Experimental And Numerical Investigation Of Advanced Materials And Structures

Advanced Structured Materials Andreas Öchsner Holm Altenbach Editors Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Advanced Materials and Structures Advanced Structured Materials Volume 41 Series Editors Andreas Öchsner Lucas F. M. da Silva Holm Altenbach For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/8611 Andreas Öchsner Holm Altenbach • Editors Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Advanced Materials and Structures 123 Editors Andreas Öchsner Faculty of Biosciences and Medical Engineering (FBME) University of Technology Malaysia - UTM Skudai, Johor Bahru Malaysia and Holm Altenbach Lehrstuhl für Technische Mechanik Institut für Mechanik, Fakultät für Maschinenbau Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg Magdeburg Germany Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment The University of Newcastle Australia ISSN 1869-8433 ISBN 978-3-319-00505-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-00506-5 ISSN 1869-8441 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-00506-5 (eBook) Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013945162 Ó Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Preface Experimental and numerical investigation of materials and structures is nowadays an important discipline which enables a better and more reliable application of engineering components. Further