Books in the Oxford Series on Materials Modelling series

The book presents a variety of methods for computer simulations of crystal defects in the form of "numerical recipes", complete with computer codes and analysis tools. By working through numerous case studies and problems, this book provides a useful starter kit for further method development in the computational materials sciences.

Technologically important metals and alloys have been strengthened throughout history by a variety of empirical means. The scientific bases of the central mechanisms of such forms of strengthening, developed over the past several decades are presented here in a comprehensive form through mechanistic models and associated experimental results.

There is a continuing growth of interest in the computer simulation of materials at the atomic scale, using a variety of academic and commercial computer programs. Such programs work with very diverse models of the inter-atomic forces. This book explains how such models are constructed, their scientific basis, and the approximations that must be made in deriving them.

The science of materials tells us that every material contains microscopic features that vary at different length scales. This book presents the case of shape-memory alloys, technologically important materials, explaining the link between microstructure and macroscopic properties. It also includes a sample wire of shape memory material.