Modelling of Materials Processing : An Approachable and Practical Guide

Gregory C Stangle

ISBN 10: 0412711206 / ISBN 13: 9780412711206

Published by Springer Us Sep 1998, 1998

About this Item

Neuware - This is a book about mathematical modelling. It focuses on the modelling of the preparation of materials. Materials are important, of course, in an economic sense: the 'goods' of goods-and-services are made of materials. This provides a strong incentive to produce good materials and to improve existing materials. Mathematical modelling can help in this regard. Without a doubt, modelling a materials processing operation is not strictly necessary. Materials synthesis and fabrication processes certainly existed before the invention of mathematics and computers, and well before the combined use of mathematics and computers. Modelling can, however, be of assistance--if done properly--and if used properly. The mathematical modelling described in this book is, at its root, a rather formal, structured way of thinking about materials synthesis and fabrication processes. It requires looking at a process as a whole. It requires considering everything that is or might be important. It requires translating the details of a given physical process into one or more mathematical equations. It requires knowing how to simplify the equations without over-simplifying them.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Modelling of Materials Processing : An Approachable and Practical Guide
• Publisher: Springer Us Sep 1998
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0412711206
• ISBN 13: 9780412711206
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 49D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 49 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1497 grams

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Synopsis

This is a book about mathematical modelling. It focuses on the modelling of the preparation of materials. Materials are important, of course, in an economic sense: the "goods" of goods-and-services are made of materials. This provides a strong incentive to produce good materials and to improve existing materials. Mathematical modelling can help in this regard. Without a doubt, modelling a materials processing operation is not strictly necessary. Materials synthesis and fabrication processes certainly existed before the invention of mathematics and computers, and well before the combined use of mathematics and computers. Modelling can, however, be of assistance--if done properly--and if used properly. The mathematical modelling described in this book is, at its root, a rather formal, structured way of thinking about materials synthesis and fabrication processes. It requires looking at a process as a whole. It requires considering everything that is or might be important. It requires translating the details of a given physical process into one or more mathematical equations. It requires knowing how to simplify the equations without over-simplifying them.

About the Author

Gregory C. Stangle, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (1985) was a Research Scientist at the University of Washington, and joined the faculty of the State University of New York in 1990.