Silberschmidt V.V., Matveenko V.P. (Eds.). Mechanics of Advanced Materials: Analysis of Properties and Performance

Springer, 2015. – 205 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-17118-0 (eBook)In the last two decades, Mechanics of Materials as a discipline has experienced a type of revival. The main reason for this has been a continuing introduction of new materials (or even their classes) with extraordinary microstructures, properties and performance. Carbon nanotubes, quantum dots, bulk metallic glasses and grapheme are some of the examples. This revival process was additionally enhanced by an application-related drive to expose these—as well as previously known and used— materials to harsher conditions: high strains, strain rates, loads and temperatures as well as combinations of various loading and environmental factors. Recent developments in aerospace, energy, automotive and defence industries as well as in microelectronics were possible thanks to extended usability envelopes for various components and structures.
Another important factor was the introduction of technologies allowing the production of materials and even final parts with precise control of their microstructural features, and, hence, properties and performances. A typical example is additive manufacturing—more known as 3d printing—that can reproduce detailed microstructural patterns, developed by researchers in silico; it currently also has a
capability to use multiple materials, gradual changes in properties—and with continuously improving spatial resolution.
This progress affected significantly Mechanics of Materials that its broadly used classical formulations does not fully meet the new challenges. This volume presents some of the current developments and trends in this field covering experimental, theoretical and numerical approaches and results. The examined materials include established ones such as metals and alloys (including, i. a., pure indium), or polymeric fibrous networks as well as new types of materials: bulk metallic glasses, smart materials and metamaterials with a negative Poisson’s ratio. Properties and deformation behaviours of composites with various types of constituents are also discussed.