Materials Science

The control of energy in the industrial sector and the reduction of consumption in the building sector will be key elements in the energy transition. In order to achieve these objectives it is necessary to use materials with energy performance adapted to t... (Read more)

Silicon is the material of the digital revolution, of solar energy and of digital photography, which has revolutionized both astronomy and medical imaging. It is also the material of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), indispensable components of smart ... (Read more)

Silicon is the material of the digital revolution, of solar energy and of digital photography, which has revolutionized both astronomy and medical imaging. It is also the material of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), indispensable components of smart ... (Read more)

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)

This book is an original and timeless description of the elasticity of solids, and more particularly of crystals, covering all aspects from theory and elastic constants to experimental moduli. The first part is dedicated to a phenomenological and dimens... (Read more)

This book on liquid crystals reports on the new perspectives that have been brought about by the recent expansion of frontiers and overhaul of common beliefs. First, it explores the interaction of light with mesophases, when the light or matter is endowed... (Read more)

The theory of viscoelasticity has been built up as a mechanical framework for modeling important aspects of the delayed behavior of a wide range of materials. This book, primarily intended for civil and mechanical engineering students, is devoted specifica... (Read more)

In 2018, the CNRS Thematic School “M2Corr” (“Mechanics – Microstructure – Corrosion”) brought together some one hundred people around the theme of coupling between mechanics, microstructure and corrosion, under the aegis of CNRS and CEFRACOR. E... (Read more)

Capillary phenomena occur in both natural and human-made systems, from equilibria in the presence of solids (grains, walls, metal wires) to multiphase flows in heterogeneous and fractured porous media. This book, composed of two volumes, develops fluid mec... (Read more)

One of the issues in structural health control is the early detection of damage before it leads to ruin. In this context, acoustic emission is a technique well adapted to monitoring, in real time, the health of a structure or the materials that constitute ... (Read more)

The control of energy in the industrial sector and the reduction of consumption in the building sector will be key elements in the energy transition. In order to achieve these objectives it is necessary to use, in the first case, materials with energy perf... (Read more)

This book presents theoretical and numerical tools for studying materials and structures under fully coupled thermomechanical conditions, with a special focus on composites. The authors cover many aspects of the modeling process and provide the reader ... (Read more)

Sustainable development policies are needed now more than ever in response to the increasingly demanding safety criteria that are continually being introduced in numerous fields of engineering. This in turn is leading engineers to develop increasingly soph... (Read more)

This work is devoted to the study and predictive modeling of the effects of thermo-oxidation on the mechanical behavior of a polymer (an epoxy resin) and of the associated continuous carbon fiber-based composites. The study consists of three parts. The ... (Read more)

Accompanying the present trend of engineering systems aimed at size reduction and design at microscopic/nanoscopic length scales, Mechanics of Dislocation Fields describes the self-organization of dislocation ensembles at small length scales and its conseq... (Read more)

A thermodynamic system is defined according to its environment and its compliance. This book promotes the classification of materials from generalized thermodynamics outside the equilibrium state and not solely according to their chemical origin. The a... (Read more)

This book covers several aspects of the fatigue behavior of textile and short fiber reinforced composites. The first part is dedicated to 2D and 3D reinforced textile composites and includes a systematic description of the damage evolution for quasi-static... (Read more)

This volume presents the first half of a diverse collection of chapters in the field of materials and infrastructures in transport systems, which illustrate the technological and methodological innovations required to rise to the challenge of building more... (Read more)

This volume presents the second half of a diverse collection of chapters in the field of materials and infrastructures in transport systems, which illustrate the technological and methodological innovations required to rise to the challenge of building mor... (Read more)

Statistical correlation functions are a well-known class of statistical descriptors that can be used to describe the morphology and the microstructure-properties relationship. A comprehensive study has been performed for the use of these correlation functi... (Read more)

This book focuses on probabilistic approaches to brittle fracture with the emphasis placed on those approaches which consider the flaws as physical entities, and more particularly the approach based on the multiaxial elemental strength concept for multiaxi... (Read more)

The study of the wettability of surfaces is widely used in technological applications such as metal–polymer interfaces, water management in fuel cells, the problems of adsorption in microelectronics as well as the applications of electrowettability. ... (Read more)

The micro-structure of materials is an essential feature for the design of engineering structures with improved performances. In recent decades, a huge effort has been made to create new materials with specific microstructures and novel mechanical behavior... (Read more)

The design and development of dyes and chromophores has recently attracted much attention in various research fields such as materials, radiation curing, (laser) imaging, optics, medicine, microelectronics, nanotechnology, etc., and their use is widespread... (Read more)

This book reviews aspects of the environmental and societal impact of polymer materials. Various lifecycle assessments of polymers versus other materials are described. Showcases are presented in order to quantify the environmental performance of polym... (Read more)

Extrusion is by far the most important processing and shaping method for thermoplastic polymers, concerning almost all synthetic polymers, as well as elastomers or food materials. Extrusion is by far the most important processing and shaping method for... (Read more)

The term machinability refers to the relative ease with which a given material can be machined, using appropriate tooling and cutting parameters. Currently, several criteria are used to evaluate machinability, the most important of which are tool life or t... (Read more)

Is there a fatigue limit in metals? This question is the main focus of this book. Written by a leading researcher in the field, Claude Bathias presents a thorough and authoritative examination of the coupling between plasticity, crack initiation and heat ... (Read more)

The aim of this book is to understand and describe the martensitic phase transformation and the process of martensite platelet reorientation. These two key elements enable the author to introduce the main features associated with the behavior of shape-memo... (Read more)

Carbon solids have been utilized by man since prehistoric times, first as a source of heat and then for other purposes; these are used as key markers for different civilizations. The essential role played by the use of coal mines during the industrial revo... (Read more)

This book aims to deliver significant scientific progress on the problem of the erosion of geomaterials, focusing on the mechanical/physical aspect. The chapters oscillate between a phenomenological outlook that is well grounded in experiments, and an appr... (Read more)

The growing occurrence of heterogeneous materials such as composites or coated substrates in structural parts makes it necessary for designers and scientists to deal with the specific features of the mechanical behavior of solid interfaces. This book intro... (Read more)

The aim of this book is to summarize the current most effective methods for modeling, simulating, and optimizing metal forming processes, and to present the main features of new, innovative methods currently being developed which will no doubt be the indus... (Read more)

In the field of electromagnetic and/or optical waves, the concept of “artificial material” covers any fabricated device, be it metallic, dielectric or metal-dielectric, enabling a varyingly complex control of wave propagation in a chosen wavelength ran... (Read more)

This book presents reviews of various aspects of radiation/matter interactions, be these instrumental developments, the application of the study of the interaction of X-rays and materials to a particular scientific field, or specific methodological approac... (Read more)

Understanding the rheological properties of fresh concrete, the hydration phenomenon of cement responsible for structuration, the relationship between the characteristics of the porous solid obtained and its mechanical performances or resistance to the agg... (Read more)

This book presents recent advances related to the following two topics: - how mechanical fields close to material or geometrical singularities such as cracks can be determined; - how failure criteria can be established according to the singularity degre... (Read more)

This book aims to rehabilitate kinetic modeling in the domain of polymer ageing, where it has been almost abandoned by the research community. Kinetic modeling is a key step for lifetime prediction, a crucial problem in many industrial domains in which... (Read more)

This book aims to provide information on recent advances into the wear of advanced materials. In general, wear is currently defined as “the progressive loss of material from the operating surface of a body occurring as a result of relative motion at t... (Read more)

The book, prepared in honor of the retirement of Professor J. Mazars, provides a wide overview of continuum damage modeling applied to cementitious materials. It starts from micro-nanoscale analyses, then follows on to continuum approaches and computatio... (Read more)

This book addresses the latest issues in multiscale geomechanics. Written by leading experts in the field as a tribute to Jean Biarez (1927-2006), it can be of great use and interest to researchers and engineers alike. A brief introduction describes how... (Read more)

The main purpose of this book is to put forward the fundamental role of grain boundaries in the plasticity of crystalline materials. To understand this role requires a multi-scale approach to plasticity: starting from the atomic description of a grain ... (Read more)

This book details recent advances in all aspects related to scale transition in crystal plasticity and damage, with a particular focus on the challenges associated with the characterization and modeling of this class of complex interactions. The followi... (Read more)

Extractive metallurgy is the art and science of extracting metals from their ores and refining them. The production of metals and alloys from these source materials is still one of the most important and fundamental industries in both developed and develop... (Read more)

Extractive metallurgy is the art and science of extracting metals from their ores and refining them. The production of metals and alloys from these source materials is still one of the most important and fundamental industries in both developed and develop... (Read more)

Extractive metallurgy is the art and science of extracting metals from their ores and refining them. The production of metals and alloys from these source materials is still one of the most important and fundamental industries in both developed and develop... (Read more)

The design of mechanical structures with predictable and improved durability cannot be achieved without a thorough understanding of the mechanisms of fatigue damage and more specifically the relationships between the microstructure of materials and their f... (Read more)

The design of mechanical structures with predictable and improved durability cannot be achieved without a thorough understanding of the mechanisms of fatigue damage and more specifically the relationships between the microstructure of materials and their f... (Read more)

It is well known that carbon can be found as a solid in various guises, with different forms of bulk phases (graphites, diamonds and carbynes) as well as more molecular forms (fullerenes, nanotubes, and graphenes - for which the Nobel Prize was awarded in ... (Read more)

The design of mechanical structures with predictable and improved durability cannot be achieved without a deep understanding of fatigue damage and more specifically the relationships between the microstructure of materials and their fatigue properties. Wri... (Read more)

Part A is devoted to the mechanical and electronic instrumentations. Part B is devoted to experiments and experimental interpretations of elastic (and /or viscoelastic) moduli. As part A presents details on instrumentation, chapters in part B concisely pre... (Read more)

This book introduces and details the key facets of Combined Analysis - an x-ray and/or neutron scattering methodology which combines structural, textural, stress, microstructural, phase, layer, or other relevant variable or property analyes in a single app... (Read more)

Over the last 50 years, the various available methods of investigating dynamic properties of materials have resulted in significant advances in this area of materials science. Dynamic tests have also recently proven to be as efficient as static tests, and... (Read more)

In recent years, the application of composite materials has increased in various areas of science and technology due to their special properties, namely for use in the aircraft, automotive, defence, aerospace and other advanced industries. Machining compos... (Read more)

There are many different vapor phase surface treatments of materials that can be used to produce a wide variety of end results, but each of them are of increasing importance in the pursuit of high performance advanced materials. These techniques differ si... (Read more)

Duplex Stainless Steels (DSSs) are chromium-nickel-molybdenum-iron alloys that are usually in proportions optimized for equalizing the volume fractions of austenite and ferrite. Due to their ferritic-austenitic microstructure, they possess a higher mechani... (Read more)

This book offers a comprehensive overview on the subject of welding. The first part of the book provides a review of the various different welding processes in use, including both traditional and more recent high energy input welding techniques. It then go... (Read more)

This title is designed to provide a clear and comprehensive overview of tribology and will thus serve as a useful reference guide suitable for students, researchers and engineers alike. The book is divided into three sections. Section 1 introduces th... (Read more)

Many books covering plastic materials analyze the behavior of these materials based on their chemical components or their mechanical properties from mathematical concepts. These approaches, which are fundamental for research, do not concern “transfor... (Read more)

The mechanical tests presented in this book are essential for determining the basic properties of the materials used. Areas covered include elasticity, tensile and compression tests, hardness, endurance tests and dynamic tests.... (Read more)

Heat Transfer in Materials Forming Processes deals with the solution of thermal problems in various processes, such as molding, cutting, welding or grinding, involved in working with or manufacturing materials. Two approaches are presented for each type... (Read more)

This book presents the evolution of the mathematical models used to calculate the resistance structures and the conditions which enable progress to be made in this field. The author presents equations describing the behavior of each possible type of res... (Read more)

This book is primarily an introduction to the vast family of ceramic materials. The first part is devoted to the basics of ceramics and processes: raw materials, powders synthesis, shaping and sintering. It discusses traditional ceramics as well as “tech... (Read more)

Avoiding or controlling fatigue damage is a major issue in the design and inspection of welded structures subjected to dynamic loading. Life predictions are usually used for safe life analysis, i.e. for verifying that it is very unlikely that fatigue damag... (Read more)