Multi-Scales Behaviour of Materials PDF

This volume focuses on the development of methods, for predicting the behaviour of materials, so as to be able to design materials having specific properties. This requires a multi-scale material modeling framework that is based upon the fundamental laws of physics and links the electronic modeling hierarchy all the way from the atomistic and mesoscale modeling regimes up to macroscopic material behaviour. It is evident that such a framework cannot be based upon rigid formal parameterizations alone, but must emerge from a detailed understanding of the mechanistic behaviour of materials, a profound knowledge of material properties and metallurgical trends, and must take account of the processing of materials as the basis of dynamic structure/property relationships.

Review from Book News Inc.: This collection of peer reviewed articles on materials science and modeling showcases current scholarship in a wide variety of development and testing research areas. Topics discussed include micro-scale modeling of carbon-fiber reinforced thermoplastic materials, behavior of lightweight concretes, impact and sliding wear resistance of Hadfield and Rail steel, safety and reliability of carbon nanotubes in nanoactuator applications, and the design and finite element modal analysis of composite wind turbine blades. Articles include keywords, abstracts, illustrations, and formulas, and both keyword and author indexes are provided. Contributors are academics and researchers from primarily French institutions.