Materials science Books

Many materials or media in nature and technology possess a microstructure which determines their macroscopic behaviour. The knowledge of the relevant mechanisms is often more comprehensive on the micro than on the macro scale...

Shells and plates are critical structures in numerous engineering applications. Analysis and design of these structures is of continuing interest to the scienti c and engineering communities. Accurate and conservative ...

Fundamentals.- Philosophy of Hull Structure Design.- Structural Design Loads.- Strength Evaluation.- Hull Structure Design System.- Progress in Ship Design.- Materials.- Finite Element Method.- Theory.- Design of Beams.- Design of Girders.- Damage of...

Collisions and cross sections.- The plasma.- DC discharges.- High-frequency discharges I.- High-frequency discharges II.- High-frequency discharges III.- Ion beam systems.- Plasma diagnostics.- Plasma deposition processes.- Plasma etch processes.- Etch...

Current research fields in science and technology were presented and discussed at the EKC2008, informing about the interests and directions of the scientists and engineers in EU countries and Korea. The Conference has emerged...

Surface Roughness and Hierarchical Friction Mechanisms.- Rough Surface Topography.- Mechanisms of Dry Friction, Their Scaling and Linear Properties.- Friction as a Nonlinear Hierarchical Phenomenon.- Solid-Liquid Friction and Superhydrophobicity.-...

Dynamics of Open-loop Systems.- Dynamics of Closed-loop Systems.- Equimomental Systems.- Balancing of Planar Mechanisms.- Balancing of Spatial Mechanisms.

Fundamentals of Piezoelectricity.- Overview of Acoustic-Wave Microsensors.- Models for Resonant Sensors.- Models for Piezoelectric Transducers Used in Broadband Ultrasonic Applications.- Interface Electronic Systems for AT-Cut QCM Sensors: A...

Natural Zeolites: Cation Exchange, Cation Arrangement and Dehydration Behavior.- Natural Ion Exchange in Microporous Minerals: Different Aspects and Implications.- Why Do Super-Aluminous Sodalites and Melilites Exist, but Not so Feldspars?.- First...

Analytical Modeling.- Simple Lap Joint Geometry.- Analysis of Cracked Lap Shear (CLS) Joints.- Analytical Models with Stress Functions.- Numerical Modeling.- Complex Constitutive Adhesive Models.- Complex Joint Geometry.- Progressive Damage Modelling.-...

Failure of laminates.- Stress and strength analysis: Basics and definitions.- Puck's action plane fracture criteria.- Analysis of the gradual failure process.- Experimental work.- Implementation in software.- Application of Puck's work in industrial...

Mechanochemistry and Nanoscience.- High-Energy Milling.- Selected Identification Methods.- From Minerals to Nanoparticles.- Mechanochemistry in Minerals Engineering.- Applied Mechanochemistry.

Historical Background.- Silicon: Child and Progenitor of Revolution.- The Economic Implications of Moore's Law.- State-of-the-Art.- Using Silicon to Understand Silicon.- Theory of Defects in Si: Past, Present, and Challenges.- Structural, Elemental, and...

Thermodynamics and Fluctuations Far from Equilibrium.- to Part I.- Thermodynamics Far from Equilibrium: Linear and Nonlinear One-Variable Systems.- Thermodynamic State Function for Single and Multivariable Systems.- Continuation of Deterministic Approach...

Material Properties for High Temperature Applications.- Thermodynamics of Constitutive Modelling of Damaged Materials.- Developing and Implementing Selected Constitutive Models for Elasto-Plastic-Damage Materials.- Developing and Implementing...

Discover the many facets of non-equilibrium thermodynamics. The first part of this book describes the current thermodynamic formalism recognized as the classical theory. The second part focuses on different approaches...

M. Stamm: Polymer Surface and Interface Characterization Techniques.- P. Müller-Buschbaum: Structure Determination in Thin Film Geometry UsingGrazing Incidence Small-Angle Scattering.-M. Müller: Vibrational Spectroscopic and Optical Methods.-D. Pleul and...

Spectral Methods for Fatigue Description.- Theoretical Fundamentals.- Algorithm of Spectral Method for Evaluation of Fatigue Life.- Simulations.- Experimental Studies.- Conclusions.

Abrasive Materials.- Air and Abrasive Acceleration.- Blast Cleaning Equipment.- Substrate and Coating Erosion.- Surface Preparation Process.- Health, Safety and Environment.- Surface Quality Aspects.- Coating Performance.- Erratum.

Generalities and methods.- A Few Illustrative Examples of CFD-based Optimization.- Mathematical Aspects of CFD-based Optimization.- Adjoint Methods for Shape Optimization.- Specific Applications of CFD-based Optimization to Engineering Problems.-...

Part A Fundamentals of ferrous materials A.1 Constitution A.1.1 Pure Iron A.1.2 Iron-carbon A.1.3 Iron alloys A.2 Microstructure A.2.1 Near-equilibrium structures A.2.2 Non-equilibrium structures A.2.3 Morphology of cementite and graphite A.3 Heat...

Constitutive Models of Creep.- Examples of Constitutive Equations for Various Materials.- Modeling of Creep in Structures.

Diamond Anvil Cell Techniques.- Synthesis of High-Nitrogen Energetic Material.- Equations of State and High-Pressure Phases of Explosives.- Equations of State of Binders and Related Polymers.- Reaction Kinetics.- Understanding Shock-Induced Changes in...

The need to predict, understand, and optimize complex physical and c- mical processes occurring in and around the earth, such as groundwater c- tamination, oil reservoir production, discovering new oil reserves, and ocean...

This volume constitutes an advanced introduction to the field of analysis, modeling and numerical simulation of rigid body mechanical systems with unilateral constraints. The topics include Moreau's sweeping process, the...

From the reviews: "Haus' book provides numerous insights on topics of wide importance, and contains much material not available elsewhere in book form. [...] an indispensable resource for those working in quantum optics or...

This book consists of ten chapters which outline a wide range of technologies from first-principle calculations to continuum mechanics, with applications to materials design and development. Written with a clear exposition,...

This book offers the first comprehensive account of the new method of density matrix renormalization. Recent years have seen enormous progress in the numerical treatment of low-dimensional quantum sytems. With this new...

Edited by two pioneers of magneto-optics, this book is designed to provide graduate students and researchers with an introductory state-of-the-art review of recent developments in this subject. The field encompasses important...

This in-depth title discusses the underlying physics and operational principles of semiconductor lasers. It analyzes the optical and electronic properties of the semiconductor medium in detail, including quantum confinement and...

This is the first monograph on the subject, providing a comprehensive introduction to the LSFEM method for numerical solution of PDEs. LSFEM is simple, efficient and robust, and can solve a wide range of problems in fluid...

High resolution helium atom scattering can be applied to study a number of interesting properties of solid surfaces with great sensitivity and accuracy. This book treats in detail experimental and theoretical aspects...

Surfaces and interfaces play an increasingly important role in today's solid state devices. In this book the reader is introduced, in a didactic manner, to the essential theoretical aspects of the atomic and electronic...

Recently, molecular electronics, especially that utilizing single molecules, has been attracting much attention. This is mainly because the theoretical limit is approaching in the present silicon-based technology, and the...

Magnetic control of the properties and the flow of liquids is a challenging field for basic research and for applications. This book is meant to be both an introduction to, and a state-of-the-art review of, this topic. Written...

The first comprehensive book on thin-film solar cells, potentially a key technology for solving the energy production problem in the 21st century in an environmentally friendly way. It covers a wide range of scientific and...

As computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is applied to ever more demanding fluid flow problems, the ability to compute numerical fluid flow solutions to a user specified tolerance as well as the ability to quantify the accuracy of...

This book springs from the programme Quantized Vortex Dynamics and Sup- ?uid Turbulence held at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences (University of Cambridge) in August 2000. What motivated the programme was the...

100 years after the first observation of ripening by Ostwald and 40 years after the first publication of a theory describing this process, this monograph presents in a self-consistent and comprehensive manner, all the bits and...

This book provides the foundations of understanding the physical nature of iron and its alloys. Basics and recent developments concerning its constitution and magnetism are presented as well as its thermal properties.

Investigation of vortex wakes behind various aircraft, especially behind wide bodied and heavy cargo ones, is of both scientific and practical in terest. The vortex wakes shed from the wing's trailing edge are long lived and...

The discovery of multiwalled carbon nanotubes(CNTs) in 1991 and the subsequent discovery of single-walled CNTs in 1993 have led to a worldwide excitement to explore their fundamental properties and potential device applications...

Since the original publication of Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy in 2002, the noncontact atomic force microscope (NC-AFM) has achieved remarkable progress. This second treatment deals with the following outstanding recent...

Since Hermann Staudinger coined the concept of macromolecules as covalently linked very large molecular entities in 1922, the main focus of ongoing research has been on the synthesis of polymers and copolymers leading to a...

In the present monograph, we develop the kinetic theory of transport phenomena and relaxation processes in the flows of reacting gas mixtures and discuss its applications to strongly non-equilibrium conditions. The main attention is focused on the...

This book presents a new method for solving geomechanical problems - one that explicitly takes into account deformation and fractures of soils, which create important effects, but are neglected in classical approaches. The method reveals the influence of...

Laser Technology.- Introduction.- Electro-magnetic radiation.- Propagation of electro-magnetic waves.- Laser beams.- Optical resonators.- Absorption and emission of radiation.- Generation of laser beams.- Laser media and laser systems.