Nanomechanics and Micromechanics : Generalized Models and Nonclassical Engineering Approaches

This volume enables readers to interpret and predict the effective mechanical properties of existing and emerging composites through modeling and design. The book addresses that materials and structures with small-scale dimensions do not behave in the same manner as their bulk counterparts. Once the dimensions of the materials are reduced to the micron and sub-micron range, their properties are subject to significant change. Thus, mechanical properties will be varied and will depend on the sample size. In the meantime, due to the large surface-to-volume ration of small structures, deformation mechanisms are subject to change.

This volume integrates various approaches in micromechanics and nanomechanics into a unified mathematical framework, complete with coverage of both linear and nonlinear behaviors. It weaves together the basic concepts, mathematical fundamentals, and formulations of micromechanics and nanomechanics into a systemic approach for understanding and modeling the effective material behavior of composite materials.

While providing information on recent developments in the mathematical framework of micro- and nanomechanics, the volume addresses highly localized phenomena and a number of interesting applications. It also illustrates application of micromechanical and nanomechanical theory to design novel engineering materials.

Satya Bir Singh, PhD, is Professor of Mathematics at Punjabi University Patiala in India. Prior to this he worked as an Assistant Professor in Mathematics at the Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, India. He has published many research papers in journals, has given invited talks at various conferences and workshops, and has organized national and international conferences. He has been Coordinator and Principal Investigator of several government-sponsored research projects.

Alexander V. Vakhrushev, DSc, is Professor at the M.T. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University in Izhevsk, Russia. He is also the Chief Researcher of the Department of Information-Measuring Systems of the Institute of Mechanics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Head of the Department of Nanotechnology and Microsystems of Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University. He is a corresponding member of the Russian Engineering Academy. He has published monographs, articles, reports, reviews, and patents and has received several awards, including an Academician A. F. Sidorov Prize from the Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

A. K. Haghi, PhD, is the author and editor of many books as well as of 1000 published papers in various journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Haghi has received several grants, consulted for a number of major corporations, and is a frequent speaker to national and international audiences. Since 1983, he served as professor at several universities. He the former Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering and the Polymers Research Journal and is on the editorial boards of many international journals. He is also a member of the Canadian Research and Development Center of Sciences and Cultures, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.