Heterogeneous Materials - Volume I

Linear Transport and Optical Properties

Muhammad Sahimi - Collection Interdisciplinary applied mathematics

692 pages, parution le 30/06/2003

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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 linear and nonlinear properties are considered. The nonlinear properties include those with constitutive non-linearities as well as threshold non-linearities, such as brittle fracture and dielectric breakdown.

A main goal of this book is to compare two fundamental approaches to describing and predicting materials properties, namely, the continuum mechanics approach, and those based on the discrete models. The latter models include the lattice models and the atomistic approaches.

The book provides comprehensive and up to date theoretical and computer simulation analysis of materials' properties. Typical experimental methods for measuring all of these properties are outlined, and comparison is made between the experimental data and the theoretical predictions. Volume I covers linear properties, while Volume II considers non-linear and fracture and breakdown properties, as well as atomistic modeling.

This multidisciplinary book will appeal to applied physicists, materials scientists, chemical and mechanical engineers, chemists, and applied mathematicians.

L'auteur - Muhammad Sahimi

Muhammad Sahimi is Professor and Chairman of Chemical Engineering at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and Adjunct Professor of Physics at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences in Zanjan, Iran. His current research interests include transport and mechanical properties of heterogeneous materials: flow, diffusion and reaction in porous media, and large-scale scientific computations. Among his honors are the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award, and the Kapitza Gold Medal.

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Preface
Abbreviated Contents for Volume II
Introduction
Characterization and Modeling of the Morphology
- Characterization of Connectivity and Clustering
- Characterization and Modeling of the Morphology
Linear Transport and Optical Properties
- Effective Conductivity, Dielectric Constant and Optical Properties: The Continuum Approach
- Effective Conductivity and Dielectric Constant: The Discrete Approach
- Frequency-Dependent Properties: The Discrete Approach
- Rigidity and Elastic Properties: The Continuum Approach
- Rigidity and Elastic Properties: The Discrete Approach
- Rigidity and Elastic properties of Network Glasses, Polymers, and Composite Solids: The Discrete Approach
References
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Muhammad Sahimi
Collection	Interdisciplinary applied mathematics
Parution	30/06/2003
Nb. de pages	692
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1114g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780387001678
ISBN13	978-0-387-00167-8