Material Science category: 3562 books

Cover of Precious Stones and Their Stories - An Article on the History of Gemstones and Their Use
by A. Hyatt Verrill
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative publications on the...
Cover of The Effect of Sterilization Methods on Plastics and Elastomers
by Liesl K. Massey
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2004

This extensively updated second edition was created for medical device, medical packaging, and food packaging design engineers, material product technical support, and research/development personnel. This comprehensive databook contains important characteristics and properties data on the effects...
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Information Materials

Smart Materials for Adaptive Architecture

by Manuel Kretzer
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016

This book considers the potential of new, smart materials and their use in architecture. It begins with an overview of current global tendencies (technological, demographic, and socio-anthropological) and their relevance for architectural design. Expanding upon approaches for flexible design solutions...
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The Finite Element Method

A Practical Course

by G.R. Liu, S. S. Quek
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013

Written for practicing engineers and students alike, this book emphasizes the role of finite element modeling and simulation in the engineering design process. It provides the necessary theories and techniques of the FEM in a concise and easy-to-understand format and applies the techniques to civil,...
Cover of Reactive Polymers: Fundamentals and Applications

Reactive Polymers: Fundamentals and Applications

A Concise Guide to Industrial Polymers

by Johannes Karl Fink
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017

Reactive Polymers: Fundamentals and Applications: A Concise Guide to Industrial Polymers, Third Edition introduces engineers and scientists to a range of reactive polymers and then details their applications and performance benefits. Basic principles and industrial processes are described for each...
Cover of Computational Methods for Sensor Material Selection
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Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009

Chemical vapor sensing arrays have grown in popularity over the past two decades, finding applications for tasks such as process control, environmental monitoring, and medical diagnosis. This is the first in-depth analysis of the process of choosing materials and components for these "electronic...
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Hybrid Ship Hulls

Engineering Design Rationales

by Vladimir M. Shkolnikov
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014

Hybrid Ship Hulls provides an overview of cutting-edge developments in hybrid composite-metal marine ship hulls, covering the critical differences in material processing and structural behavior that must be taken into account to maximise benefits and performance. Supporting the design of effective...
Cover of Hyperelasticity Primer
by Robert M. Hackett
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018

This book introduces the subject of hyperelasticity in a concise manner mainly directed to students of solid mechanics who have a familiarity with continuum mechanics. It focuses on important introductory topics in the field of nonlinear material behavior and presents a number of example problems...
Cover of Ultrathin Metal Transparent Electrodes for the Optoelectronics Industry
by Dhriti Sundar Ghosh
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013

Transparent electrodes (TEs) are a class of materials that make it possible to bring electrical current or potentials in close proximity to optically active regions without significant loss of optical energy. However, it is a challenge to decouple the electrical and optical properties of a material,...
Cover of An Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Dynamic Materials
by Konstantin A. Lurie
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017

This fascinating book is a treatise on real space-age materials. It is a mathematical treatment of a novel concept in material science that characterizes the properties of dynamic materials—that is, material substances whose properties are variable in space and time. Unlike conventional composites...
Cover of Stimuli-Responsive Interfaces

Stimuli-Responsive Interfaces

Fabrication and Application

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Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016

This book introduces recent progress in stimuli-responsive interfaces constructed on colloidal materials such as micelles and vesicles and on solid material surfaces. There is discussion of the effect of stimuli such as light, heat, pH, and electric field on changes in the morphology of the molecules...
Cover of Handbook of Environmental Degradation of Materials
by Myer Kutz
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018

The Handbook of Environmental Degradation of Materials, Third Edition, explains how to measure, analyze and control environmental degradation for a wide range of industrial materials, including metals, polymers, ceramics, concrete, wood and textiles exposed to environmental factors, such as weather,...
Cover of Theory of Electroelasticity
by Zhen-Bang Kuang
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2013

Theory of Electroelasticity analyzes the stress, strain, electric field and electric displacement in electroelastic structures such as sensors, actuators and other smart materials and structures. This book also describes new theories such as the physical variational principle and the inertial entropy...
Cover of Petrographic Atlas: Characterisation of Aggregates Regarding Potential Reactivity to Alkalis

Petrographic Atlas: Characterisation of Aggregates Regarding Potential Reactivity to Alkalis

RILEM TC 219-ACS Recommended Guidance AAR-1.2, for Use with the RILEM AAR-1.1 Petrographic Examination Method

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Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016

This RILEM AAR 1.2 Atlas is complementary to the petrographic method described in RILEM AAR 1.1. It is designed and intended to assist in the identification of alkali-reactive rock types in concrete aggregate by thin-section petrography. Additional issues include: • optical thin-section petrography...
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