SCIENCE -- Nanoscience

Nanotechnology safety

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Nanotechnology is a new and emerging discipline that is multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary. The usage of nanosystems, nanomaterials, nano-devices, etc. permeates all aspects of society. Cancer targeting and curing nanosystems are being introduced into the biomedical and pha…

Case histories in vibration analysis and metal fatigue for the practicing engineer

by Sofronas, Anthony

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This highly accessible book provides analytical methods and guidelines for solving vibration problems in industrial plants and demonstrates their practical use through case histories from the author's personal experience in the mechanical engineering industry. It takes a simple,…

Explosion, shock wave and hypervelocity phenomena in materials II: selected peer reviewed papers from the 2nd Intern…

by International Symposium on Explosion, Shock Wave and Hypervelocity Phenomena, Kumamoto, Japan), Itoh, S., (Shigeru), Hokamoto, Kazuyuki

fromMaterials Science Forum

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The objective of this special-topic volume was to disseminate work on current trends in Explosion, Shock Wave and Hypervelocity Phenomena in Materials. Recent years have witnessed an astonishing growth in research on materials science. Exotic new materials, innovative processing…

Fatigue of materials and structures: fundamentals

by Bathias, Claude, Pineau, A., (André)

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Fatigue and fracture result in billions of dollars of damage each year. The design of mechanical structures with improved and predictable durability cannot be achieved without a thorough understanding of the mechanisms of fatigue damage and more specifically the relationships be…

Wear of advanced materials

by Davim, J. Paulo

fromISTE

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Recent advances into the wear of advanced materialsIn 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 the surface". It is related to surface interactions and more specificall…

Correlated electrons in quantum matter

by Fulde, Peter

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"It intends to provide graduate students and researchers a comprehensive survey of electron correlations, weak and strong, in insulators, semiconductors and metals. This topic is a central one in condensed matter and beyond that in theoretical physics."--Page 4 of cover.

Scour and erosion: proceedings of the fifth International Conference…

by Environmental and Water Resources Institute (U.S.), American Society of Civil Engineers., Geo-Institute, International Conference on Scour and Erosion, San Francisco, Calif.), Burns, Susan E.

fromGeotechnical special publication

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This book contains proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Scour and Erosion, held in San Francisco, California, November 7-10, 2010. This collection contains 113 papers on scour and erosion, which constitute some of the most critical threats to maintaining infrastruc…

Nanotechnology: an introduction

by Ramsden, Jeremy

fromMicro & nano technologies

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This book provides an overview of the rapidly growing and developing field of nanotechnology, focusing on key essentials, and structured around a robust anatomy of the subject. The newcomer to nanotechnology, who may well have a strong background in one of the traditional discip…

X-rays and materials

by Goudeau, Philippe, Guinebretière, René

fromISTE

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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 approaches. The overall aim of…

Wavelet methods for dynamical problems: with application to metallic, composite, and nano…

by Gopalakrishnan, S., Mitra, Mira

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Employs a Step-by-Step Modular Approach to Structural ModelingConsidering that wavelet transforms have also proved useful in the solution and analysis of engineering mechanics problems, up to now there has been no sufficiently comprehensive text on this use. Wavelet Methods for …

Vibro-impact dynamics

by Luo, Albert C. J, Guo, Yu

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Presents a systematic view of vibro-impact dynamics based on the nonlinear dynamics analysis Comprehensive understanding of any vibro-impact system is critically impeded by the lack of analytical tools viable for properly characterizing grazing bifurcation. The authors establish…

Lifetime modelling of high temperature corrosion processes: proceedings of an EFC Workshop 2001

by Nicholls, J. R., (John R.), European Federation of Corrosion, Institute of Materials (Great Britain), Schütze, Michael, Quadakkers, W. J.

fromBook (Institute of Materials (Great Britain))

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The sections include papers on: alumina formers; iron oxide and chromia formers; composites and coatings; thermal barrier systems; and general lifetime prediction approaches.