Mechanical engineering and materials Books

The IUTAM Symposium on Probabilistic Methods in the Mechanics of Solids and Structures, dedicated to the memory of Waloddi Weibull, was held in Stockholm, Sweden, June 19-21, 1984, on the initiative of the Swedish National...

This book provides an introduction to theories of fluids with microstruc­ ture, a subject that is still evolving, and information on which is mainly available in technical journals. Several approaches to such theories, employ­...

Die beiden Bande der Werkstoftkunde Stahl sind als Einheit konzipiert. Trotzdem ist es durchaus moglich, diesen Band 2 (ebenso wie auch Band 1) als selbstandiges Werk zu benutzen. Zur Einflihrung ist es daher zweckmaBig, das in...

This volume contains the talks presented at the International Symposium on Electronic Excitations and Interaction Processes in Organic Molecular Aggre­ gates which was held at Schloss Elmau, Bavaria, Germany from June 5 to June...

Both of the authors of this book are disciples and collaborators of the Brussels school of thermodynamics. Their particular domain of competence is the application of numerical methods to the many highly nonlinear problems...

Die technische Entwicklung und wissenschaftliche Durchdringung hat sich auf fast allen Gebieten der Technik in den vergangenen Jahren sehr beschleunigt. Dies hat dazu gefUhrt, daB sich in der Literatur der Schwerpunkt von der...

This book deals with various physical and chemical phenomena associated with the interaction of a solid surface in a gaseous environment. The authors have gone through a vast body of experimental material on the structure and...

Smol'yakov and Tkachenko's book is a very thorough and detailed survey of the response of hot wires and related trans­ ducers to a fluctuating flow field. Now that the electronic equipment needed for hot-wire anemometry is so...

The present volume entitled "Recent Contributions to Fluid Mechanics" is dedicated to Professor Dr.-Ing. Alfred Walz in honour of his 75th birthday. Alfred Walz, born on 11 May 1907, began his outstanding career as an ...

The Symposium on structure of Complex turbulent shear flows was proposed by the "Comite National Fran

A few words about the series "Scientific Fundamentals of Robotics" should be said on the occasion of publication of the present monograph. This six-volume series has been conceived so as to allow the readers to master a...

Dr. Lester A. Gerhardt Professor and Chairman Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York 12180 This book is a collection of papers on the subject of Robotics and Artificial...

The present volume contains the courses given at a Summer School on "Magne­ tic Phase Transitions" held at the Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture, at Erice (Trapani), Italy in July 1983 under the auspices of the...

The simplifications of band-structure calculations which are now referred to as linear methods were introduced by Ole K. Andersen almost ten years ago. Since then these ideas have been taken up by several workers in the field...

This volume contains the proceedings of the Fourth Taniguchi International Symposium on the Theory of Condensed Matter, which was held at Senkari Semi­ nar House of Kwansei Gakuin Universi~y in Sanda-shi, Japan, during the...

When an area of research is in fast growth, it often happens that no one single journal is to be found where most of the relevant publications are contained. Such is the case of the physics of intercalation compounds, a field...

It was on a proposal from the "Comite National Fran

The Kyoto Summer Institute 1980 (KSI '80), devoted to "Fundamental Physics of Amorphous Semiconductors", was held at Research Institute for Fundamental Physics (RIFP), Kyoto University, from 8-11 September, 1980. The KSI '80...

In 1966, E.H. Lieb and D.C. r1attis published a book on "Mathematical Physics in One Dimension" [Academic Press, New York and London] which is much more than just a collection of reprints and which in fact marked the beginnings...

This volume represents the Proceedings of the Oji International Seminar on the Application of High Magnetic Fields in the Physics of Semiconductors and Magnetic Materials, which was held at the Hakone Kanko Hotel, Hakone,...

This is the second book in a new series - "Materials Research and Engineering" - devoted to the science and technology of materials. "Materials Research and Engineering" evolves from a previous series on "Reine und Allgemeine...

This is the first book in a new series - "Materials Research and Engineering" - devoted to the science and technology of materials. "Materials Research and Engineering" evolves from a previous series on "Reine und Angewand­ te...

The Symposium on "The Mechanics of Sound Generation in FLows" th st was held in Gottingen, Germany, 28 - 31 August 1979, at the joint initiative of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM), the...

The intrinsic properties of a solid, i. e. , the properties that result from its specific structure, can be largely modified by crystallographic and chem­ ical defects. The formation of these defects is governed by the heat and...

The first Symposium Transsonicum took pl.ace in Aachen thirteen years ago during a period of decreasing governmental. and industrial. support for transonic flow research. Since then, there has been a strong revival. in interest...

Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscop~ or lETS, provides a unique technique for electronically monitoring the vibrational modes of molecul (;5 adsorbed on a metal oxide surface. Since the discovery of the phenomena by...

VI habe ich versucht, zuverlassige Berechnungsgrundlagen ffir die Absorptions­ Kalteapparate kleiner und kleinster Leistung zu geben, wie sie ffir Kiihlschranke in Betracht kommen. Bei den periodisch wirkenden "nassen" und...

It is about fifteen years since we started hearing about Computational Ma­ terials Science and Materials Modelling and Design. Fifteen years is a long time and all of us realise that the use of computational methods in the...

This volume consists of edited papers presented at the International Symposion Gas Phase Chemical Reaction Systems: Experiments and Models 100 Years After Max Bodenslein, held at the Internationales Wissenschaftsforum ...

Fatigue failures occur in aerospace,marine,nuclear structures and automobile com­ ponents from initiation and propagation of cracks from holes,scratches or defects in the material. To design against these failures, crack...

Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics VIII covers recent developments in this field presented at the 1995 workshop, such as new algorithms, methods of analysis, and conceptual developments. This volume is...

This volume comprises a selection of the best papers presented at the Seventh Interna­ tional Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics held at The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, during the...

Polymeric materials have special advantages over other materials used for the recording, storage and retrieval of information, telecommunication transmission and visualization of images. The authors describe the synthesis, the...

The International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) decided in 1992 to sponsor the fourth Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition, Sendai/Japan, 1994. The objectives of the present Symposium were to deepen...

In these years of constant growth and further development for our company, research and development has become more and more important, and has allowed us to be at the forefront in our business sector, where innovation is the...

Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics VII provides a broad overview of recent developments. Presented at the recent workshop, it contains the invited and contributed papers which describe new physical results,...

A theoretical and application-oriented analysis of deterministic scheduling problems arising in computer and manufacturing environments. The important classical results are surveyed with particular attention paid to ...

Nanostructures and Quantum Effects documents the most recent developments in the field of quantum effects in semiconductor nanostructures such as quantum wires and boxes. Interrelated topics such as quantum interference,...

Forty years after Ziegler's discovery of the "Aufbaureaktion" and low-pressure ethene polymerization, transition metal catalyzed olefin and diolefin polymerization continues to represent one of the most active and exciting...

The field of non-crystalline materials has seen the emergence of many challeng­ ing problems during its long history. In recent years, the interest in polymeric and biological disordered matter has stimulated new activities...

A treatment of the important aspects of physical chemistry on metal surfaces, including selective oxidation, desulfurization, cyclization, metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, alkane activation and hydrogen dissociation...

Throughout most of this century, progress in Polymer Science took place by way of studies of dilute polymer solutions and of the solid state. More recently, attention has been focused on the semi-dilute regime. The elucidation...

During the last thirty years profound developments in expe- rimental techniques to measure high temperature and pressu- res and thermodynamic properties of minerals have occurred. This technical development has been ...

As the role of computer simulations began to increase in importance, we sensed a need for a "meeting place" for both experienced simulators and neophytes to discuss new techniques and results in an evironment which promotes...

Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics VI provides a broad overview of recent developments in this field. Based on the last workshop, it presents invited and contributed papers which describe new physical ...