High Performance Structures and Materials VI
High Performance Structures and Materials VI

Author: Willy Patrick Wilde

Publisher: WIT Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 529

ISBN-13: 1845645960

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Containing the edited papers presented at the Sixth International Conference on High Performance Structures and Materials, High Performance Structures and Materials VI addresses the issues involved with advanced types of structures, particularly those based on new concepts or new materials. Contributions will highlight the latest developments in design, optimisation, manufacturing and experimentation in these areas.The use of novel materials and new structural concepts nowadays is not restricted to highly technical areas like aerospace, aeronautical applications or the automotive industry, but affects all engineering fields including those such as civil engineering and architecture. Most high performance structures require the development of a generation of new materials, which can more easily resist a range of external stimuli or react in a non-conventional manner.The book will cover such topics as: Composite materials and structures, Lightweight structures, Nanocomposites, High performance concretes, Concrete fibres, Automotive composites, Steel structures, Natural fibre composites, Timber structures, Material characterisation, Experiments and numerical analysis, Damage and fracture mechanics, Computational intelligence, Adaptable and mobile structures, Environmentally friendly structures.

High Performance Structures and Materials V
High Performance Structures and Materials V

Author: W. Patrick De Wilde

Publisher: WIT Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 609

ISBN-13: 1845644646

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Including the latest developments in design, optimisation, manufacturing and experimentation, this text presents a wide range of topics relating to advanced types of structures, particularly those based on new concepts and new types of materials.

High Performance Materials in Aerospace
High Performance Materials in Aerospace

Author: Harvey M. Flower

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 9401106851

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Aerospace presents an extremely challenging environment for structural materials and the development of new, or improved, materials: processes for material and for component production are the subject of continuous research activity. It is in the nature of high performance materials that the steps of material and of component production should not be considered in isolation from one another. Indeed, in some cases, the very process of material production may also incorporate part or all of the component production itself and, at the very least, will influence the choice of material/component production method to be employed. How ever, the developments currently taking place are to be discovered largely within the confines of specialist conferences or books each dedicated to perhaps a single element of the overall process. In this book contributors, experts drawn from both academia and the aerospace industry, have joined together to combine their individual knowledge to examine high performance aerospace materials in terms of their production, structure, properties and applications. The central interrelationships between the development of structure through the production route and between structure and the properties exhibited in the final component are considered. It is hoped that the book will be of interest to students of aeronautical engineering and of materials science, together with those working within the aerospace industry. Harvey M. Flower Imperial College 1 Design requirements for aerospace structural materials C. J. Peel and P. J. Gregson 1.

Composite Materials, 6th Japan US Conference
Composite Materials, 6th Japan US Conference

Author: Kier M. Finlayson

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2022-02-14

Total Pages: 888

ISBN-13: 1000125149

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This book contains technical papers, presented at the Sixth Japan-U.S. Conference on Composite Materials held in Orlando in 1982, on various topics, including stress analysis, interfaces and material systems, micromechanics, structural analysis, design and optimization, and strength analysis.

High Performance Structures and Materials IV
High Performance Structures and Materials IV

Author: W. P. De Wilde

Publisher: WIT Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 577

ISBN-13: 184564106X

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Including the latest developments in design, optimisation, manufacturing and experimentation, this text presents a wide range of topics relating to advanced types of structures, particularly those based on new concepts and new types of materials.

Nanostructured Materials
Nanostructured Materials

Author: Zesheng Li

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2023-08-31

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 044319257X

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Nanostructured Materials: Physicochemical Chemistry Fundamentals for Energy and Environmental Applications summarizes research knowledge and helps advanced students, researchers and industrial technicians understand specific applications of nanomaterials in energy and the environment. Sections bring a strong foundational focus on the physicochemical basis of nanomaterials for these applications, the basic theory and physicochemical basis of nanomaterials, an energy and environment applications examination of typical cases, and progress. This book will appeal to researchers in the chemical sciences (inorganic and physical chemistry, coordination chemistry, molecular dynamics, electrochemistry, photocatalysis, thermocatalysis, thermodynamics, etc.), nanoscience (graphene, carbon nanotubes, nanocrystals, nano catalysis, energy, and environment-nano science), and more. Efficient use of energy, eco-friendly environmental systems, and technologies play an important role in global sustainable development. Multifunctional nanocomposites have excellent properties and can meet the practical needs of energy development and environmental treatment. They have been gradually applied in chemical materials, energy preparation, pollution control and other fields and have achieved impressive development. - Provides a unified overview of a large variety of different applications on the design and synthesis of nanomaterials with potential applications in various conventional and new energy and environmental technologies - Provides a strong foundational focus on the analysis of the structure of nanomaterials, the basic principles of design (nanomaterial structure-activity relationship), and the theoretical basis of physical chemistry (theoretical basis of nanomaterial design and applications) - Meets a need to summarize and examine ongoing research and advances in a rapidly developing field

Deployable Structures
Deployable Structures

Author: Charis J. Gantes

Publisher: High Performance Structures an

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781853126604

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Deployable structures are prefabricated and can be transformed from a closed, compact configuration to a predetermined, expanded form in which they are stable and can carry loads. This theoretical and practical discussion of deployable structures formulates and solves the complex engineering design problems with which they are associated.

Fire Design of Concrete Structures - Structural Behaviour and Assessment
Fire Design of Concrete Structures - Structural Behaviour and Assessment

Author: fib Fédération internationale du béton

Publisher: fib Fédération internationale du béton

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 288394086X

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Concrete is well known to behave efficiently in fire conditions, as it is incombustible, does not emit smoke, and provides good thermal insulation. Furthermore, in reinforced concrete structures, the concrete cover gives a natural protection to the reinforcement, and the size of the sections often delays the heating of the core, thus favouring the fire resistance of the structural members. In addition, concrete structures are often robust and therefore able to accommodate local damage without major consequences to the overall structural integrity. However, past experience with real fires shows that a thorough understanding of concrete behaviour and structural mechanics is still needed to improve the design of R/C structures with respect to fire. The objective of fib Bulletin 46 is to augment the current knowledge about concrete and concrete structures under fire, not only for the design of new structures, but also for the analysis and repair of existing fire-damaged structures. Both structural and materials issues are examined, and the results of the most recent research activities on the structural performance of concrete subjected to fire are reported. Special attention is paid to the indirect actions caused by the restrained thermal deformations and several basic examples show how a local fire influences global structural behaviour. fib Bulletin 46 is intended for use by practicing engineers to improve their understanding of the behaviour of concrete structures in fire and thereby produce better and safer design standards.