Rob PhillipsCambridge University PressEdition: Illustrated, 2/22/2001EAN 9780521790055, ISBN10: 0521790050Hardcover, 808 pages, 24.4 x 17 x 4.3 cmLanguage: EnglishMaterials science has emerged as one of the central pillars of the modern physical sciences and engineering, and is now even beginning to claim a role in the biological sciences. A central tenet in the analysis of materials is the structure-property paradigm, which proposes a direct connection between the geometric structures within a material and its properties. The increasing power of high-speed computation has had a major impact on theoretical materials science and has permitted the systematic examination of this connection between structure and properties. In this graduate textbook, Rob Phillips examines the various methods that have been used in the study of crystals, defects and microstructures and that have made such computations possible. A second key theme is the presentation of recent efforts that have been developed to treat problems involving either multiple spatial or temporal scales simultaneously.Part I. Thinking About the Material World1. Idealizing material response2. Continuum mechanics revisited3. Quantum and statistical mechanics revisitedPart II. Energetics of Crystalline Solids4. Energetic description of cohesion in solids5. Thermal and elastic properties of crystals6. Structural energies and phase diagramsPart III. Geometric Structures in SolidsDefects and Microstructure7. Point defects in solids8. Line defects in solids9. Wall defects in solids10. Microstructure and its evolutionPart IV. Facing the Multiscale Challenge of Real Material Behavior11. Points, lines and wallsdefect interactions and material response12. Bridging scaleseffective theory construction13. Universality and specificity in materials.
