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This book offers an essential introduction to the linear and
non-linear behavior of solid materials, and to the concepts of
deformation, displacement and stress, within the context of
continuum mechanics and thermodynamics. To illustrate the
fundamental principles, the book starts with an overview of solid
mechanics, experimental methods, classes of material behaviors, and
the thermodynamic modeling framework. It then explores linear
elastic behavior, thermoelasticity, plasticity, viscoplasticity,
fracture mechanics and damage behavior. The last part of the book
is devoted to conventional and magnetic shape memory alloys, which
may be used as actuators or sensors in adaptive structures. Given
its range of coverage, the book will be especially valuable for
students of engineering courses in Mechanics. Further, it includes
a wealth of examples and exercises, making it accessible to the
widest possible audience.
This book investigates the fascinating concept of a continuum
between human memory and memory of materials. The first part
provides state-of-the-art information on shape memory alloys and
outlines a brief history of memory from the ancient Greeks to the
present day, describing phenomenological, philosophical, and
technical approaches such as neuroscience. Then, using a wealth of
anecdotes, data from academic literature, and original research,
this short book discusses the concepts of post-memory, memristors
and forgiveness, highlights the analogies between materials defects
and memory traces in the human brain. Lastly, it tackles questions
of how human memory and memory of materials work together and
interact. With insights from materials mechanics, neuroscience and
philosophy, it enables readers to understand and continue this open
debate on human memory.
This book showcases the fascinating but problematic relationship
between human intelligence and artificial intelligence: AI is often
discussed in the media, as if bodiless intelligence could exist,
without a consciousness, without an unconscious, without thoughts.
Using a wealth of anecdotes, data from academic literature, and
original research, this short book examines in what circumstances
robots can replace humans, and demonstrates that by operating
beyond direct human control, strong artificial intelligence may
pose serious problems, paving the way for all manner of
extrapolations, for example implanting silicon chips in the brains
of a privileged caste, and exposing the significant gap still
present between the proponents of "singularity" and certain
philosophers. With insights from mathematics, cognitive
neuroscience and philosophy, it enables readers to understand and
continue this open debate on AI, which presents concrete ethical
problems for which meaningful answers are still in their infancy.
This book investigates the fascinating concept of a continuum
between human memory and memory of materials. The first part
provides state-of-the-art information on shape memory alloys and
outlines a brief history of memory from the ancient Greeks to the
present day, describing phenomenological, philosophical, and
technical approaches such as neuroscience. Then, using a wealth of
anecdotes, data from academic literature, and original research,
this short book discusses the concepts of post-memory, memristors
and forgiveness, highlights the analogies between materials defects
and memory traces in the human brain. Lastly, it tackles questions
of how human memory and memory of materials work together and
interact. With insights from materials mechanics, neuroscience and
philosophy, it enables readers to understand and continue this open
debate on human memory.
This book offers an essential introduction to the linear and
non-linear behavior of solid materials, and to the concepts of
deformation, displacement and stress, within the context of
continuum mechanics and thermodynamics. To illustrate the
fundamental principles, the book starts with an overview of solid
mechanics, experimental methods, classes of material behaviors, and
the thermodynamic modeling framework. It then explores linear
elastic behavior, thermoelasticity, plasticity, viscoplasticity,
fracture mechanics and damage behavior. The last part of the book
is devoted to conventional and magnetic shape memory alloys, which
may be used as actuators or sensors in adaptive structures. Given
its range of coverage, the book will be especially valuable for
students of engineering courses in Mechanics. Further, it includes
a wealth of examples and exercises, making it accessible to the
widest possible audience.
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