Materials Science

Silicon Carbide (SiC) is well known for its excellent material properties, high durability, high wear resistance, light weight and extreme hardness...

Nanosized composite materials are getting more and more important because of their unique properties. In addition, the preparation of nanoparticles...

In this book, the authors gather and present recent advances in magnetism research. Topics discussed include the field theory of magnetism; long-ra...

Concrete is a construction material composed of cement as well as other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate, water, a...

This book is a continuation of the book Materials Science Researcher Biographical Sketches and Research Summaries which compiles biographical sketc...

Building material is any material which is used for a construction purpose. Apart from naturally occurring materials, many man-made products are in...

Load bearing implants such as hip joints, knee joints and bone plates etc. are prone to failure from the conjoint effect of wear, fretting and corr...

A shape memory alloy (SMA, also known as a smart metal, memory alloy, or muscle wire) is an alloy that remembers its shape, and can be returned t...

Microstructurally short cracks with lengths up to about ten grains are known to be strongly influenced by the microstructural features in the neigh...

This book presents topical research in the study of the types, properties and applications of elastomers. Topics discussed in this compilation incl...

Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs) are now attracting enormous interest, because of their superiority in strength, stiffness, wear resistance, elevated...

Materials science encompasses four classes of materials, the study of each of which may be considered a separate field: metals, ceramics, polymers ...

Materials science encompasses four classes of materials, the study of each of which may be considered a separate field: metals, ceramics, polymers ...

Compared to the neat matrix material, FRC has highly favorable mechanical properties, and their strength-to-weight ratios are superior. In addition...

Green composites can be prepared by conventional blending wheat gluten (WG) and other organic or inorganic components using conventional plastic pr...

Piezoelectric materials and composites and also the devices based on them have found wide applications in the modern technologies. This new book dr...

Ba(Ti,Zr)O3 solid solutions were prepared by a few alternative techniques: sol-precipitation, co-precipitation via oxalate route, the modified Pech...

This authoritative reference provides comprehensive coverage of the topics of damage and healing mechanics. Computational modeling of constitutive ...