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Books in Materials engineering

This portfolio explores the science and technology of metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, and nanomaterials. Offering deep insight into material properties, processing, and applications, it supports researchers and engineers in developing innovative, sustainable materials for diverse industries. Emphasizing cutting-edge advancements and real-world challenges, the collection advances knowledge critical to engineering breakthroughs.

  • Digital Light Processing and Stereolithography Additive Manufacturing

    Fundamentals, Applications, and Trends
    • 1st Edition
    • Ignazio Roppolo
    • English
    Digital Light Processing and Stereolithography Additive Manufacturing: Fundamentals, Applications, and Trends overviews these cutting-edge 3D-printing techniques, the materials they can produce, and applications for these techniques and materials. Sections cover the fundamentals, with chapters discussing the core principles of vat photopolymerization, related technological requirements, the characteristics of digital light processing (DLP) and stereolithography (SL) compared to other light-induced methods, as well as the chemistry and materials used, including how to formulate a resin. Section two covers applications, such as design for structural applications, as well as DLP and SL use in dentistry, soft robotics, sensors, biomedicine, microfluidics, catalysis and chemical engineering, and more. The book concludes with a section discussing current trends and future directions for the technology, with chapters analyzing sustainable materials, including efforts to substitute synthetic materials with bio-based ones, vitrimers, controlled polymers, and 4D printing and DLP and SL in hybrid AM.

  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures with Artificial Intelligence

    • 1st Edition
    • Wael A. Altabey
    • English
    Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures with Artificial Intelligence offers a comprehensive review of the application of AI in the SHM of composite structures. The book’s objective is to bridge the gap between traditional SHM approaches and the integration of advanced AI techniques, providing readers with foundational knowledge on composite materials, manufacturing processes, mechanical behavior, and state-of-the-art SHM methodologies. The book is timely and significant as composite structures are witnessing increasing use in critical infrastructure, aerospace, and industry, where real-time, intelligent monitoring is crucial for safety and maintenance. It covers new developments such as the use of machine learning, deep learning, and artificial neural networks in SHM, and illustrates the integration of non-destructive testing (NDT) methods with AI algorithms. The content structure follows logical progression: from basic material concepts, design, manufacturing and fabrication, through damage and failure modes, advanced SHM monitoring, probabilistic design concepts, and AI based schemes for SHM. A full chapter is also dedicated to applied case studies in pipelines, ducts and plates) using analytical, numerical, and simulation tools (ANSYS, MATLAB). The book’s key audience will include postgraduate students, academic researchers, and practicing engineers, who are working in civil, mechanical, materials, and aerospace engineering.

  • Special Techniques of Natural Dyeing using Mordants and Modifiers

    • 1st Edition
    • Padma Shree Vankar + 1 more
    • English
    Special Techniques of Natural Dyeing using Mordants and Modifiers explores the development of special auxiliaries that enhance the colourfastness, colour depth and sustainability of naturally dyed fabrics while maintaining a low carbon footprint. Key topics include chapters on mordants, bio-mordants, transitional metal salts and rare earth salts. Additionally, the book covers various modifiers and auxiliaries designed to improve colour adherence, as well as a chapter dedicated to post-mordanting treatments with amino compounds. Natural dye enthusiasts will gain valuable insights into using mordants sustainably and achieving vibrant, long-lasting colours from common flowers and other local vegetative materials.

  • Ultrasonic Shot Peening

    Fundamentals and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Fei Yin
    • English
    Ultrasonic Shot Peening: Fundamentals and Applications consists of three sections, the first covering the fundamentals of the process, describing the mechanisms of shot motion, numerical modeling of ultrasonic shot peening (USP), and experimental approaches to surface morphology evaluation during USP. The second section discusses the fabrication of gradient nanostructured surfaces by USP, including surface nanocrystallization of stainless steel, high entropy alloys, titanium alloys, low-carbon steel, and copper. This section also investigates the enhanced mechanical behaviors USP can provide in gradient nanostructured materials, such as improved strength-ductility, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and fatigue resistance. The final section of the book outlines applications of USP and in-situ methods of producing nanograined metallic flakes and powders. A companion website with downloadable code and video clips is also included.

  • Deformation Processing of High Entropy Alloys

    • 1st Edition
    • Bharat Gwalani + 1 more
    • English
    Deformation Processing of High Entropy Alloys offers an in-depth exploration of the mechanical properties and processing methods of high entropy alloys (HEAs), covering topics such as microstructural evolution, deformation mechanisms, alloy composition, processing techniques, and various applications. The book provides an introduction to HEAs, outlining their differences from more traditional alloys before diving into more complex subjects such as their stability and metastability, their crystal structures, FCC- and BCC-based HEAs, as well as thermomechanical treatments and their mechanical properties. Deformation processing techniques, solid state processing methods, and additive manufacturing of HEAs are each discussed as well, as are modeling and simulation approaches. Finally, a broad range of applications and limitations for these cutting-edge materials are also covered.

  • Thermal Stability and Oxidation Kinetics of MAX Phases

    • 1st Edition
    • It Meng Low
    • English
    Thermal Stability and Oxidation Kinetics of MAX Phases provides techniques for improving the thermal stability of MAX phases, enabling their enhanced performance in extreme environments. The book provides a general overview of the physical and mechanical properties of MAX phases, including techniques for their synthesis and characterization. Oxidation characteristics, thermal stability, and decomposition kinetics are then covered for many individual MAX phases, including titanium silicon carbide, titanium aluminum carbide, titanium aluminum nitride, chromium aluminum carbide, and many more. In addition, their mechanical behaviors in vacuum settings and argon gas environments, in particular, are covered at length, and the application of these materials in aerospace, nuclear, and other settings is also discussed.

  • Engineering of Point Defects in Solids

    A Thermodynamic Approach to the Physics of Semiconductors
    • 1st Edition
    • Sergey V. Bulyarskiy
    • English
    Engineering of Point Defects in Solids: A Thermodynamic Approach to the Physics of Semiconductors covers the theoretical and experimental thermodynamics and kinetics of defect formations in solids, including the formation of complex defects from simple ones. The book describes point defects (vacancies, antistructural, interstitial atoms, and impurities) while also providing algorithms for calculating their defect concentrations, conductivity, and stoichiometric composition. Doping of a substance with impurities, with a focus on germanium and silicon (as common semiconductors), is covered, including retrograde solubility, polytrophy, the solubility of impurities, and the mutual influence of donor and acceptor impurities. The thermodynamics of complex defects formed with the participation of vacancies (divacancies and complexes) are discussed, as is luminescence as a non-destructive method for monitoring the dynamics of changes in the concentration of defects in certain technological processes, with particular attention paid to the phenomenon of electron-photon interaction. Other topics covered include the optical properties of various complexes, compounds with volatile components, analyzing the kinetics of precipitate and nanocrystal formation, and more.

  • Additive Manufacturing of Architected Metamaterials

    Design, Properties, and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Matteo Benedetti + 2 more
    • English
    Additive Manufacturing of Architected Metamaterials: Design, Properties, and Applications provides readers with a deep understanding of the design, manufacturing, properties, and applications of these materials. Chapters cover modeling and numerical techniques, experimental approaches for investigating mechanical properties, as well as the thermal, electromagnetic, and corrosion fatigue properties of these materials. Design techniques, microstructure, and topology are each discussed as well. Materials covered include additive manufactured lattice structures, cellular lattice materials, acoustic and elastic locally resonant metamaterials, rationally designed cellular metamaterials, optical metamaterials, biological metamaterials, high strength strut-based lattices, and more.The book concludes with a chapter focused on data-driven design and artificial intelligence for architected metamaterials.

  • Additive Manufacturing of Polymeric Materials for Energy Storage Applications

    • 1st Edition
    • API Popoola + 3 more
    • English
    Additive Manufacturing of Polymeric Materials for Energy Storage Applications synthesizes cutting-edge and developing research on additive manufacturing of polymeric materials for energy storage, covering the most recent developments in materials development, design optimization, process optimization, and characterization techniques. The book discusses how additive manufactured polymeric materials can be used for fuel cell components, batteries, supercapacitors, wind and solar energy storage, photovoltaic materials, and other energy-related applications. Fabrication techniques, design optimization methods, modeling approaches, and the mechanics of these materials are each covered in depth.

  • Materials Informatics

    Molecules, Crystals and Beyond
    • 1st Edition
    • Krishna Rajan
    • English
    Materials Informatics: Molecules, Crystals and Beyond discusses the role of information science in aiding the discovery and interpretation of multiscale relationships that are critical for materials discovery, design, and optimization. The book covers key challenges in applying information science methods to materials science, including the multidimensional nature of structure-property relationships, data sparsity, and the nature and sources of uncertainty, along with a brief overview of the algorithmic tools used for unsupervised and supervised learning.Building on these topics, chapters then cover the development of physics/chemistry informed data representations of structure and properties, the application of machine learning for structure and property prediction and screening for targeted properties, and the utilization of techniques such a graphics recognition, natural language processing, and statistically driven visualization tools in deciphering processing-structure... relationships in materials.

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