The Physics of Degradation in Engineered Materials and Devices: Fundamentals and Principles - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1606504673 ISBN 13 : 9781606504673

Editeur : Momentum Press, 2014

Synopsis

Degradation is apparent in all things and is fundamental to both manufactured and natural objects. It is often described by the second law of thermodynamics, where entropy, a measure of disorder, tends to increase with time in a closed system. Things age! This concise reference work brings together experts and key players engaged in the physics of degradation to present the background science, current thinking and developments in understanding, and gives a detailed account of emerging issues across a selection of engineering applications. The work has been put together to equip the upper level undergraduate student, postgraduate student, as well as the professional engineer and scientist, in the importance of physics of degradation. The aim of The Physics of Degradation in Engineered Materials and Devices is to bridge the gap between published textbooks on the fundamental science of degradation phenomena and published research on the engineering science of actual fabricated materials and devices. A history of the observation and understanding of physics of degradation is presented and the fundamentals and principles of thermodynamics and entropy are extensively discussed. This is the focus of this book, with an extended chapter by Alec Feinberg on equilibrium thermodynamic damage and non-equilibrium thermodynamic damage. It concludes with two particular technologies to give examples of areas of application.

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Edinburgh, UK; Senior Lecturer in Energy; Heriot-Watt University

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Momentum Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1606504673
• ISBN 13: 9781606504673
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 190
• Éditeur: Swingler Jonathan
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• Personne responsable: non disponible