Springer Handbook of Metrology and Testing

Prof. Dr. Dr. Horst Czichos war über zehn Jahre lang Präsident der Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) in Berlin, die die Bundesregierung in Fragen der Materialtechnik und Chemie berät. Er lehrt Mechatronik an der Beuth-Hochschule für Technik Berlin und ist Träger des Christian-Peter-Beuth-Preises für herausragende Leistungen zur Förderung der Ingenieurausbildung.

lt;p>The Springer Handbook of Metrology and Testing is a comprehensive treatise of Metrology, the science of measurement, and of Testing, the technical procedure of determining characteristics of a given object, product or process. The Handbook is organized in five parts.

Part A: Fundamentals of Metrology and Testing
Part A describes the basic elements of metrology, the system which allows measurements made in different laboratories to be confidently compared worldwide. The process of making reliable measurements is analyzed along with quality issues of the measurement and testing procedures.

Chap. 1 Introduction to Metrology and Testing
Chap. 2 Metrology Principles and Organization
Chap. 3 Quality in Measurement and Testing

Part B: Chemical and Microstructural Analysis
Part B presents methods for the analysis of material composition and structure. Structure here includes both atomic and molecular arrangements and also microstructure and defect structures over larger scales.

Chap. 4 Analytical Chemistry
Chap. 5 Nanoscopic Architecture and Microstructure
Chap. 6 Surface and Interface Characterization

Part C: Materials Properties Measurement
Part C evaluates the methods of measuring the fundamental properties of materials. In addition to all aspects of mechanical properties, the methods of characterizing the thermal, electrical, magnetic and optical properties of materials important to their practical applications are described.

Chap. 7 Mechanical Properties
Chap. 8 Thermal Properties
Chap. 9 Electrical Properties
Chap. 10 Magnetic Properties
Chap. 11 Optical Properties

Part D: Materials Performance Testing
Part D cores the testing of material performance in application conditions. This includes measurement of corrosion, friction and wear as well as biogenic impact on materials and more specific materials environment interactions. Evaluation of material performance and condition monitoring by nondestructive techniques and embedded sensors is also considered. Finally, experimental, deterministic and probabilistic methods for the characterization of safety and reliability are outlined.

Chap. 12 Corrosion
Chap. 13 Friction and Wear
Chap. 14 Biogenic Impact
Chap. 15 Environmental Interactions
Chap. 16 Nondestructive Testing and Reliability Evaluation

Part E: Modeling and Simulation Methods
Part E presents important modeling and simulation methods that underline measurement procedures that rely on mathematical models to interpret complex experiments or to estimate properties that cannot be measured directly.

Chap. 17 Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Chap. 18 Continuum Constitutive Modeling
Chap. 19 Finite Element and Finite Difference Methods
Chap. 20 The CALPHAD Method
Chap. 21 Phase Field Approach
Chap. 22 Monte Carlo Simulation

About the Authors.- Subject Index