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Corrosion is a high-cost and potentially hazardous issue in
numerous industries. The potential use of diverse carbon
nanoallotropes in corrosion protection, prevention and control is a
subject of rising attention. This book covers the current
advancements of carbon nanoallotropes in metal corrosion
management, including the usage of nanostructure materials to
produce high-performance corrosion inhibitors and
corrosion-resistant coatings.
Defect Structure and Properties of Nanomaterials: Second and
Extended Edition covers a wide range of nanomaterials including
metals, alloys, ceramics, diamond, carbon nanotubes, and their
composites. This new edition is fully revised and updated, covering
important advances that have taken place in recent years.
Nanostructured materials exhibit unique mechanical and physical
properties compared with their coarse-grained counterparts,
therefore these materials are currently a major focus in materials
science. The production methods of nanomaterials affect the lattice
defect structure (vacancies, dislocations, disclinations, stacking
faults, twins, and grain boundaries) that has a major influence on
their mechanical and physical properties. In this book, the
production routes of nanomaterials are described in detail, and the
relationships between the processing conditions and the resultant
defect structure, as well as the defect-related properties (e.g.
mechanical behavior, electrical resistance, diffusion, corrosion
resistance, thermal stability, hydrogen storage capability, etc.)
are reviewed. In particular, new processing methods of
nanomaterials are described in the chapter dealing with the
manufacturing procedures of nanostructured materials. New chapters
on (i) the experimental methods for the study of lattice defects,
(ii) the defect structure in nanodisperse particles, and (iii) the
influence of lattice defects on electrical, corrosion, and
diffusion properties are included, to further enhance what has
become a leading reference for engineering, physics, and materials
science audiences.
The Material Point Method: A Continuum-Based Particle Method for
Extreme Loading Cases systematically introduces the theory, code
design, and application of the material point method, covering
subjects such as the spatial and temporal discretization of MPM,
frequently-used strength models and equations of state of
materials, contact algorithms in MPM, adaptive MPM, the
hybrid/coupled material point finite element method,
object-oriented programming of MPM, and the application of MPM in
impact, explosion, and metal forming. Recent progresses are also
stated in this monograph, including improvement of efficiency,
memory storage, coupling/combination with the finite element
method, the contact algorithm, and their application to problems.
Solid-Solid, Fluid-Solid, Fluid-Fluid Mixers, part of the
Industrial Equipment for Chemical Engineering set, presents an
in-depth study of a variety of aspects within the field of chemical
engineering. This volume is both theoretical and practical,
focusing on emulsions of one liquid into another, the dispersal of
a divided solid into a liquid, and a gas into a liquid. The book
includes examples of mixtures of two powders, the process of
dissolution of a powder in a liquid, and the homogenization of a
pasty product. The types of devices needed, the criterion for
homogeneity, the expended mechanical power, the flow processed, and
the time required for the operation are also discussed. The author
provides methods needed for understanding the equipment used in
applied thermodynamics in the hope of encouraging students and
engineers to self build the programs they need. Chapters are
complemented with appendices that provide additional information
and associated references.
Heat exchangers with minichannel and microchannel flow passages are
becoming increasingly popular due to their ability to remove large
heat fluxes under single-phase and two-phase applications. Heat
Transfer and Fluid Flow in Minichannels and Microchannels
methodically covers gas, liquid, and electrokinetic flows, as well
as flow boiling and condensation, in minichannel and microchannel
applications. Examining biomedical applications as well, the book
is an ideal reference for anyone involved in the design processes
of microchannel flow passages in a heat exchanger.
This book, the first in the Woodhead Publishing Reviews: Mechanical
Engineering Series, is a collection of high quality articles (full
research articles, review articles and cases studies) with a
special emphasis on research and development in mechatronics and
manufacturing engineering. Mechatronics is the blending of
mechanical, electronic, and computer engineering into an integrated
design. Today, mechatronics has a significant and increasing impact
on engineering with emphasis on the design, development and
operation of manufacturing engineering systems. The main objective
of this interdisciplinary engineering field is the study of
automata from an engineering perspective, thinking on the design of
products and manufacturing processes and systems. Mechatronics and
manufacturing systems are well established and executed within a
great number of industries including aircraft, automotive and
aerospace industries; machine tools, moulds and dies product
manufacturing, computers, electronics, semiconductor and
communications, and biomedical.
Buckling and Ultimate Strength of Ship and Ship-like Floating
Structures provides an integrated state-of-the-art evaluation of
ship structure mechanics including buckling, plastic failure,
ultimate strength, and ultimate bending moments. For the design of
any industrial product, it is necessary to understand the
fundamentals in the failure behavior of structures under extreme
loads. Significant developments have been made in understanding the
analysis method of plastic collapse and behavior and strength of
structures accompanied by buckling. Written by two of the foremost
experts in international ship design and ocean engineering, this
book introduces fundamental theories and methods as well as new
content on the behavior of buckling/plastic collapse that help
explain analysis like the initial imperfections produced by welding
and the ultimate strength of plates, double bottom structures of
bulk carriers, and ship and FPSO hull girders in longitudinal
bending. Rounding out with additional coverage on floating
structures such as oil and gas platforms and LNG/FLNG structural
characteristics, Buckling and Ultimate Strength of Ship and
Ship-like Floating Structures is a must-have resource for naval
architects and other marine engineering professionals seeking to
gain an in-depth understanding of the technological developments in
this area.
The Boundary Element Method for Engineers and Scientists: Theory
and Applications is a detailed introduction to the principles and
use of boundary element method (BEM), enabling this versatile and
powerful computational tool to be employed for engineering analysis
and design. In this book, Dr. Katsikadelis presents the underlying
principles and explains how the BEM equations are formed and
numerically solved using only the mathematics and mechanics to
which readers will have been exposed during undergraduate studies.
All concepts are illustrated with worked examples and problems,
helping to put theory into practice and to familiarize the reader
with BEM programming through the use of code and programs listed in
the book and also available in electronic form on the book's
companion website.
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) in Aerospace Structures provides
readers with the spectacular progress that has taken place over the
last twenty years with respect to the area of Structural Health
Monitoring (SHM). The widespread adoption of SHM could both
significantly improve safety and reduce maintenance and repair
expenses that are estimated to be about a quarter of an aircraft
fleet's operating costs. The SHM field encompasses
transdisciplinary areas, including smart materials, sensors and
actuators, damage diagnosis and prognosis, signal and image
processing algorithms, wireless intelligent sensing, data fusion,
and energy harvesting. This book focuses on how SHM techniques are
applied to aircraft structures with particular emphasis on
composite materials, and is divided into four main parts. Part One
provides an overview of SHM technologies for damage detection,
diagnosis, and prognosis in aerospace structures. Part Two moves on
to analyze smart materials for SHM in aerospace structures, such as
piezoelectric materials, optical fibers, and flexoelectricity. In
addition, this also includes two vibration-based energy harvesting
techniques for powering wireless sensors based on piezoelectric
electromechanical coupling and diamagnetic levitation. Part Three
explores innovative SHM technologies for damage diagnosis in
aerospace structures. Chapters within this section include sparse
array imaging techniques and phase array techniques for damage
detection. The final section of the volume details innovative SHM
technologies for damage prognosis in aerospace structures. This
book serves as a key reference for researchers working within this
industry, academic, and government research agencies developing new
systems for the SHM of aerospace structures and materials
scientists.
Reliability, Risk and Safety: Back to the Future covers topics on
reliability, risk and safety issues, including risk and reliability
analysis methods, maintenance optimization, human factors, and risk
management. The application areas range from nuclear engineering,
oil and gas industry, electrical and civil engineering to
information technology and communication, security, transportation,
health and medicine or critical infrastructures. Significant
attention is paid to societal factors influencing the use of
reliability and risk assessment methods, and to combinatorial
analysis, which has found its way into the analysis of
probabilities and risk, from which quantified risk analysis
developed. Integral demonstrations of the use of risk analysis and
safety assessment are provided in many practical applications
concerning major technological systems and structures. Reliability,
Risk and Safety: Back to the Future will be of interest to
academics and engineers interested in nuclear engineering, oil and
gas engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering,
information technology, communication, and infrastructure.
Advances in Applied Mechanics draws together recent, significant
advances in various topics in applied mechanics. Published since
1948, the book aims to provide authoritative review articles on
topics in the mechanical sciences. The book will be of great
interest to scientists and engineers working in the various
branches of mechanics, but will also be beneficial to professionals
who use the results of investigations in mechanics in various
applications, such as aerospace, chemical, civil, environmental,
mechanical, and nuclear engineering.
Improve and optimize efficiency of HVAC and related energy systems
from an exergy perspective. From fundamentals to advanced
applications, Exergy Analysis of Heating, Air Conditioning, and
Refrigeration provides readers with a clear and concise description
of exergy analysis and its many uses. Focusing on the application
of exergy methods to the primary technologies for heating,
refrigerating, and air conditioning, Ibrahim Dincer and Marc A.
Rosen demonstrate exactly how exergy can help improve and optimize
efficiency, environmental performance, and cost-effectiveness. The
book also discusses the analysis tools available, and includes many
comprehensive case studies on current and emerging systems and
technologies for real-world examples. From introducing exergy and
thermodynamic fundamentals to presenting the use of exergy methods
for heating, refrigeration, and air conditioning systems, this book
equips any researcher or practicing engineer with the tools needed
to learn and master the application of exergy analysis to these
systems.
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