Testing of materials

Advancement of Optical Methods & Digital Image Correlation in Experimental Mechanics, Volume 3 of the Proceedings of the 2019 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the third volume of six from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book includes contributions from the Materials Processing Fundamentals Symposium held at the TMS 2018 Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Phoenix, Arizona.

This PhD thesis characterises the damage that occurs in tungsten when it is exposed to a fusion-like environment.

The series Advances in Polymer Science presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in polymer and biopolymer science.

This book presents the latest advancements in various synthetic techniques, properties, characterization, and efficient applications of CNT-polymer nanocomposites.

This book starts with an introduction to quantitative texture analysis (QTA), which adopts conventions (active rotations, definition of Euler angles, Wigner D-functions) that conform to those of the present-day mathematics and physics literature.

Computational Mechanics of Composite Materials lays stress on the advantages of combining theoretical advancements in applied mathematics and mechanics with the probabilistic approach to experimental data in meeting the practical needs of engineers.

This NATO-ASI installment is designed to provide an advanced overview for doctoral and post-doctoral candidates of the state-of-the-art technologies for bio-detection.

The idea of this monograph is to present the latest results related to experimental and numerical investigations of advanced materials and structures.

This book highlights the symmetry properties of acoustic fields and describes the gauge invariance approach, which can be used to reveal those properties.

Nonrenewable natural resources - metallic and non-metallic minerals, industrial rocks and energy resources (both organic and inorganic), have been treated in a holistic manner in this book, including two important resources (soil and water), not commonly covered in most books on this topic.

This book discusses synthesis and characterization of sustainable polymers.

Die für den Forschungs-und Entwicklungsprozeß in Wissenschaft und Praxis benötigten Informatio­ nen werden in zunehmendem Maße über Datenbanken zur Verfügung gestellt, die den direkten Zugriff auf Literaturhinweise, auf Fakten oder auch auf den Volltext eines Dokumentes gestatten.

Focusing on the theory and state-of-the-art technologies of ultrasonic testing (UT), this book examines ultrasonic propagation in solids and its detection applications, and explores the intersection of UT technology with various fields of electromagnetics, optics and physics.

Der Trend zur Verkleinerung technischer Produkte hält nun schon seit vielen Jahren an - der Weg von den Großrechnern früherer Tage über Tischrechner bis zu den Notebooks und Palmtops von heute, der Fernseher im Streichholzschachtelformat und CD-Plattenspieler, die bequem in Rock- und Hosentaschen Platz finden, sind nur einige Beispiele für diese Entwicklung.

This book focuses on in-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM), an investigatory technique used to observe a sample's response to a given stimulus (including electron irradiation, thermal excitation, mechanical force, optical excitation, electric and magnetic fields) at the nanoscale in real time.

This book highlights a comprehensive introduction to high-throughput imaging, with the focus on the principles and methods.

This book presents basic knowledge on the examination of textile materials, from fibers to yarns and knitted or woven fabrics, using mathematical and physical methods.

This book contains a collection of papers on the science, engineering, and technology of shape casting, with contributions from researchers worldwide.

Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the 2018 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the first volume of eight from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This is the second volume of Advances in Acoustic Microscopy.

This self-contained textbook takes readers on a comprehensive journey through the intricate realm of physics in structurally disordered condensed materials.

This exhaustive work in several volumes and over 2500 pages provides a thorough treatment of ultra-high temperature materials (with melting points around or over 2500 (deg)C).

This book focuses on characterization of organic coatings by different testing methods and understanding of structure formation and materials properties.

This book presents a generalised computational model for the degradation of resorbable composites, using analytic expressions to represent the interwoven phenomena present during degradation.

These proceedings collect the papers presented at the 30th International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW30), which was held in Tel-Aviv Israel from July 19 to July 24, 2015.

Since their discovery, low dimensional materials have never stopped to intrigue scientists, whether they are physicists, chemists, or biochemists.

This book discusses relevant topics in field of corrosion, from sensing strategies to modeling of control processes, corrosion prevention, detection of corrosion initiation, prediction of corrosion growth and evolution, to maintenance practices and return on investment.

This Proceedings is a collection of papers presented at the Third Annual Conference on Superconductivity and Applications organized by the New York State Institute on Superconductivity.

This third volume describes continuous bodies treated as classical (Boltzmann) and spin (Cosserat) continua or fluid mixtures of such bodies.

This book highlights the tribological behavior of elastomers by investigating the effect of operating variables such as, the applied load and the abrasive particle size, and the materials' mechanical properties such as, tensile strength, elongation at break, hardness, and tear strength by the experimental, statistical and analytical methods.

This collection focuses on the characterization of minerals, metals, and materials as well as the application of characterization results on the processing of these materials.

Bonded magnets are the fastest growing sector in the entire market for magnetic materials.

Condition assessment and characterization of materials and structures by means of nondestructive testing (NDT) methods is a priority need around the world to meet the challenges associated with the durability, maintenance, rehabilitation, retrofitting, renewal and health monitoring of new and existing infrastructures including historic monuments.

This collection commemorates the occasion of the honorary symposium that celebrated the 75th birthday and lifelong contributions of Professor K.

This volume highlights the latest advances, innovations, and applications in bituminous materials and structures and asphalt pavement technology, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the RILEM International Symposium on Bituminous Materials (ISBM), held in Lyon, France on December 14-16, 2020.

Nondestructive evaluation (NDE) procedures are needed for materials processing, as well as for post-process materials testing.

This textbook presents a detailed description of basic semiconductor physics, covering a wide range of important phenomena in semiconductors, from simple to advanced.

Die Ultraschall-Materialprüfung ist ein zerstörungsfreies Verfahren zur Prüfung von metallischen und nichtmetallischen Werkstoffen auf innere Ungänzen.

This book presents physical units and widely used physical formulas, which are given together with conversion factors in various units.

Instabilities associated with hot electrons in semiconductors have been investigated from the beginning of transistor physics in the 194Os.

Fractals have changed the way we understand and study nature.

This book provides a simplified and practical approach to designing with plastics that funda- mentally relates to the load, temperature, time, and environment subjected to a product.

This book focuses on advanced optical properties and applications of tellurite glasses and tellurite glasses doped with rare-earth nanoparticles.

This book highlights the pulchritudinous features of FRP composites emphasizing failure criteria referring to microstructural as well as micromechanical aspects.

The 3rd edition of this popular textbook covers current topics in all areas of casting solidification.

This collection presents papers from the 153rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.