Although the present edition of Fundamentals of Creep in Metals and Alloys remains broadly up to date for metals, there are a range of improvements and updates that are either desirable, or required, in order to ensure that the book continues to meet the needs of researchers and scholars in the general area of creep plasticity. Besides updating the areas currently covered in the second edition with recent advances, the third edition will broaden its scope beyond metals and alloys to include ceramics, covalent solids, minerals and polymers, thus addressing the fundamentals of creep in all basic classes of materials.

1.0 IntroductionA. Description of CreepB. Objectives2.0 Five-Power-Law CreepA. Macroscopic RelationshipsB. Microstructural ObservationsC. Rate-Controlling MechanismsD. Other Effects on Five-Power-Law Creep3.0 Diffusional Creep4.0 Harper Dorn CreepA. The Size EffectB. The Effect of Impurities5.0 Three-Power-Law Viscous Glide Creep6.0. SuperplasticityA. IntroductionB. Characteristics of Fine Structure Superplasticity C. Microstructure of Fine Structure Superplastic MaterialsD. Texture Studies in SuperplasticityE. High Strain Rate Superplasticity (HSRS)F. Superplasticity in Nano and Submicrocrystalline Materials7.0 RecrystallizationA. IntroductionB. Discontinuous Dynamic Recrystallization (DRX)C. Geometric Dynamic RecrystallizationD. Particle Stimulated Nucleation (PSN)E. Continuous Reactions8.0 Creep Behavior of Particle Strengthened AlloysA. Introduction and TheoryB. Small Volume Fraction Particles That AreCoherent and Incoherent with Small Aspect Ratios9.0 Creep of IntermetallicsA. IntroductionB. Titanium AluminidesC. Iron AluminidesD. Nickel Aluminides 10.0 Creep FractureA. BackgroundB. Cavity NucleationC. Growth