This collection of 29 papers includes most of those delivered during the sixth international conference on Computational Methods and Experiments in Materials Characterization, held at the University of Siena, Italy, in 2013. General topic headings are micro and macro materials characterization, mechanical characterization and testing, computational models and experiments, corrosion problems, cementitious materials, and advances in composites. Editors are Brebbia (Wessex Insitute of Technology, UK) and Klemm (Glasgow Caledonian U., UK). The US Office of WIT Press is Computational Mechanics. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This book contains papers to be presented at the Sixth International Conference on the topic. Materials modelling and characterisation have become ever more closely intertwined. Characterisation, in essence, connects the abstract material model with the real-world behaviour of the material in question. Characterisation of complex materials often requires a combination of experimental and computational techniques. The conference is convened biennially to facilitate the sharing of recent work between researchers who use computational methods, those who perform experiments, and those who do both, in all areas of materials characterisation.The papers cover such topics as: Computational models and experiments; Mechanical characterisation and testing; Micro and macro materials characterisation; Corrosion problems; Innovative experimental technologies; Recycled materials; Thermal analysis; Advances in composites; Cementitious materials; Structural health monitoring; Energy materials.
