Exploring a wide range of key technical topics this book presents up-to-date coverage of anisotropic materials used in the production of turbine blades. The text presents important information in the materials selection of carbon fiberglass the percentage combinations... Lees meer.

This book examines recent progress in the development and application of optical polymers molecular crystals crystals in liquids and liquid crystals. The accomplishment of a high macroscopic polarization is a key issue throughout which transends the design and perform... Lees meer.

The scope of this book is based on the keynote lectures delivered during the Inter national Symposium on Anisotropic Behaviour of Damaged Materials ABDM held in Krakow-Przegorzaiy Poland September 9-11 2002. The book contains invited lectures of the International... Lees meer.

This textbook presents all the mathematical and physical concepts needed to visualize and understand representation surfaces providing readers with a reliable and intuitive understanding of the behavior and properties of anisotropic materials and a sound grasp of the... Lees meer.

This book deals with necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of axes and planes of symmetry. We discuss matrix representation of an elasticity tensor belonging to a trigonal a tetragonal or a hexagonal material. The planes of symmetry of an anisotropic el... Lees meer.

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This textbook presents all the mathematical and physical concepts needed to visualize and understand representation surfaces providing readers with a reliable and intuitive understanding of the behavior and properties of anisotropic materials and a sound grasp of the... Lees meer.

This thesis presents pioneering work in the relatively new field of focused ion beam FIB sculpting of single crystals to produce bespoke devices and enable the investigation of physics that cannot be studied in bulk samples. This thesis presents pioneering work in t... Lees meer.

The direction-dependent physical properties of materials is fascinating and elegant and has sparked the quest for anisotropic materials with useful properties. It turns out that the anisotropic nanoscale building blocks in addition to direction-dependent properties e... Lees meer.

This thesis reports advances in terahertz time-domain spectroscopy relating to the development of new techniques and components that enhance the experimentalist s control over the terahertz polarisation state produced by photoconductive emitters. This thesis reports a... Lees meer.

This book presents a modern and unconventional introduction to anisotropy. The first part presents a general description of Anisotropic Elasticity theories while the second part focuses on the polar formalism. the theoretical bases and results are completely developed... Lees meer.

This thesis works on the topic of fiber-reinforced plastics and discusses the measurement of strain with embedded sensors. Embedding sensors into a structure fundamentally poses challenges arising from the differences in mechanical properties of sensor and structure. Th... Lees meer.

This thesis presents pioneering work in the relatively new field of focused ion beam FIB sculpting of single crystals to produce bespoke devices and enable the investigation of physics that cannot be studied in bulk samples. This thesis presents pioneering work i... Lees meer.

Optimization of aviation and space vehicle design requires accurate assessment of the dynamic stability and general properties of hybrid materials used in aviation parts. Written by a professional with 40 years of experience in the field of composite research Hybrid An... Lees meer.

Based on rapid technological developments in wind power governments and energy corporations are aggressively investing in this natural resource. Illustrating some of the crucial new breakthroughs in structural design and application of wind energy generation machinery... Lees meer.