This book summarizes the actual state of the art and future trends of surface effects in solid mechanics. Surface effects are more and more important in the precise description of the behavior of advanced materials. One of the reasons for this is the well-known from the experiments fact that the mechanical properties are significantly influenced if the structural size is very small like, for example, nanostructures. In this book, various authors study the influence of surface effects in the elasticity, plasticity, viscoelasticity. In addition, the authors discuss all important different...
This book summarizes the actual state of the art and future trends of surface effects in solid mechanics. Surface effects are more and more important ...
This book details recent contributions in heat and mass transfer in porous media and their industrial and technological applications. It features a set of new applications in drying technology, filtration, infrared thermography, energy, recycling.
This book details recent contributions in heat and mass transfer in porous media and their industrial and technological applications. It features a se...
This book presents current results in bio-mechanical systems and materials, including prostheses, implants, medical operation robots and muscular re-training systems. Covers their mechanical properties, and the interaction of materials with mechanical systems.
This book presents current results in bio-mechanical systems and materials, including prostheses, implants, medical operation robots and muscular re-t...
This book presents the latest results related to experimental and numerical investigations of advanced materials and structures. It covers the fields of mechanical, civil and materials engineering.
This book presents the latest results related to experimental and numerical investigations of advanced materials and structures. It covers the fields ...
This collection on Mechanics of Generalized Continua - from Micromechanical Basics to Engineering Applications" brings together leading scientists in this field from France, Russian Federation, and Germany. The attention in this publication is be focussed on the most recent research items, i.e., - new models, - application of well-known models to new problems, - micro-macro aspects, - computational effort, - possibilities to identify the constitutive equations, and - old problems with incorrect or non-satisfying solutions based on the classical continua assumptions.
This collection on Mechanics of Generalized Continua - from Micromechanical Basics to Engineering Applications" brings together leading scientists in ...
This volume presents contributions describing the micro- and macro-behaviours, new existence and uniqueness theorems, the formulation of multi-scale problems, etc. and now it is time to ponder again the state of matter and to discuss new trends and applications. The main focus is directed on the following items - Modelling and simulation of materials with significant microstructure, - Generalized continua as a result of multi-scale models, - Multi-field actions on materials resulting in generalized material models, and - Comparison with discrete modelling approaches.
This volume presents contributions describing the micro- and macro-behaviours, new existence and uniqueness theorems, the formulation of multi-scale p...
This volume covers all aspects of carbon and oxide based nanostructured materials. The topics include synthesis, characterization and application of carbon-based namely carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibres, fullerenes, carbon filled composites etc. In addition, metal oxides namely, ZnO, TiO2, Fe2O3, ferrites, garnets etc., for various applications like sensors, solar cells, transformers, antennas, catalysts, batteries, lubricants, are presented. The book also includes the modeling of oxide and carbon based nanomaterials.
The book covers the topics:...
This volume covers all aspects of carbon and oxide based nanostructured materials. The topics include synthesis, characterization and application o...
'Recent Advances in Elastomeric Nanocomposites' reviews the recent progresses in the synthesis, processing as well as applications of elastomeric nanocomposites. Elastomers are a very important class of polymer materials and the generation of their nanocomposites by the incorporation of nano-filler has led to significant enhancement of their properties and, hence, expansion of their application potential. Most of the studies related with these materials are present in the form of research papers. Here, the authors present a comprehensive text covering the whole of the subject. The book is...
'Recent Advances in Elastomeric Nanocomposites' reviews the recent progresses in the synthesis, processing as well as applications of elastomeric n...
This volume presents treat the material science and mechanical issues of hybrid adhesive bonds which are a combination of adhesive bonding rather than mechanical fasteners. The idea of hybrid joints is to gather the advantages of the different techniques leaving out their problems. Some of the advantages of these joints are a higher static and fatigue strength and a higher stiffness with respect to simple joints, a two-stage cracking process before the final failure and improved durability.
The book treats all important kinds of joints which are in use today: weld - adhesive, rivet -...
This volume presents treat the material science and mechanical issues of hybrid adhesive bonds which are a combination of adhesive bonding rather t...
This book focuses on robust characterization and prediction methods for materials in technical applications as well as the materials safety features during operation. In particular, it presents methods for reliably predicting material properties, an aspect that is becoming increasingly important as engineering materials are pushed closer and closer to their limits to boost the performance of machines and structures. To increase their engineering value, components are now designed under the consideration of their multiphysical properties and functions, which requires much more intensive...
This book focuses on robust characterization and prediction methods for materials in technical applications as well as the materials safety feature...
