Advanced Computational Nanomechanics

Advanced Computational Nanomechanics

Editor: Nuno Silvestre -- University of Lisbon, Portugal

Advanced Computational Nanomechanics is a state-of-the-art publication on computational nanomechanics and contains 11 chapters prepared by world experts in this field. This book aims to provide computational tools, theoretical formulations, and multiscale methods to study the fundamental properties of physical systems at nanoscale including mechanical, thermal, optical, and electrical. Because a large part of the research currently being conducted in the fields of materials science and engineering mechanics is devoted to carbon-based aggregates (nanotubes, graphene, fullerenes) and their applications (electronic devices, composite materials, etc.), this book also covers the computational analysis of these nanostructures. From the numerical tool side, several methods are revisited in this book, ranging from molecular dynamics, tight binding method, and density functional theory to continuum methods (finite element method).

The basics and fundamentals of computational nanomechanics are provided by world experts, with an emphasis on not only applications of nanotechnology but also problems of current interest to researchers.

Advanced Computational Nanomechanics is a comprehensive reference for researchers and practitioners, and is also a useful source of information for graduate students in mechanical engineering

Nuno Silvestre is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of IST - University of Lisbon, Portugal. He holds a PhD degree in Civil Engineering and has more than 20 years of experience in teaching, researching and consulting. His research interests include Nanomechanics, Simulation at Nanoscale, Stability of Thin-Walled Structures, Nonlinear Solid Mechanics and Computational Analysis of Materials and Structures. He has about 100 articles in peer reviewed journals and about 200 communications in international conferences. Professor Silvestre coordinated and participated in several funded R&D projects, supervised several PhD and MSc students and received many awards from international and national institutions in recognition for his scientific achievements. He is also an esteemed member of several scientific and technical committees, and member of 7 editorial boards of international journals.