Vibration refers to mechanical oscillations about an equilibrium point . The oscillations may be periodic such as the motion of a pendulum or rando...

Over the past few decades, the applications of membrane technology for wastewater treatment and drinking water production have undergone accelerate...

This book presents the latest research in the world on mesoporous materials which are those with pores in the range 20-500Å in diameter. They have ...

Metal cutting is a science and technology with great interest for several important industries such as automotive, aeronautics, aerospace, alternat...

This book presents current research in the study of metal matrix composites, with a particular focus on alloys and lattice dynamics. Topics discuss...

Rare metals play an important role in the development of major branches of industry, such as vacuum equipment, semiconductor electronics, nuclear p...

Metamaterials are artificial materials engineered to provide properties which "may not be readily available in nature". These materials usually gai...

In the monograph, a number of problems of scientific and technical importance are introduced and discussed, which are of great interest, and can fi...

Nowadays, the use of microcomponents and miniaturised functional products from metals, polymers, ceramics, composites and advanced materials has in...

Since the turn of the last century, significant advances have been documented in the literature on the design and engineering of microgels. Special...

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

Heat and mass transfer in porous media under phase transition conditions has a great scientific and practical interest in solving of engineering an...

The authors hereafter study the modelling of composite multi-layered piezoelectric plates. Their theory is based on an hybrid approach, where the m...

Book & CD. Computer molecular simulations of complex multi-particle systems play a fascinating role in fundamental physics, biochemical and lif...

Wind farms and other renewable energy sources are characterised by the high unpredictability of generated power as a function of time. When the win...

Concrete remains a dominant constructive material in the 21 century. Long-term experience of concrete application in all construction areas shows t...

The improvement of the biological activity and performance of bone substitute materials is one of the main concerns of orthopaedic and dental surge...

Materials science includes those parts of chemistry and physics that deal with the properties of materials. It encompasses four classes of material...

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

Natural fibres -- both lignocellulosic and protein -- are renewable and biodegradable. They are characterised by good air permeability, hygroscopic...

The neutron beam has been applied extensively in scientific studies and in industrial fields. Studies on neutron diffraction have been promoted for...

New Approaches To Polymer Materials