This book contains selected, extended papers presented in the thematic ECCOMAS conference on Composites with Micro- and Nano-Structure (CMNS) - Computational Modelling and Experiments held in Liptovský MikuláS, Slovakia, in May 28 to 31, 2007, as well as three other papers.

Recent experimental and computational results demonstrate that materials reinforced with stiff particles and fibres can obtain substantial improvements in stiffness, thermal conductivity and electro-magnetic properties. Materials reinforced with fibres can have very different properties in different directions. With these new materials the importance of computational simulations and experimental verifications also increases. The book contains atomistic and continuum numerical methods and experimental validation for composite materials reinforced with particles or fibres, porous materials, homogenization and other important topics for research in this field.

Zusammenfassung

This book presents new results in the knowledge and simulations for composite nano-materials. It includes selected, extended papers presented in the thematic ECCOMAS conference on Composites with Micro- and Nano-Structure (CMNS) Computational Modelling and Experiments. It contains atomistic and continuum numerical methods and experimental validation for composite materials reinforced with particles or fibres, porous materials, homogenization and other important topics.

Inhalt
Torsional Buckling of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.- Equilibrium and Kinetic Properties of Self-Assembled Cu Nanoparticles: Computer Simulations.- Method of Continuous Source Functions for Modelling of Matrix Reinforced by Finite Fibres.- Effective Dynamic Material Properties for Materials with Non-Convex Microstructures.- Modelling of Diffusive and Massive Phase Transformation.- The Use of Finite Elements for Approximation of Field Variables on Local Sub-Domains in a Mesh-Free Way.- Modelling of the Process of Formation and Use of Powder Nanocomposites.- Modelling of Fatigue Behaviour of Hard Multilayer Nanocoating System in Nanoimpact Test.- A Continuum Micromechanics Approach to Elasticity of Strand-Based Engineered Wood Products: Model Development and Experimental Validation.- Nanoindentation of Cement Pastes and Its Numerical Modeling.- Ductile Crack Growth Modelling Using Cohesive Zone Approach.- Composite (FGM's) Beam Finite Elements.- Computational Modal and Solution Procedure for Inhomogeneous Materials with Eigen-Strain Formulation of Boundary Integral Equations.- Studies on Damage and Rupture of Porous Ceramics.- Computation of Effective Cement Paste Diffusivities from Microtomographic Images.