IUTAM Symposium on Mechanical Behavior and Micro-Mechanics of Nanostructured Materials Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Beijing, China, June 27-30, 2005

This volume contains the proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Mechanical Behavior and Micro-mechanics of Nanostructured Materials, held in Beijing, China, June 27-30, 2005. The aim of this symposium was to bring scientists from materials sciences, mechanics, physics, etc. from all over the world together to present and discuss various aspects closely related to the topic of the conference.
The proceedings consist of approximately 30 presentations from distinguished scholars. Nano-scale, micro-scale, theoretical, experimental and numerical aspects of the subjects are covered. A wide scope of research and progress are displayed.
This work will be of interest to those working in solid mechanics, materials science, solid state physics, and biomaterials. TOC:From the contents
Preface.- Part 1: Mechanical Behaviors of Nanocrystal Materials.- Part 2: Super-Strength and Ductility of Nano-Thin Films: The Origin of Superhardness in Nanocomposite Coatings.- Part 3: Nanomechanics of Biomaterials.- Part 4: Mechanical Behaviors of Carbon.- Part 5: Micro-Mechanics Models and Simulations for the Nanostructured Materials.- Part 6: Mechanical Behaviors of Other Nano-Materials.- Author Index. Subject Index.

Mechanical Behaviors of Nanocrystal Materials.- Mesoscopic Modeling of the Deformation and Fracture of Nanocrystalline Metals.- Dislocation-Assisted Grain Growth in Nanocrystalline Copper under Large Deformation.- Microstructure and Tensile Strength of Cu with Nano-Scale Twins.- Microstructural Evolution in Crystalline Metal Induced by Plastic Deformation.- Super-Strength and Ductility of Nano-Thin Films.- The Origin of Superhardness in Nanocomposite Coatings: Analysis of Nanoindentation and Scratch Tests.- Micromechanics of Nanocomposites with Interface Energy Effect.- Measurements and Simulations of Interface Behavior in Metal Thin Film Peeling Along Ceramic Substrate.- Micro-Cantilevers for Thin Films: Young’s Modulus.- Nanomechanics of Biomaterials.- Bio-Inspired Mechanics of Bone-Like Hierarchical Materials.- Force Unfolding Single RNAs: From Equilibrium to Far-From Equilibrium.- Modelling the Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids.- Mechanical Behaviors of Carbon Nano-Tube, Nano-Wire, Nano-Layers.- A Comparison of Different Interatomic Potentials: Radius Effect of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes.- Shape Memory Effect and Pseudoelasticity in Cu Nanowires.- Instabilities of Carbon Nanotubes Studied Using a Hybrid Atom/Continuum Approach.- Shallow and Deep Nanoindentation on W/NbN Nanolayers.- Micro-Mechanics Models and Simulation for the Nanostructured Materials.- Cluster Statistical Thermodynamics (CST) — To Efficiently Calculate Quasi-Static Deformation at Finite Temperature Based on Molecular Potential.- On the Size of the Representative Volume Element for Isotropic Elastic Polycrystalline Copper.- Atomistic Corroboration of a Multiscale Approach for the Analysis of Dislocation Nucleation at a Surface Step.- Indenter Tip Radius and Micro-Indentation Hardness.-Mechanical Behaviors of Other Nano-Materials.- The Phase Angle of an Interface Crack Induced by Indentation Delamination with Buckling.- Microscopic Shape Memory and Superelastic Effects and Their Novel Tribological Applications.- Dynamics of Self-Organized Epitaxial Island Formation under Controlled Annealing.- Studying Visco-Plasticity of Amorphous Polymers by Indentation Tests.- Phase Transitions of Carbon Materials under High Pressure.