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Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials
The design and study of materials is a pivotal component to new
discoveries in the various fields of science and technology. By
understanding the components and structures of materials,
researchers can increase its applications across different
industries. Modeling and Simulations for Metamaterials: Emerging
Research and Opportunities is a critical scholarly resource that
examines the physics of metamaterials with an emphasis on
negative-index metamaterials and their applications at terahertz
frequencies. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics, such as
electromagnetic waves, harmonic oscillator model, and scattering
analysis, this book is geared towards academicians, researchers,
engineers, industrialists, and graduate students researching in the
field.
Every parent is concerned when a child is slow to become a mature
adult. This is also true for any product designer, regardless of
their industry sector. For a product to be mature, it must have an
expected level of reliability from the moment it is put into
service, and must maintain this level throughout its industrial
use. While there have been theoretical and practical advances in
reliability from the 1960s to the end of the 1990s, to take into
account the effect of maintenance, the maturity of a product is
often only partially addressed. Product Maturity 2 fills this gap
as much as possible; a difficult exercise given that maturity is a
transverse activity in the engineering sciences; it must be present
throughout the lifecycle of a product.
Biopolymers: Applications and Trends provides an up-to-date summary
of the varying market applications of biopolymers characterized by
biodegradability and sustainability. It includes tables with the
commercial names and properties of each biopolymer family, along
with biopolymers for each marketing segment, not only presenting
all the major market players, but also highlighting trends and new
developments in products. The book includes a thorough breakdown of
the vast range of application areas, including medical and
pharmaceutical, packaging, construction, automotive, and many more,
giving engineers critical materials information in an area which
has traditionally been more limited than conventional polymers. In
addition, the book uses recent patent information to convey the
latest applications and techniques in the area, thus further
illustrating the rapid pace of development and need for
intellectual property for companies working on new and innovative
products.
Thermofluid Modeling for Sustainable Energy Applications provides a
collection of the most recent, cutting-edge developments in the
application of fluid mechanics modeling to energy systems and
energy efficient technology. Each chapter introduces relevant
theories alongside detailed, real-life case studies that
demonstrate the value of thermofluid modeling and simulation as an
integral part of the engineering process. Research problems and
modeling solutions across a range of energy efficiency scenarios
are presented by experts, helping users build a sustainable
engineering knowledge base. The text offers novel examples of the
use of computation fluid dynamics in relation to hot topics,
including passive air cooling and thermal storage. It is a valuable
resource for academics, engineers, and students undertaking
research in thermal engineering.
Metallic Foam Bone: Processing, Modification and Characterization
and Properties examines the use of porous metals as novel bone
replacement materials. With a strong focus on materials science and
clinical applications, the book also examines the modification of
metals to ensure their biocompatibility and efficacy in vivo.
Initial chapters discuss processing and production methods of
metals for tissue engineering and biomedical applications that are
followed by topics on practical applications in orthopedics and
dentistry. Finally, the book addresses the surface science of
metallic foam and how it can be tailored for medical applications.
This book is a valuable resource for materials scientists,
biomedical engineers, and clinicians with an interest in innovative
biomaterials for orthopedic and bone restoration.
This book sheds light on the molecular aspects of liquids and
liquid-based materials such as organic or inorganic liquids, ionic
liquids, proteins, biomaterials, and soft materials including gels.
The reader discovers how the molecular basics of such systems are
connected with their properties, dynamics, and functions. Once the
use and application of liquids and liquid-based materials are
understood, the book becomes a source of the latest, detailed
knowledge of their structures, dynamics, and functions emerging
from molecularity. The systems discussed in the book have
structural dimensions varying from nanometers to millimeters, thus
the precise estimation of structures and dynamics from
experimental, theoretical, and simulation methods is of crucial
importance. Outlines of the practical knowledge needed in research
and development are helpfully included in the book.
This book delivers a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of
practical applications of metamaterials, structured media, and
conventional porous materials. With increasing levels of
urbanization, a growing demand for motorized transport, and
inefficient urban planning, environmental noise exposure is rapidly
becoming a pressing societal and health concern. Phononic and sonic
crystals, acoustic metamaterials, and metasurfaces can
revolutionize noise and vibration control and, in many cases,
replace traditional porous materials for these applications. In
this collection of contributed chapters, a group of international
researchers reviews the essentials of acoustic wave propagation in
metamaterials and porous absorbers with viscothermal losses, as
well as the most recent advances in the design of acoustic
metamaterial absorbers. The book features a detailed theoretical
introduction describing commonly used modelling techniques such as
plane wave expansion, multiple scattering theory, and the transfer
matrix method. The following chapters give a detailed consideration
of acoustic wave propagation in viscothermal fluids and porous
media, and the extension of this theory to non-local models for
fluid saturated metamaterials, along with a description of the
relevant numerical methods. Finally, the book reviews a range of
practical industrial applications, making it especially attractive
as a white book targeted at the building, automotive, and
aeronautic industries.
Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Volume 211, merges two
long-running serials, Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics
and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy. The series
features extended articles on the physics of electron devices
(especially semiconductor devices), particle optics at high and low
energies, microlithography, image science, digital image
processing, electromagnetic wave propagation, electron microscopy
and the computing methods used in all these domains.
Databook of Nucleating Agents gives engineers and materials
scientists the information they need to increase the production
rate, modify structure and morphology, and reduce haze of polymeric
products with proper selection of nucleating agents and clarifying
agents. Chemical origin and related properties of nucleating agents
are analyzed in general terms to highlight the differences in their
properties, including the essential theoretical knowledge required
for correct selection and use of nucleating and clarifying agents.
This includes methods of chemical modification of nucleating agents
and their deposition on suitable substrates; methods, and results
of dispersion of nucleating agents, influence of their
concentration and cooling rate on final result and rate of
crystallization, nucleation efficiency of different products and
the reasons behind it, and generally accepted mechanisms of
nucleation. The book also covers application aspects in different
formulations. Patent literature and research papers are extensively
reviewed for different applications, and polymer processing methods
which require use of nucleating agents are discussed, with an
emphasis on the intricacies of use of nucleating agents in
different polymers and products.
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