Material Science category: 3562 books
Recent Progress in Mesostructured Materials
Proceedings of the 5th International Mesostructured Materials Symposium (IMMS 2006) Shanghai, China, August 5-7, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2007
Recent Progress in Mesostructured Materials is a selection of oral and poster communications presented during the 5th International Mesostructured Materials Symposium (5th IMMS2006). Authorized by International Mesostructured Material Association (IMMA) and hosted by the Fudan University, China. The...
Trauma Plating Systems
Biomechanical, Material, Biological, and Clinical Aspects
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Trauma Plating Systems is the first reference and systematic book in the topic of trauma plating system in view of biomechanical, material, biological, and clinical aspects. The effects of these aspects on effectiveness of trauma plating fixation are deeply reviewed, discussed, and challenged from...
by Evgeny V. Morozov, Valery V. Vasiliev
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2007
Composite materials have been representing most significant breakthroughs in various industrial applications, particularly in aerospace structures, during the past thirty five years. The primary goal of Advanced Mechanics of Composite Materials is the combined presentation of advanced mechanics, manufacturing...
by Milton Ohring
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 1995
Milton Ohring's Engineering Materials Science integrates the scientific nature and modern applications of all classes of engineering materials. This comprehensive, introductory textbook will provide undergraduate engineering students with the fundamental background needed to understand the science...
The Glass of Wine
The Science, Technology, and Art of Glassware for Transporting and Enjoying Wine
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2017
The first book to focus on the role of glass as a material of critical importance to the wine industry
For centuries glass has been the material of choice for storing, shipping, and sipping wine. How did that come to pass, and why? To what extent have glassmaking and wine making co-evolved...
Making the Modern World
Materials and Dematerialization
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2013
How much further should the affluent world push its material consumption? Does relative dematerialization lead to absolute decline in demand for materials? These and many other questions are discussed and answered in Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization.
Over the course...
by Michel Biron
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
This book bridges the technology and business aspects of thermoplastics, providing a guide designed for engineers working in real-world industrial settings. The author explores the criteria for material selection, provides a detailed guide to each family of thermoplastics, and also explains the various...
Materials and the Environment
Eco-informed Material Choice
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2009
Addressing the growing global concern for sustainable engineering, Materials and the Environment is the first book devoted exclusively to the environmental aspects of materials. With in-depth coverage of such topics as material consumption and its drivers, the material lifecycle, eco-informed material...
Food Packaging Materials
Testing & Quality Assurance
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
This book is arguably the first one focusing on packaging material testing and quality assurance. Food Packaging Materials: Testing & Quality Assurance provides information to help food scientists, polymer chemists, and packaging technologists find practical solutions to packaging defects and...
Electrical Properties of Graphite Nanoparticles in Silicone
Flexible Oscillators and Electromechanical Sensing
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
This thesis examines a novel class of flexible electronic material with great potential for use in the construction of stretchable amplifiers and memory elements. Most remarkably the composite material produces spontaneous oscillations that increase in frequency when pressure is applied to it. In...
by
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
This book covers various aspects of lasers in materials science, including a comprehensive overview on basic principles of laser-materials interactions and applications enabled by pulsed laser systems. The material is organized in a coherent way, providing the reader with a harmonic architecture.
While...
Dynamics of Smart Systems and Structures
Concepts and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Written by a team of experts that has been working together for several years in the context of a research network involving international institutions, this book brings several applications related to smart material systems such as vibration and noise control, structural health monitoring, energy...
The Effect of UV Light and Weather
On Plastics and Elastomers
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2006
This extensively updated, comprehensive databook was created for design and application engineers, scientists, and material producer technical support and research and development personnel. Important weathering characteristics and material properties of plastics and elastomers are presented in discussion,...
by
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) (PET) is an industrially important material which is not treated specifically in any other book.
Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) Based Blends, Composites and Nanocomposites fills this gap and systematically guides the reader through all aspects of PET and its blends,...