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This work comprises 137 peer-reviewed papers selected from the proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Computer Engineering (ICSCMCE 2011) held in Kunming, China, on September 24-25th, 2011. ICSCMCE 2011 served as a forum for the exchange of expertise and was intended to draw the attention of...

The MEPEA 2011 Conference focused on various aspects of advances in Materials for Environmental Protection and Energy Applications. Being crucial to the development of environmental protection and energy applications, the peer-reviewed papers encompassed a wide range of research topics and applications. From energy engineering to energy materials...

This special-topic volume includes two review articles written by eminent scientists in India, plus original articles by researchers working in various Indian research and academic institutions. The articles describe the results of analyses carried out on important materials that are useful to human society, and many characterization techniques...

This special volume covers all aspects of extrusion in the world of today: from innovative tools for die design to a deep analysis of the extrusion defects that still afflict most extruders and users around the world. The papers are grouped into the categories of: benchmarking, process optimization and innovation, material flow and friction, dies...

This volume comprises a collection of the papers presented at the 2011 International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering (SMNE2011), held on September 17-18th, 2011, in Wuhan, China. The aim was to provide a platform where researchers, engineers, academics and industrialists from all over the world could present research...

The mechanical properties of a material are those that involve reaction to an applied load. The mechanical properties of metals determine their range of usefulness and govern their expected service life. Mechanical properties are also used to help to classify and identify materials. The most common properties which are considered are strength,...