Heterogeneous Materials Nonlinear and Breakdown Properties and Atomistic Modeling /

• Main Author: Sahimi, Muhammad. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2003.
• Series: Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, 23
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Continuum physics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Materials science.; Applications of Mathematics.; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Classical Continuum Physics.
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This book describes and discusses the properties of heterogeneous materials. The properties considered include the conductivity (thermal, electrical, magnetic), elastic moduli, dielectrical constant, optical properties, mechanical fracture, and electrical and dielectrical breakdown properties. Both...

Table of Contents:

• Volume II
• Volume II
• Characterization of Surface Morphology
• Characterization of Surface Morphology
• Effective Properties of Heterogeneous Materials with Constitutive Nonlinearities
• Nonlinear Conductivity and Dielectric Constant: The Continuum Approach
• Nonlinear Conductivity, Dielectric Constant, and Optical Properties: The Discrete Approach
• Nonlinear Rigidity and Elastic Moduli: The Continuum Approach
• Fracture and Breakdown of Heterogeneous Materials
• Electrical and Dielectric Breakdown: The Discrete Approach
• Fracture: Basic Concepts and Experimental Techniques
• Brittle Fracture: The Continuum Approach
• Brittle Fracture: The Discrete Approach
• Atomistic and Multiscale Modeling of Materials
• Atomistic Modeling of Materials
• Multiscale Modeling of Materials: Joining Atomistic Models with Continuum Mechanics.