Thoughts on the Occasion of the Second Transformation in Materials Science

M. Meshii

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.512.1

Paper Titles

Thoughts on the Occasion of the Second Transformation in Materials Science
p.1

Interfaces and Properties of Advanced Materials
p.5

Observation of Lattice Defects and Nondestructive Evaluation of Fatigue Life in FeAl and Ni₃Al Based Alloy by Means of Magnetic Measurement
p.13

Metallurgical and Mechanical Heterogeneity in Weld Materials Considering Multiple Heat Cycles and Phase Transformation
p.19

Pseudoelasticity in Fe₃Al Single Crystals under Cyclic Loading
p.25

Damage Mechanism for Controlling Ductile Cracking of Structural Steel with Heterogeneous Microstructure
p.31

Superplastic Deformation and Thermal Crystallization Behavior of Supercooled Liquid in Zr-Ni Based Metallic Glass
p.37

Effect of Cooling Rate on As-Cast Texture of Low-Carbon Steel Strips During Rapid Solidification
p.41

Microstructural Evolution during Simple Heavy Warm Deformation of a Low-Carbon Steel
p.49

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Thoughts on the Occasion of the Second Transformation in Materials Science

Abstract:

The discipline of Materials Science is, we believe, in the midst of the second transformation. The research and education of most of the Materials Science and Engineering departments in the United States have traditionally emphasized hard materials. The recent surge in research of soft materials and our perceptions that the Materials Science Methodology (both experimental and numerical) holds the advantage in the research of the soft materials prompt us to expand the area of soft materials at the expense of hard materials. Clearly the struggle between the two types of materials will continue for some time to come. The current struggle in weighting will be described in an historical fashion comparing it to the struggle in the first transformation that took place in the 1950's and 1960's.