Fundamentals of amorphous solids : structure and properties /: structure and properties. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Zbigniew H. Stachurski.
• Authors: Stachurski, Z. H (Zbigniew H.)
• Contents: Preface; ; SPHERES, CLUSTERS AND PACKING OF SPHERES; Introduction; Geometry of Spheres; Geometry of Clusters; Geometry of Sphere Packings; Ideal Amorphous Aolid (IAS); Construction of an Ideal Amorphous Solid Class I; Elementary Theory of Amorphousness; Classes of Ideal Amorphous Solids; Imperfections in IAS; ; CHARACTERISTICS OF SPHERE PACKINGS; Geometrical Properties; X-Ray Scattering; Glass Transition Measured by Calorimetry; ; GLASSY MATERIALS AND IDEAL AMORPHOUS SOLIDS; Introduction; Summary of Models of Amorphous Solids; IAS Model of a-Argon; IAS Model of a-NiNb Alloy; IAS Model of a-MgCuGd Alloy; IAS Model of a-ZrTiCuNiBe Alloy; IAS Model of a-Polyethylene (a-PE); IAS Model of a-Silica (a-SiO2); Chalcogenide Glasses; Concluding Remarks; ; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; Introduction; Elasticity; Elastic Properties of Amorphous Solids; Fracture; Plasticity; Plasticity in Plasticity: Amorphous Solids; Superplasticity; Viscoelasticity; ; Index
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Wiley-VCH
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages)
• Subjects: 530.413; Amorphous substances; Solids -- Mechanical properties
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783527682195
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