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Field Theoretic Method in Phase Transformations / by Alexander Umantsev.

Lecture Notes In Physics 2013-present Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Umantsev, Alexander.
Series:
Lecture Notes in Physics, 1616-6361 ; 1016
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Solid state physics.
Condensed matter.
Materials science.
Mechanics, Applied.
Solids.
Mathematics.
Electronic Devices.
Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.
Materials Science.
Solid Mechanics.
Applications of Mathematics.
Local Subjects:
Electronic Devices.
Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.
Materials Science.
Solid Mechanics.
Applications of Mathematics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (504 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed. 2023.
Place of Publication:
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Summary:
This book describes a novel and popular method for the theoretical and computational study of phase transformations and materials processing in condensed and soft matter. The field theoretic method for the study of phase transformations in material systems, also known as the phase-field method, allows one to analyze different stages of transformations within a unified framework. It has received significant attention in the materials science community due to many recent successes in solving or illuminating important problems. In a single volume, this book addresses the fundamentals of the method starting from the basics of the field theoretic method along with its most important theoretical and computational results and some of the most advanced recent results and applications. Now in a revised and expanded second edition, the text is updated throughout and includes material on the classical theory of phase transformations. This book serves as both a primer in the area of phase transformations for those new to the field and as a guide for the more seasoned researcher. It is also of interest to historians of physics.
Contents:
PART I: Classical Theories of Phase Equilibria and Transformations
Chapter 1: Stability of Systems and States
Chapter 2: Thermodynamic Equilibrium of Phases
Chapter 3: Examples of Phase Transitions
Chapter 4: Isothermal Kinetics of Phase Transformations
Chapter 5: Coarsening of Second Phase Precipitates
Chapter 6: Spinodal Decomposition in Binary Systems
Chapter 7: Thermal Effects in Kinetics of Phase Transformations
PART II: The Method
Chapter 8: Landau Theory of Phase Transitions
Chapter 9: Heterogeneous Equilibrium Systems
Chapter 10: Dynamics of Homogeneous Systems
Chapter 11: Evolution of Heterogeneous Systems
Chapter 12: Thermodynamic Fluctuations
Chapter 13: Multi-Physics Coupling: Thermal Effects of Phase Transformations
Chapter 14: Validation of the Method
PART III: Applications
Chapter 15: Conservative Order Parameter:Theory of Spinodal Decomposition in Binary Systems
Chapter 16: Complex Order Parameter: Ginzburg-Landau’s Theory of Superconductivity
Chapter 17: Multicomponent Order Parameter: Crystallographic Phase Transitions
Chapter 18: “Mechanical” Order Parameter
Chapter 19: Continuum Models of Grain Growth.
Other Format:
Print version: Umantsev, Alexander Field Theoretic Method in Phase Transformations
ISBN:
3-031-29605-2
OCLC:
1382695605

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