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Authors: W. Kurz, D.J. Fisher and M. Rappaz
p-ISBN - 978-3-0364-0015-0
e-ISBN - 978-3-0364-1015-9

The 4^th edition is well known to readers including experts in the field and beginners and gained an impressive interest from the audience due to the essential information about solidification providing the general view of the subject as well as advanced calculations structured as appendices and intended for experienced specialists.

Proven Value: This 4th edition has a very high number of citations and has proven its place in the international market of Materials Science and Engineering which raises high expectations of the 5th edition.

Why the 5th edition: As of the date of the 4th edition, there have been numerous crucial advances to the modelling and the basic understanding of solidification phenomena with its linking to experimental results and therefore this fully revised edition gives a modern and up-to-date treatment of solidification with clear language, is well-structured and presents the information at three levels:

1. an initial feel for the subject is obtained by consulting the figures and their detailed captions;
2. a deeper understanding of the underlying physics is found by working through the main text;
3. 15 appendices offer a detailed analysis of the various theories by providing detailed derivations of the relevant equations.

PARTICULARLY NOVEL is chapter 8 on microstructure-selection which explains how to combine the concepts of the preceding chapters to model the real microstructures formed during complex processes such as additive manufacturing and the new detailed phase-field appendix which opens the door to the accurate computer-modelling of growth-forms.

The most paradigm-shifting additions are:

- The phase-field method, in the form of an original and easy-to-follow introduction - The diffuse interface and its anisotropy - The concepts of inoculation and free-growth as used for grain-size control - A new dendrite spacing model - The effects of melt-flow upon dendrite growth - Conditions for coupled peritectic growth - Oscillatory instabilities of the growth-front in rapid solidification, leading to banding

- General approach to solidification microstructure selection - Stable to metastable phase selection in rapid solidification processing - Columnar-to-equiaxed transition - Coupled zone of eutectics - Application of solidification concepts to additive manufacturing - In situ synchrotron X-ray imaging of solidifying metals.

Students and teachers, scientists and engineers will greatly benefit from the new 5^th edition due to its numerous new topics – also borne out by the new authorship.

NOTE: Companion Solutions Manual with 10-15 exercises per chapter will be available separately with the following ISBNs:
p-ISBN - 978-3-0364-0142-3
e-ISBN - 978-3-0364-1142-2

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This year, Trans Tech Publications is again attending the Frankfurter Buchmesse (Bookfair) that will take place in October (19^th-23^rd).
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At this leading venue for publishers and their partners, we will be happy to meet with our customers face-to-face after two years of virtual online meetings. We hope to personally discuss our cooperation and all other important issues for successful development with you.

We will be at 4.2 H13 stand.

Trans Tech Publications is glad to announce that we offer our clients the possibility of subscribing to the complete list of all our 15 journals not only for the current year but also to the journals’ archives that are available for single journal titles as well as for multiple titles.

Learning past research and introduction to the scientific collections accumulated for more than half a century will bridge a gap between the early discoveries and the latest innovations in Materials Science and Engineering and will help the researchers enrich their knowledge and understand the pace and progress in the related fields of science. This argument is supported by the fact that Trans Tech Publications recently closed some significant archival deals in the USA.

In some cases, our archival collections go back to the foundation of TTP in 1967, covering 55 years of scientific information on Engineering and Materials Sciences topics.

For those interested in access to all of the YEARS published in one or more journal titles, please ask for customized pricing if you have been a subscriber for multiple YEARS, or look in the pricing list under OPTION 3 for the official price list.

In addition, starting from July 2023, we have introduced a new ARCHIVAL collection: OPTION 4. Whereas Option 3 covers the full spectrum of a specific journal (or the full journal list) from volume 1 onwards, Option 4 covers only the last 10 years comprising the latest journal issues and thus being cheaper than the full archive. Option 4 is however only available for a selection of 6 journals. Option 4 offers the possibility to gradually complete the full archive of one or more periodicals.

If customers are interested in older YEARS, then a custom quote is possible for a different “decade” set of YEARS.

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For authors/contributors of an academic article, the impact of what they report is very important. At the same time, users/readers of academic articles also want to know which articles are crucial for their research. In the huge volumes of published articles, some “filtering” can be quite useful and efficient.

Next to the number of citations of an article, its impact can also be measured by looking at the total downloads and views. These complimentary parameters are very important as well.

The number of downloads and views indicate a thorough interest in the market. More downloads mean more usage and possibly citations, and consequently value.

On a regular basis TTP is looking at these numbers and we would like to share the Top-20 most downloaded articles.

The 20 most viewed/downloaded articles from www.scientific.net with the linkable title of the paper and the name of the journal are listed below. This will be helpful in your own research.

	Article title	Doi
1	Cogon Grass as an Alternative Fibre for Pulp and Paper-Based Industry: On Chemical and Surface Morphological Properties	10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.773-774.1242
2	The Ablation Casting Process	10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.618-619.591
3	Building Information Modeling (BIM): Exploring Level of Development (LOD) in Construction Projects	10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.773-774.933
4	Definition of Engineering Asset Management: A Review	10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.773-774.794
5	Cigarette Butts Pollution and Environmental Impact – A Review	10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.773-774.1106
6	Stock Market Prediction Using Artificial Neural Networks	10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.6-7.1055
7	Stability Analysis of MHD Fluid Flow over a Moving Plate with Pressure Gradient Using the Chebyshev Spectral Method	10.4028/www.scientific.net/JERA.49.29
8	Factors to be Considered When to Design Software Development Plan	10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.6-7.3
9	A Theoretical Framework for the Analysis of Residential Solid Wastes Generation and Composition (SWGC) in Bauchi Metropolis, Nigeria	10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.773-774.1389
10	Temperature- and Time-Dependent Penetration of Surface Structures in Thermal Joining of Plastics to Metals	10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.809.378
11	Minority Carrier Lifetime Measurements on 4H-SiC Epiwafers by Time-Resolved Photoluminescence and Microwave Detected Photoconductivity	10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.963.313
12	Drilling of Titanium/CFRP/Aluminium Stacks	10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.447-448.624
13	Effect of Mg-Based of Multi-Layered Structure on Hydrogen Desorption Properties	10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.804.35
14	Dynamic Characteristic Analysis of High-Speed Milling Motorized Spindle Based on ANSYS Workbench	10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.579-580.530
15	A Review on Abandoned Construction Projects: Causes & Effects	10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.773-774.979
16	CHAPTER 4 High Temperature Oxidation of Stainless Steels	10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.300.81
17	Application of the FMEA Concept to Medical Robotic System	10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.13.324
18	The Use of Metal Nanoparticles to Produce Yellow, Red and Iridescent Colour, from Bronze Age to Present Times in Lustre Pottery and Glass: Solid State Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Nanostructure	10.4028/www.scientific.net/JNanoR.8.109
19	Review on Typical Ingredients for Ammonium Perchlorate Based Solid Propellant	10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.773-774.470
20	Application of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the Malaysian Construction Industry: A Story of the First Government Project	10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.773-774.943

Engineering Innovations (p-ISSN 2813-0995; e-ISSN 2813-1002)

Editors-in-Chief: Prof. Afrooz Barnoush from the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (Qatar) and Prof. Elena Gordo Odériz of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Materials Science and Engineering Department in Madrid (Spain)

In 2022 we start publishing a new journal for contributions in Engineering Innovations, which is a companion to the highly recognized peer-reviewed Journal of Engineering Research in Africa. Along with the traditional fields of engineering studies, the journal Engineering Innovations also focuses on niche areas in engineering development such as:
aerospace and aviation, nanotechnologies, communication engineering, digital technologies, high-tech production, bio-technologies and biomedical engineering; integrated projects related to construction, development of sustainable transportation and urban infrastructures, productive agro- and food production; design of the technological and production systems (management of digital manufacturing, including supply chains, operations management, automated production); sustainability and ecological compatibility of modern production (clean technologies in energetic, hydrogen and fuel cells in the energy transition, zero-carbon manufacture, deep waste recycling, technologies of environmental recovery and water treatment, lean manufacturing).

Call for Papers: The journal accepts stand-alone articles, is peer-reviewed and considers for publication the full-length papers in the form of scientific or review articles, research communications, or analysis of scientific news and views. The articles are published Open Access under Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0).

The first volume of this journal presents results on the investigation of the characteristics of polycrystalline silicon thin film for solar cells and the development of the electrical model of an electrochemical cell with solid polymer electrolyte. The volume also presents the results of an experimental investigation of the thermal performance of the smart passive cooling roof system for residential buildings.

Readers can also look at the results of the design and experimental investigation of cube satellite, pico hydro generator for the low energy consumption, and agricultural drone. The structural elements of these devices were produced by 3D printing technologies.

Main KeyWords of the first volume: Solar Cell, Thin Film, Polycrystalline Silicon, Solid Polymer Electrolyte, Electrochemical Cell, Electrical Model, 3D Printing, Cube Satellite, Pico Hydro Generator, Pelton Turbine, Agricultural Drone, Computer-Aided Design, Passive Cool Roof, Thermal Performance

More information about the journal can be found on Scientific.net.

In recent years, digitalization has been the core process penetrating businesses throughout the world as well as into our daily lives. The importance thereof becomes even greater on the background of the global lockdowns and restricted face-to-face meetings.

In these circumstances, for people’s safety and comfort during the closing process, along with traditional signature, TTP implements digital signature via DocuSign for the agreements to promote e-document circulation and reduce personal communication.
The benefits, among others, will include:
- security – e-signing of the agreement from the personal account with DocuSign;
- time-saving – easy access from every point of the world via your mobile device or PC with internet connection;
- transparency – all signing stages are recorded in the system;
- green technology – no paper documents are involved.
The documents signed via DocuSign are legally binding equally to the handwritten signature.

We invite you to cooperate and enjoy the advantages of e-signing.

TTP / www.scientific.net is continuously looking to areas where to improve and recently we have enriched the keywords for all content with a special emphasis on older content in particular.

Now all content is commensurate searchable.

We pay great attention not only to the newest publications from the front-list but to all content in its considerable backlist as well.

Keywords are essential because they help search engines with the retrievability and ultimately searchability of that content on www.scientific.net.

Keywords are the starting point for every scholar and researcher because they help to identify those topics that your content covers and are essential for both the author and the end-user trying to make his/her research useful and easily searchable and the searchers looking for specific topics.

Due to this improvement, the search process on www.scientific.net becomes easier and more comprehensive so that every single piece of scientific research is not omitted.

 

Construction Technologies and Architecture (ISSN web 2674-1237)

Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Facundo Almeraya Calderon affiliated with

Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL), Laboratorio de Corrosión y Protección; Mexico.

In 2022 we started publishing a new series for contributions in Construction and Architecture. It will serve as a platform and forum for leading scientists working in the area of modern construction technologies. This will include a wide range of scientific topics.

The first volume of this series has been published online already this January 2022 and contains a selection of peer-reviewed papers from the ICBBM conference (June 16-18, 2021, Barcelona) on Bio-Based Building Materials. The editors of this 1st volume, Prof. Sofiane Amziane and Dr. Mohammed Sonebi have succeeded in bringing together a qualitative and representative selection of papers in the application and use of biobased composites and natural materials in modern construction.

More information on the series can be found on Details | Construction Technologies and Architecture | Scientific.Net.

Dear Customer,

We are approaching the end of 2021, the year which showed us a lot of opportunities and even much more challenges. We are glad that in the current conditions of the global lockdown, academic publishing is not interrupted and is continuing to evolve.

We would like to summarize the results of our work through 2021 by our latest Book Catalogue 2022 and extend a big thank you to all who have contributed to this collection and have helped to bring all these titles to fruition. Again well over 100 new titles have been added to the large volume of Trans Tech Publications backlist.

We will continue to develop and enhance our digital and online services to enable scientific progress even during the pandemic. And we are expecting a similar number of new book titles in 2022!

As usual, the books are in print and electronic formats and available for both individual as well as institutional/library purchasing.

Download the catalogue here Book Catalogue 2022 and start to expand your knowledge with us.

Apart from scientific.net, Trans Tech Publications Ltd. has licenses in place with third-party partners to have more significant exposure in the academic and corporate world and provide access to our findings to the broader scientific community.

We, as Publisher, are very proud of our contribution to academic knowledge and research by bringing to life the books been read and demanded by scholars, researchers, students and other members of the scientific society all over the world. The value of the book rises with the growing demand for it, proving the importance and the relevance of topics highlighted or problems elaborated therein.

We have analysed the sales figures for our published titles over the last few years and wish to share the diamonds of our collection that are most used in the corporate market.

For your ease and comfort, we gathered the top 100 most downloadable titles in one list that will be available shortly in the following Section on our website, and at the moment we are glad to unveil the top 10 of those titles and statistics of their usage. We hope you will make use of them as well.

ISBN	Journal & volume	Title Name	USAGE	Topics
9783038353515	KEM vol.634	Sustainable Construction Materials	16873	Materials Science
9783037859988	MSF vol.74	Materials Science and Design for Engineers	16131	Materials Science
9783038353478	AMM vol.708	Logistics Development	11457	Industrial Engineering
9783038353867	AMM vols.716-717	Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science	8792	Mechanics
9783038352587	AMM vols.638-640	Progress in Industrial and Civil Engineering III	8603	Mechanics
9783037859773	AMM vol.486	Experimental Stress Analysis 51	8344	Mechanics
9783038350859	AMR vols.919-921	Advanced Construction Technologies	8215	Mechanics
9780878491520	MSF vol.61	Semiconductor Thermoelectric Generators	7960	Material Science
9783037859810	KEM vol.600	Non-Conventional Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Engineering	7465	Mechanics
9783038351665	AMM vols.584-586	Architecture, Building Materials and Engineering Management IV	6792	Building Materials