Taylor & Francis Ghosh, S: Micromechanical Analysis and Multi-Scale Modeling

Concerned with heterogeneous materials, functionally graded materials, and alloy systems, this book addresses the key problem of multi-scale deformation and failure of heterogeneous materials. It emphasizes a special micromechanical analysis tool, the Voronoi Cell Finite Element Method (VCFEM), developed by the author and others for the modeling of heterogeneous microstructures acquired from real micrographs. Considerable success has been achieved in modeling thermo-elastic-plastic problems and microstructural damage with VCFEM. This book provides a unique perspective for creating an integrated system that links quantitative microstructural characterization with detailed multi-scale analysis of deformation for heterogonous materials.