SCIENCES – Materials Science

A Historical Approach to Materials Under Irradiation

Serge Bouffard, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France.

March 2025

Researchers and students have not yet had access to a book which would enable them to trace the origins of the concepts that explain the behavior of materials under irradiation. This book fills the gap. As far back as antiquity, the notions of purity a... (Read more)

New Advanced High Strength Steels

Optimizing Properties

Edited by

Mohamed Gouné, University of Bordeaux, France.
Thierry Iung, ArcelorMittal, France.
Jean-Hubert Schmitt, Centrale Supélec, France.

December 2023

In recent years, significant developments have been made to increase the mechanical strength of steels in order to reduce the overall weight of structures, particularly in motor vehicles. Depending on the application, the increase in strength should not be... (Read more)

Additive Manufacturing of Metal Alloys 2

Microstructures, Post-processing and Use Properties

Edited by

Patrice Peyre, PIMM laboratory, France
Éric Charkaluk, École Polytechnique, France

September 2023

Over the last decade or so, additive manufacturing has revolutionized design and manufacturing methods by allowing more freedom in design and functionalities unattainable with conventional processes. This has generated extraordinarily high interest in both... (Read more)