (steel), 50–52
Racetracking, 1082
Rackets:
squash, 1264
tennis, 1262–1264
Radiation:
damage to metals by, 707, 712
electron beam radiation effect, 1207–1210
gamma radiation effect, 1201–1207
Radiation heat transfer, 1235–1236
Radio frequency interface (RFI) shielding,
579–581
Radiography testing (RT), 653, 663–672
and attenuation of X-radiation, 667, 668
of ceramics, 646
computed tomography, 671–672
film-based, 668–669
and generation / absorption of X-radiation,
664–666
neutron radiography, 666–667
penetrameters used in, 669–670
real-time, 670–671
Rail and rail products:
aluminum alloys in, 133
specifications for, 53
Rake angles, 861
Rapid solidification (RS) (magnesium alloys),
273, 285–287
Rare earth elements (RE):
in alloy steels, 50
in magnesium alloys, 261, 272–274, 282
Rattling, 962