Publisher's Synopsis
Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from THERMEC 2013, 8th International Conference on PROCESSING & MANUFACTURING OF ADVANCED MATERIALS Processing, Fabrication, Properties, Applications, December 2-6, 2013, Las Vegas, USA. The 470 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Al Alloys, Chapter 2: Mg Alloys (Prof Karl U. Kainer Symposium), Chapter 3: Ti Alloys/ Aerospace Structural Metallic Materials, Chapter 4: Steels, Chapter 5: TMP Microalloyed Steels (Prof. A. J. DeArdo Symposium), Chapter 6: High & Ultra High Temperature Materials, Chapter 7: Bio Materials, Chapter 8: Advanced Protective Coatings/Surface Engineering, Chapter 9: Composites (MMC, CMC)/ Nanocomposites/ Synthetic & Foams), Chapter 10: Interfaces & Grain Boundaries,Chapter 11: Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Storage Technologies, Batteries, Supercapacitors & Thermoelectric Materials, Chapter 12: Friction Stir Processing/Welding,Chapter 13: Materials Under Extreme Conditions,Chapter 14: Metallic Glasses/ Bulk Metallic Amorphous Materials, Chapter 15: Nanomaterials for Structural & Energy Applications, Chapter 16: Neutron Scattering & X-Ray Studies of Advanced Materials, Chapter 17: Modelling & Simulation, Chapter 18: Materials Performance, Chapter 19: Smart/Intelligent Materials & Processes, Chapter 20: Texture of Materials (Prof. G. Gottstein Symposium), Chapter 21: Ultra-Fine - Grained Materials (Prof. T. G. Langdon Symposium), Chapter 22: Welding & Joining of Advanced and Special Materials.
