DEStech Publications, Inc. announces the publication of Advances in Heterogeneous Material Mechanics 2011; edited by Jinghong Fan, Junqian Zhang, Haibo Chen, and Zhaohui Jin. The third book in a series on heterogeneous materials, this volume offers integrated approaches to the measurement and modeling of materials using approaches from materials science, physics, mechanics, biology and other disciplines.
The volume contains 289 chapters presenting original research on the connections among the nano-, micro-, and mesoscale mechanical properties and behaviors of many different types of engineered and natural heterogeneous materials. The book contains a wealth of never published multiscale data on materials loading behaviors, plasticity, creep, damage, fracture and failure. A separate section is devoted to the design and functionalization of materials using multiscale data and techniques. Materials in the text were originally presented at a conference in Shanghai, China, May 2011.
Some of the highlights of the book include:
- Nanomechanics, micromechanics, scale effects, multiscale modeling, design, damage
- Covers ceramics, composites, concrete, cellular and biomaterials, plus metals, nanomaterials,
thin films, intelligent & electroactive materials, as well as minerals and soils
- Technical applications to adhesives, coatings, ballistics, lithium batteries, explosives,
geomechanics, paving, metallurgy, welding, medical implants
Main sections include:
Section 1 Nanomechanics and Nanostructure
Section 2 Micromechanics and Mesomechanics
Section 3 Multi-Scale Modeling and Scale Effects
Section 4 Multi-Physics Modeling
Section 5 Microstructure-Property Relations
Section 6 Plasticity and Creep
Section 7 Damage and Failure
Section 8 Material Design and Structure Behavior
Section 9 Biomaterials