Armour: Materials, Theory, and Design Paul J. Hazell
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Bio-Inspired Wettability Surfaces: Developments in Micro- and Nanostructures Yongmei Zheng Pan Stanford, 2015 216 pages, $134.96 (e-book $104.97) ISBN 9789814463607
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hi monographh unveils a series of his natural phenomena for scientists to design and discover novel micro- and nanostructure patterns built by exploiting surface features of various microheterogeneous systems. It comprises slightly more than 200 pages structured in four chapters, each starting with a theoretical background on the natural phenomena involved, and following with their translation to methods specific to nanofabrication in promising applications. The work is well illustrated with figures, including relevant scanning electron microscope images and contactangle measurements provided from recent bibliographic references.
Being at the boundary of classical physical chemistry of colloids and the emerging fields of nanosciences and nanotechnologies, four examples of wettability surface effects provided by some plants and animals are explained in detail and exploited to create novel artificial surfaces and functions: ultrahydrophobic water repellency on a lotus leaf (chapter 1), direction adhesion of a super-hydrophobic butterfly wing (chapter 2), directional water collection on wetted spider silk (chapter 3), and the fog-collecting hydrophilic/hydrophobic pattern on a beetle’s back (chapter 4). These concepts represent strong and
Armour: Materials, Theory, and Design Paul J. Hazell CRC Press, 2015 395 pages, $125.96 (e-book $97.97) ISBN 9781482238297
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here are few materials-based technologies that have had a larger impact on human society and civilization than armor, as its robustness and ability to either be defeated or withstand defeat has decided the course of nations. However, I cannot recall thinking of armor during my studies and research as a materials scientist before reading Paul J. Hazell’s book on the topic. But I am now grateful to have the opportunity to understand it better. Hazell is a professor from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. He presently serves as the professor of impact dynamics in the School of Engineering and Information
Technology at UNSW Canberra. In the book preface, he also claims a history of teaching at defense academies in both the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia. Hazell’s experience and clear understanding of the topic of armor is apparent in his book. The author easily demystifies how armor is used and behaves and its interactions with munitions. After a basic introduction to the mechanics of materials, the book describes the basic mathematics associated with bullets, blast, jets, and fragments. From there, chapters are focused on penetration mechanics and stress waves before the book returns to its materials focus
versatile tools to imagine template-mimicking methods able to transfer nature’s intelligence into valuable smart bioinspired materials and nanostructures. Indeed, the key points of this monograph stand in the wide applicative potential and development perspectives in va
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