Properties and Characterization of Modern Materials

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Öchsner, Andreas (Editor), Altenbach, Holm (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Advanced Structured Materials, 33
• Subjects: Engineering.; Continuum mechanics.; Structural materials.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Structural Materials.

This book focuses on robust characterization and prediction methods for materials in technical applications as well as the materials’ safety features during operation. In particular, it presents methods for reliably predicting material properties, an aspect that is becoming increasingly important as...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Options for Nanoreinforced Cast Al-Si Alloys with TiO2 Nanoparticles
• 2 Mechanical Properties and Wear Resistance of Semisolid Cast Al2O3 Nano Reinforced Hypo and Hyper-eutectic Al-Si Composites
• 3 Simulation of a Crack Emanating from a Microvoid in Cement of a Reconstructed Acetabulum
• 4 Surface properties of microfibers and nanofiber composites tested in contact with bacteria E. coli and fungi of the Candida genus. .