Characterization, Testing, Measurement, and Metrology

This book presents the broad aspects of measurement, performanceanalysis, and characterization for materials and devices through advanced manufacturing processes. The field of measurement and metrology as a precondition for maintaining high-quality products, devices, and systems in materials and advanced manufacturing process applications has grown substantially in recent years.

The focus of this book is to present smart materials in numerous technological sectors such as automotive, bio-manufacturing, chemical, electronics, energy, and construction. Advanced materials have novel properties and therefore must be fully characterized and studied in-depth so they can be incorporated into products that will outperform existing products and resolve current problems.

The book captures the emerging areas of materials science and advanced manufacturing engineering and presents recent trends in research for researchers, field engineers, and academic professionals.

Preface

Chapter 1 : Mechanical Property Characterization of Construction Materials
Chapter 2 : Evaluation of Material Surface Integrity
Chapter 3 : Characterizations : SEM/FESEM, EDS, XRD, XPS, AFM, TEM, STEM, FTIR, DSC, TGA, DMA
Chapter 4 : Mechanical Behaviour : Fracture, Damage, Fatigue
Chapter 5 : Tribology and Wear
Chapter 6 : Interfaces and Interphases
Chapter 7 : Creep and Aggressive Environment
Chapter 8 : Corrosion
Chapter 9 : Measurement, Performance Analysis, and Characterization of Materials, Devices, and Systems using Advanced Technologies
Chapter 10 : Characterization of Surfaces and the Relationship between Surface Properties and their Applications
Chapter 11 : Surface Metrology - Measurement and Characterization of Surface Topography including Functional Properties of Surfaces
Chapter 12 : Measurement & Metrology in Materials and Advanced Manufacturing : Roughness, Forces, Corrosion, Wear, Crack Propagation and Fatigue
Chapter 13 : Monitoring and Control of Machining/Manufacturing Processing of Advanced Materials
Chapter 14 : Optimization of Machining/Manufacturing Processing
Chapter 15 : Computational Intelligence : Neural, fuzzy, Genetic, and Swarm Particle Optimization
Chapter 16 : Vision-Based Control and Control Engineering

Index