Description
The accelerating rate at which new materials are appearing, and transforming the engineering world, only serves to emphasize the vast potential for novel material structure and related performance. Microstructure Sensitive Design for Performance Optimization (MSDPO) embodies a new methodology for systematic design of material microstructure to meet the requirements of design in optimal ways. Intended for materials engineers and researchers in industry, government and academia as well as upper level undergraduate and graduate students studying material science and engineering, MSDPO provides a novel mathematical framework that facilitates a rigorous consideration of the material microstructure as a continuous design variable in the field of engineering design.- Presents new methods and techniques for analysis and optimum design of materials at the microstructure level- Authors' methodology introduces spectral approaches not available in previous texts, such as the incorporation of crystallographic orientation as a variable in the design of engineered components with targeted elastic properties- Numerous illustrations and examples throughout the text help readers grasp the concepts
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Tensors and RotationsChapter 3. Generalized Fourier SeriesChapter 4. Description of the MicrostructureChapter 5. Symmetry in Microstructure RepresentationChapter 6. Continuum TheoriesChapter 7. Homogenization TheoriesChapter 8. The Microstructure HullChapter 9. The Property ClosureChapter 10. A Design ProcessChapter 11. Higher Order Microstructure RepresentationChapter 12. StereologyChapter 13. Higher Order HomogenizationChapter 14. The 2nd-Order Property Closure and Design OptimizationChapter 15. Microstructure Evolution by ProcessingAppendix A. Symmetry Point OperatorsAppendix B. Spherical Harmonic Functions and TablesAppendix C. Orientation Imaging MicroscopyBibliographyNotationIndex
