Publisher's Synopsis
Materials science is a growth area for mathematics in the United States. This volume unites mathematicians, computer scientists, physicists and material scientists in a comprehensive presentation of empirical material on microstructure evolution. The book's tutorial presentation of modern mathematical methods should make it a useful reference for materials scientists.;This volume explores such topics as the effects of stress on electromagnetic fields, computer simulations of the kinetics of phase transitions and the evolution of shapes towards equilibrium.
