Field Theoretic Method in Phase Transformations

• Main Author: Umantsev, Alexander (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 840
• Subjects: Physics.; Condensed matter.; Materials science.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Materials Science, general.

The continuum, field theoretic method of study of phase transformations in material systems, also known as "phase field", allows one to analyze different stages of transformations on the unified platform. It has received significant attention in the materials science community recently due...

Table of Contents:

• Landau Theory of Phase Transitions
• Heterogeneous Equilibrium Systems
• Dynamics of Homogeneous Systems
• Evolution of Heterogeneous Systems
• Thermo-Mechanical Analogy
• Thermodynamic Fluctuations
• More Complicated Systems
• Thermal Effects: Coupling to “Hydrodynamic” Variables
• Transformations in Real Materials
• Extensions of the Method.