Micro-macro-interactions: in structured media and particle systems

Many materials or media in nature and technology possess a microstructure which determines their macroscopic behaviour. The knowledge of the relevant mechanisms is often more comprehensive on the micro than on the macro scale. On theother hand, not all information on the micro level is relevant for the understanding of this macro behaviour. Therefore, averaging and homogenization methods are needed to select only the specific information from the micro scale, which influences the macro scale. These methods also open the possibility to design or to influence microstructures with the objective to optimize their macrobehaviour. This book presents the development of new methods in this interdisciplinary field of macro- micro-interactions of different engineering brancheslike mechanical and process engineering, applied mathematics, theoretical, and computational physics. In particular, solids with microstructures and particle systems are considered. Introduced to the cutting edge Technologies Presents research from the interdisciplinary field from different engineering branches, applied mathematics, theoretical, and computational physics

• ISBN: 978-3-540-85714-3
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 300
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés