Micromechanics and Nanoscale Effects: Mems, Multi-Scale Materials and Micro-Flows

ISBN-13: 9789401037679 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 240 str.

Vasyl Michael Harik;Li-Shi Luo

Opis

This book includes a collection of state-of-the-art reviews written by leading researchers in the areas of micromechanics, micro-scale testing, MEMS, micro-flows, nanocrystalline materials and multi-scale modelling. The structure and properties of MEMS materials, multi-scale modelling of materials (e.g., multi-grid, probabilistic, stochastic, Voronoi cells, homogenisation, micropolar) and micro-flows are discussed in great details. The book is an exceptional resource on multi-scale methods, modelling of materials, MEMS and micro-fluidics with particular emphasis on electrostatic and electrokinetic effects. Extensive bibliography concerning all these topics is included. Highlights on nanoscale effects in materials, MEMS, and the latest multi-scale methods are presented. Numerous illustrations of micro-scale testing, materials microstructure, MEMS-related applications, electrostatic and electrokinetic phenomena are discussed. This book provides a comprehensive review of the latest developments in micromechanics of nanostructured materials and micro-flows, as well as advanced multi-scale methods for the analysis of materials and complex flow in nanotechnology. Material of the book is accessible to a wide range of researchers and students.

Spis treści

I: Micromechanics of MEMS Materials and Micro-flows.- 1 Experimental Mechanics of MEMS and Thin Films.- 2 Deformation of Composite Micro-Rods: Nanostructured Interphases and Multi-Scale Hierarchy.- 3 Electrostatics in MEMS and NEMS.- 4 Electrokinetic Transport Phenomena in Micro-Fluidics.- II: Multi-Scale Modeling of Materials and Particulate Flows.- 5 Efficient Multigrid Methods for Materials Processing Flows with Small Particles.- 6 Probabilistic Multi-Scale Modeling of Materials.- 7 From Lattices and Composites to Micropolar Continua.- 8 Dissipative Particle Dynamics and Other Fluid Particle Models.