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The book is a compilation of recent research results on building construction materials. The construction industry consumes extreme volumes of material, and the growing demand for quality and safety require continuous improvement of materials and material compositions. A deep understanding of material behavior is essential to enable efficient construction: light-weight or heavily burdened structures ask for the development of innovative composites or new material compositions. Civil Engineers and Materials Scientists from all over the world present their ideas for further material developments, the testing of structures and solutions for in situ applications. Many of the innovations, composites and the design of existing material mixes, especially for concrete, are discussed. These include high-strength and high-performance concrete (HPC), self-compacting concrete (SCC), shotcrete, and textile or fiber reinforced concrete (FRC). Moreover, the enhancement of material variations and the improvement of their properties are observed for most construction materials (e.g. wood, masonry, steel, polymers). This book gives a good overview about the state-of-the-art in construction material science. Some of the world’s leading experts have contributed in honor of Professor Dr.-Ing. Hans W. Reinhardt. The book starts with a review about his scientific achievements up to his recent retirement. Some contributions are presented at the conference "Advances in Construction Materials" (ACM2007) held in July 2007 in Stuttgart.

Building materials --- Materials --- Building construction. --- Civil engineering. --- Surfaces (Physics). --- Building Materials. --- Civil Engineering. --- Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. --- Physics --- Surface chemistry --- Surfaces (Technology) --- Engineering --- Public works --- Building materials. --- Materials science. --- Material science --- Physical sciences --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Buildings --- Construction materials --- Structural materials

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How do engineering materials deform when bearing mechanical loads? To answer this crucial question, the book bridges the gap between continuum mechanics and materials science. The different kinds of material deformation (elasticity, plasticity, fracture, creep, fatigue) are explained in detail. The book also discusses the physical processes occurring during the deformation of all classes of engineering materials (metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites) and shows how these materials can be strengthened to meet the design requirements. It provides the knowledge needed in selecting the appropriate engineering material for a certain design problem. The reader will thus learn how to critically employ design rules and thus to avoid failure of mechanical components. ‘Mechanical Behaviour of Engineering Materials’ is both a valuable textbook and a useful reference for graduate students and practising engineers.

Ceramics --- Fibrous composites --- Materials --- Metals --- Polymers --- Mechanical properties. --- Mechanical properties of metals --- Mechanical behavior of materials --- Mechanical properties of materials --- Mechanics --- Fiber composites --- Fiber-reinforced composites --- Filament reinforced composites --- Reinforced fibrous composites --- Composite materials --- Ceramic technology --- Industrial ceramics --- Keramics --- Building materials --- Chemistry, Technical --- Clay --- Mechanical behavior --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Materials. --- Building construction. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Structural Materials. --- Building Materials. --- Engineering --- Engineering materials --- Industrial materials --- Engineering design --- Manufacturing processes --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Structural materials. --- Building materials. --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Buildings --- Construction materials --- Structural materials

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This book gives a mathematical treatment of a novel concept in material science that characterizes the properties of dynamic materials—that is, material substances whose properties are variable in space and time. Unlike conventional composites that are often found in nature, dynamic materials are mostly the products of modern technology developed to maintain the most effective control over dynamic processes. These materials have diverse applications: tunable left-handed dielectrics, optical pumping with high-energy pulse compression, and electromagnetic stealth technology, to name a few. Of special significance is the participation of dynamic materials in almost every optimal material design in dynamics. The book discusses some general features of dynamic materials as thermodynamically open systems; it gives their adequate tensor description in the context of Maxwell’s theory of moving dielectrics and makes a special emphasis on the theoretical analysis of spatio-temporal material composites (such as laminates and checkerboard structures). Some unusual applications are listed along with the discussion of some typical optimization problems in space-time via dynamic materials. Audience This book is intended for applied mathematicians interested in optimal problems of material design for systems governed by hyperbolic differential equations. It will also be useful for researchers in the field of smart metamaterials and their applications to optimal material design in dynamics.

Smart materials. --- Composite materials. --- Composites (Materials) --- Multiphase materials --- Reinforced solids --- Solids, Reinforced --- Two phase materials --- Materials --- Adaptive materials --- Intelligent materials --- Sense-able materials --- Differential equations, partial. --- Materials. --- Optical materials. --- Mathematical optimization. --- Vibration. --- Partial Differential Equations. --- Structural Materials. --- Optical and Electronic Materials. --- Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization. --- Classical Electrodynamics. --- Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control. --- Cycles --- Mechanics --- Sound --- Optimization (Mathematics) --- Optimization techniques --- Optimization theory --- Systems optimization --- Mathematical analysis --- Maxima and minima --- Operations research --- Simulation methods --- System analysis --- Engineering --- Engineering materials --- Industrial materials --- Engineering design --- Manufacturing processes --- Partial differential equations --- Optics --- Partial differential equations. --- Structural materials. --- Electronic materials. --- Calculus of variations. --- Optics. --- Electrodynamics. --- Dynamical systems. --- Dynamics. --- Dynamical systems --- Kinetics --- Mathematics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Force and energy --- Physics --- Statics --- Dynamics --- Light --- Isoperimetrical problems --- Variations, Calculus of --- Electronic materials --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Buildings --- Construction materials --- Structural materials

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This book, the first in this new field of materials science, aims to present a coherent picture of the design principles and resulting properties of self healing materials over all material classes, and to offset them to the current design principles for structural materials with improved mechanical properties. Where appropriate a comparison to natural materials is made. As such it will be a landmark and a reference work in the coming years. The book consists of a number of invited contributions from leading experts in the field. While each chapter describes a separate approach or a different aspect of self healing materials, the common structure of each chapter creates a coherent and consistent picture of this emerging and challenging field. Hence the book is not only a valuable asset for professional materials scientists but it is also suitable as a text book for courses at MSc level.

Fracture mechanics. --- Polymeric composites. --- Composite polymeric materials --- Polymer-matrix composites --- Reinforced plastics --- Failure of solids --- Fracture of materials --- Fracture of solids --- Materials --- Mechanics, Fracture --- Solids --- Deformations (Mechanics) --- Strength of materials --- Brittleness --- Penetration mechanics --- Structural failures --- Fracture --- Fatigue --- Materials. --- Mechanical engineering. --- Polymers. --- Biomaterials. --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Materials Science, general. --- Mechanical Engineering. --- Polymer Sciences. --- Structural Materials. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Biocompatible materials --- Biomaterials --- Medical materials --- Medicine --- Biomedical engineering --- Biocompatibility --- Prosthesis --- Polymere --- Polymeride --- Polymers and polymerization --- Macromolecules --- Engineering --- Machinery --- Steam engineering --- Engineering materials --- Industrial materials --- Engineering design --- Manufacturing processes --- Materials science. --- Polymers  . --- Structural materials. --- Bioartificial materials --- Hemocompatible materials --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Buildings --- Construction materials --- Structural materials --- Material science --- Physical sciences --- Biomaterials (Biomedical materials)

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