Materials science

For researchers and practitioners, an accessible and integrated treatment of hydrodynamic control of wave energy devices.

This volume contains a selection of the papers presented at the 8th Conference on Colloid Chemistry.

Imaging Methods for Novel Materials and Challenging Applications, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the third volume of seven from the Conference, brings together 62 contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book provides critical insights into the properties and applications of melt-blown fibers in the polymer composite field.

This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Polymers for Advanced Technology (APA 2023).

Valuable insights into the extraction, production, and properties of a large number of natural and synthetic oxides utilized in applications worldwide from ceramics, electronic components, and coatings This handbook describes each of the major oxides chronologically starting from the processes of extraction of ores containing oxides, their purification and transformations into pure alloyed powders, and their appropriate characterization up to the processes of formation of 2D films by such methods as PVD, CVD, and coatings by thermal spraying or complicated 3D objects by sintering and rapid prototyping.

The book presents and analyzes some of the most important issues related to the body seen as a rich and complex anthropological and semiotic object, capable of playing a decisive role in the meaning making processes of cultural and social life.

This book explores key techniques and methods in electromagnetic compatibility management, analysis, design, improvement and test verification for spacecraft.

Advanced Magnetic and OpticalMaterials offers detailed up-to-date chapters on the functional optical and magnetic materials, engineering of quantum structures, high-tech magnets, characterization and new applications.

This book provides a unique review of various aspects of metallic contamination in Si and Ge-based semiconductors.

This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the 3rd International Conference on Biomass Utilization and Sustainable Energy 2023 (ICoBiomasSE 2023), Malaysia.

Mechanics of Auxetic Materials and Structures offers a wide range of application-based and practical considerations of smart materials and auxetic materials in engineering structures.

This book presents a collection of chapters on the current problems of the theory of dynamical processes in generalized continua and structures, and has been compiled to commemorate the 70th birthday of Prof.

The first-principle approach is designed for the interpretation of the experimental observations and prediction of properties for new nanomaterials.

This monograph provides a systematic study of asymptotic models of continuum mechanics for composite structures, which are either dilute (for example, two-phase composite structures with small inclusions) or densely packed (in this case inclusions may be close to touching).

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This book gathers selected contributions presented at the Enzo Levi and XX Annual Meeting of the Fluid Dynamic Division of the Mexican Physical Society in 2014.

Rheology: Concepts, Methods, and Applications, Fourth Edition provides a thorough historical and theoretical grounding in the field and introduces rheology as the method for solving many practical problems in materials science and engineering.

Featuring real-world examples and practical methodology, this rigorous text combines mechanical theory with design and modelling.

Multibody systems are used extensively in the investigation of mechanical systems including structural and non-structural applications.

This book begins with a brief historical perspective of the advent of rotating machinery in 20th century Solid Mechanics and the development of the discipline of the Strength of Materials.

This monograph describes the numerical analysis of non-linearities in structural mechanics, i.

This thesis investigates passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers by numerical methods.

Chemical Resistance of Engineering Thermoplastics provides a comprehensive, cross-referenced compilation of chemical resistance data that explains the effect of thousands of reagents, the environment, and other exposure media on the properties and characteristics of engineering thermoplastics - plastics which are generally used in higher performance applications.

In crystal chemistry and crystal physics, the relations between the symmetry groups (space groups) of crystalline solids are of special importance.

Polymer Latices, Second Edition is a comprehensive update of the previous edition, High Polymer Latices, taking into account the many developments since it was first published in 1966.

Vladimir Babitsky was born before the Second World War and migrated West after Perestroika.

Today, the silicon feedstock for photovoltaic cells comes from processes which were originally developed for the microelectronic industry.

The first book on the topic, providing a comprehensive account of sum-frequency spectroscopy including basic principles, applications, and future prospects.

This textbook is intended for post-graduate students in mechanical and allied engineering disciplines.

This up-to-date reference is the most comprehensive summary of the field of nanoscience and its applications.

The Foundations of Vacuum Coating Technology, Second Edition, is a revised and expanded version of the first edition, which was published in 2003.

Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 5: Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the fifth volume of eight from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book presents the select proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Additive Manufacturing (ICAM 2024).

This book presents natural minerals used as inorganic materials, and inorganic materials exchanging cations or anions in natural minerals for other ions not found in nature.

This book helps readers comprehend the principles and fundamentals of defect engineering toward realization of an efficient photocatalyst.

This book helps graduate students master welding theory, advanced welding technology and welding practice.

Advances in Hydroscience, Volume 6 covers topics on water occurring in air, on land and in the ocean, encompassing all three parts of the total water system on earth: atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere.

Fluid mechanics is one of the most challenging undergraduate courses for engineering students.

This fifth edition of a successful textbook continues to provide students with an introduction to the basic principles of materials science over a broad range of topics.

Fashion, and the growth of fashion, are presented as the manifestation of a process of civilization, within a capitalist culture (capital understood as material possessions) that has become global and imperialist, of which - in an economic sense - the industry (or the fashion system?

This unique book will enable engineers and natural-based polymer scientists to achieve multi-functionality in products using soy protein and various nano- and micro-sized biobased materials and reinforcements.

This thesis addresses selected unsolved problems in the chemical mechanical polishing process (CMP) for integrated circuits using ruthenium (Ru) as a novel barrier layer material.

Presents opportunities for making significant improvements in preventing harmful effects that can be caused by corrosion Describes concepts of molecular modeling in the context of materials corrosion Includes recent examples of applications of molecular modeling to corrosion phenomena throughout the text Details how molecular modeling can give insights into the multitude of interconnected and complex processes that comprise the corrosion of metals Covered applications include diffusion and electron transfer at metal/electrolyte interfaces, Monte Carlo simulations of corrosion, corrosion inhibition, interrogating surface chemistry, and properties of passive films Presents current challenges and likely developments in this field for the future

This book highlights the concepts of lean manufacturing that help to achieve the objectives of sustainability in a global competitive atmosphere.

This monograph covers new variational and projection methods to study the dynamics within solid structures.

These days, advanced multiscale hybrid materials are being produced in the industry, studied by universities, and used in several applications.

Epitaxial integration of III-V semiconductors on silicon substrates has been desired over decades for high application potential in microelectronics, photovoltaics, and beyond.

This book summarizes science and technology of a new generation of high-energy andinsensitive explosives.