Description: The book provides an overview of the latest research results and engineering solutions in the area of development of materials and technologies for ballistic protection of people, equipment and structures. The edition features articles published between 2020 and 2024 by Trans Tech Publications Ltd., covering the processing methods, microstructure and mechanical characterisation of modern-day protection materials.

Defect and Diffusion Forum Vol. 419

Edited by: Prof. Andrey A. Radionov, Dr. Ramya Muthusamy, Dr. Thangaprakash Sengodan and Prof. Jong Wan Hu

Online since: October 2022

Description: This thematical issue presents to readers the results of engineering research on the strength of engineering materials and structural integrity, including numerical analysis of heat and mass transfer phenomena in engineering systems. The methods and research results in the area of materials physics and actual examples of applications of approaches of computational materials science are presented in a separate chapter. The publication will be helpful to specialists and researchers in materials science and machinery.

Advances in Manufacturing Engineering II

Edited by: Adam Mazurkiewicz

Online since: August 2015

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the Special topic volume with invited peer reviewed papers only.
The 49 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Innovative Solutions in Surface Engineering;
Chapter 2: Technologies and Mechatronic Devices for Quality Inspection and Measurements in Industry;
Chapter 3: Advanced Methods for Control Systems and Robotics;
Chapter 4: Researching and Designing of Technologies, Machines and Apparatus for Technological Systems in Mechanical Engineering;
Chapter 5: Industrial Technologies of Waste Recycling and Environmental Engineering

Advances in Engineering Plasticity XII

Edited by: Yeong-Maw Hwang and Cho-Pei Jiang

Online since: August 2014

Description: This special volume includes the papers presented at the 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Engineering Plasticity and Its Applications (AEPA 2014) held in National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan on 1-5 September 2014. The 2014 conference features technical and keynote programs, the most current and relevant trends in academia, and industry, and a cultural excursion program. The topics cover engineering plasticity in various disciplines such as materials processing, damage and fracture analysis, impact dynamics, composite mechanics. Advances in plasticity on the nano, micro and macro scales and their industrial applications related to sustainable and re-manufacturing are also included.