Microstructure Sensitive Design for Performance Optimization

The accelerating rate at which new materials are appearing, and transforming the engineering world, only serves to emphasize the vast potential for novel material structure and related performance. Microstructure Sensitive Design for Performance Optimization (MSDPO) embodies a new methodology for systematic design of material microstructure to meet the requirements of design in optimal ways. Intended for materials engineers and researchers in industry, government and academia as well as upper level undergraduate and graduate students studying material science and engineering, MSDPO provides a novel mathematical framework that facilitates a rigorous consideration of the material microstructure as a continuous design variable in the field of engineering design.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Tensors and Rotations Chapter 3. Generalized Fourier Series Chapter 4. Description of the Microstructure Chapter 5. Symmetry in Microstructure Representation Chapter 6. Continuum Theories Chapter 7. Homogenization Theories Chapter 8. The Microstructure Hull Chapter 9. The Property Closure Chapter 10. A Design Process Chapter 11. Higher Order Microstructure Representation Chapter 12. Stereology Chapter 13. Higher Order Homogenization Chapter 14. The 2nd-Order Property Closure and Design Optimization Chapter 15. Microstructure Evolution by Processing Appendix A. Symmetry Point Operators Appendix B. Spherical Harmonic Functions and Tables Appendix C. Orientation Imaging Microscopy Bibliography Notation Index

About the Author :
Brent L. Adams is Dusenberry Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University. From 1976-80 he was Senior Research Engineer for Babcock and Wilcox Company. He has been a professor of materials science at the University of Florida and Carnegie Mellon University, and a professor of mechanical engineering at Yale University and Brigham Young University. He was recipient of a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award (1985-1990). Professor Adams directed the team of researchers that developed the orientation imaging microscope, which is now used by over 400 laboratories some 30 countries of the world to advance the development of materials. He is the author of 170 papers and five edited proceedings. Surya R. Kalidindi earned a B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, an M.S. in Civil Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After his graduation from MIT in 1992, Surya joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University as an Assistant Professor. In just eight years, he was promoted to the position of the Department Head. Although he was the youngest person to serve as the Department Head, the department experienced tremendous growth during his tenure. The growth of the department was recognized in the annual rankings by Academic Analysts, where it was ranked #10 nationally among Materials Science and Engineering programs in 2006. During 2008-2010, Surya served as the Department Head of Mechanical Engineering at Drexel University. He has also served as the Director of the Centralized Research Facilities in the College of Engineering at Drexel University during 2000-2010. Surya's research efforts over the past two decades have made seminal contributions to the fields of crystal plasticity and microstructure design. His work has already produced about 30 PhDs, over 150 articles in refereed journals, four book chapters, and a new book on Microstructure Sensitive Design to be published by Elsevier in 2012. His work is well cited by peer researchers as reflected by a h-index of 34 and a current citation rate of over 500 citations/year (based on Web of Science). Surya serves as the Director of an NSF REU Site and a DoEd GAANN program at Drexel University. Surya served as a co-Editor-in-Chief of Computers, Materials & Continua (CMC) published by Tech Science Press from 2007-2011. Surya has been elected as a Fellow of ASM International, ASME, and Alpha Sigma Mu (Materials Honors Society). Dr. David Fullwood is a member of the Materials group in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Brigham Young University. Following his PhD in mathematics he spent 12 years working for the nuclear industry in the UK. As Head of R&D and Head of Mechanical Engineering he developed high-speed energy storage flywheels based on novel composites for two spin-off companies. The result was the most high-tech flywheel available, with applications on the NY Metro, a Fuji wind farm and other areas requiring energy smoothing. Dr Fullwood returned to academia in 2004, with a brief spell at Drexel University followed by his current position at BYU. He now focuses on composites / nano-composites, microscopy and computational methods in materials science.