1st Edition

Handbook of Micromechanics and Nanomechanics

Edited By Shaofan Li, Xin-Lin Gao Copyright 2013
    1264 Pages 66 Color & 330 B/W Illustrations
    by Jenny Stanford Publishing

    This book presents the latest developments and applications of micromechanics and nanomechanics. It particularly focuses on some recent applications and impact areas of micromechanics and nanomechanics that have not been discussed in traditional micromechanics and nanomechanics books on metamaterials, micromechanics of ferroelectric/piezoelectric, electromagnetic materials, micromechanics of interface, size effects and strain gradient theories, computational and experimental nanomechanics, multiscale simulations and theories, soft matter composites, and computational homogenization theory. This book covers analytical, experimental, as well as computational and numerical approaches in depth.

    Preface S. Li and X.-L. Gao
    Microdynamics of Phononic Materials
    M. I. Hussein, M. J. Frazier, and M. H. Abedinnasab
    Micromechanics of Elastic Metamaterials
    X. Zhou, X. Liu, and G. Hu
    Phase Field Approach Micromechanics in Ferroelectric Crystals
    Y. Su and G. J. Weng
    Atomic Structure of 180° Ferroelectric Domain Walls in PbTiO3
    A. Yavari and A. Angoshtari
    Micromechanics-based Constitutive Modeling of Chain-Structured Ferromagnetic Particulate Composites
    H. Yin, L. Z. Sun, and H. Zhang
    Nonlinear Dynamic Electromechanics in Functionally Graded Piezoelectric Materials
    Y. Shindo and F. Narita
    Mechano-electrochemical Mixture Theories for the Multiphase Fluid–Infiltrated Poroelastic Media
    H. Hatami-Marbini
    Micromechanics of Nanocomposites with Interface Energy Effects
    Z. Huang and J. Wang
    A Surface/Interface Micro-elasticity Formulation Based on Finite-Size Representative Volume Element
    P.-A. Itty, V. L. Corvec, and S. Li
    Continuum-Based Modeling of Size Effects in Micro- and Nanostructured Materials
    R. K. Abu Al-Rub
    Strain Gradient Solutions of Eshelby-Type Inclusion Problems
    X.-L. Gao
    Problems in the Theories of Couple-Stress Elasticity and Dipolar Gradient Elasticity: A Comparison
    P. A. Gourgiotis and H. G. Georgiadis
    Solutions to the Periodic Eshelby Inclusion Problem
    L. Liu
    Variational Principles, Bounds, and Percolation Thresholds of Composites
    X. F. Xu
    Inclusion Clusters in the Archetype-Blending Continuum Theory
    K. I. Elkhodary, S. Tang, and W. K. Liu
    Microstructural Characterization of Metals Using Nanoindentation
    G. Z. Voyiadjis and D. Faghihi
    A Multiscale Modeling of Multiple Physics
    X. Wang, J. Li, J. D. Lee, and A. Eskandarian
    Coarse-Grained Atomistic Simulations of Dislocation and Fracture in Metallic Materials
    L. Xiong., Q. Deng, and Y. Chen
    Timescaling in Multiscale Mechanics of Nanowires and Nanocrystalline Materials
    V. Tomar
    Modeling and Simulation of Carbon Nanotube–Based Composites and Devices
    S. Xiao, J. Ni, W. Yang, and C. Nelsen
    Concurrent Approach to Lattice Dynamics Based on Extended Space–Time Finite Element Method D. Qian and S. Chirputkar
    Mechanics of Nanoporous Metals
    A. Giri, J. Tao, M. Kirca, and A. C. To
    Numerical Characterization of Nanowires
    Y. T. Gu and H. F. Zhan
    Molecular Modeling of the Microstructure of Soft Materials: Healing, Memory, and Toughness Mechanisms
    S. Keten, S. Mishra, and L. Ruiz
    Intricate Multiscale Mechanical Behavior of Natural Fish-Scale Composites
    D. Zhu, F. Barthelat, and F. Vernerey
    Mechanics of Random Fiber Networks R. C. Picu
    Size-Dependent Probabilistic Damage Micromechanics and Toughening Behavior of Particle-/Fiber-Reinforced Composites
    J. Woody and K. Yanase
    Multiscale Asymptotic Expansion Formulations for Heterogeneous Slab and Column Structures with Three-Dimensional Microstructures
    D. Wang, L. Fang, and P. Xie
    Computational Overlap Coupling Between Micropolar Elastic Continuum Finite Elements and Elastic Spherical Discrete Elements in One Dimension
    R. A. Regueiro and B. Yan
    Nonconcurrent Computational Homogenization of Nonlinear, Stochastic, and Viscoelastic Materials
    J. Yvonnet, Q.-C. He, E. Monteiro, A. B. Tran, C. Toulemonde, J. Sanahuja, A. Clément, and C. Soize

    Biography

    Shaofan Li, Xin-Lin Gao

    "This book represents an extensive collection of state-of-the-art studies on micromechanics and nanomechanics. It is a very comprehensive text covering a wide range of theories and numerical and experimental methods, and it has applications to many important classes of materials and structures. It is an excellent reference for scientists, engineers, and students."
    —Prof. Yonggang Huang, Northwestern University, USA

    "This is an impressive and unique collection of review articles on a wide range of cutting-edge topics in micromechanics and nanomechanics of novel materials. I found the depth in the mechanics remarkable, extending to such topics as solutions to the periodic Eshelby inclusion problem. Overall, there is a balance of theory and applications, and it will be most useful for researchers and developers of new technologies."
    —Prof. Xanthippi Markenscoff, University of California, San Diego, USA

    "Micromechanics and nanomechanics are major fields that link mechanics, materials science, physics, and chemistry and have been at the forefront in the development of advanced materials. This handbook, written by leaders in their various fields, presents snapshots of recent advances in the fields of micromechanics and nanomechanics through 30 well-written chapters. It is very suitable for beginning and advanced researchers and for readers just wishing to become up to date on some new and interesting topics: For the beginner the chapters are clear enough to understand advanced topics and ample references are provided for further study; the advanced researcher wishing to be updated on a possibly unfamiliar topic will find that the chapters provide a good start and give sources for further research. The scope of the handbook leads to techniques that are appropriate to various length scales, ranging from the atomistic to the continuum, and the notations used appear to be standard. Overall the handbook represents a valuable contribution to the literature of micromechanics and nanomechanics. This reviewer is impressed by the scope of the materials presented and the careful writing that covers these advanced topics."
    —Prof. Leon M. Keer, Northwestern University, USA