Nanomaterials Mechanics and Mechanisms /

• Main Author: Ramesh, K.T (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mechanics.; Continuum mechanics.; Nanotechnology.; Materials science.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.

The enabling science in much of nanotechnology today is the science of nanomaterials; indeed in the broadest sense, nanotechnology would not be possible without nanomaterials. Nanomaterials: Mechanics and Mechanisms seeks to provide an entrè into the field for mechanical engineers, material scientis...

Table of Contents:

• Nanomaterials
• Fundamentals of Mechanics of Materials
• Nanoscale Mechanics and Materials: Experimental Techniques
• Mechanical Properties: Density and Elasticity
• Plastic Deformation of Nanomaterials
• Mechanical Failure Processes in Nanomaterials
• Scale-Dominant Mechanisms in Nanomaterials
• Modeling Nanomaterials.