Bulk Metallic Glasses An Overview [Paperback]

Bulk metallic glasses are a new emerging field of materials with many desirable and unique properties. These amorphous materials have many diverse applications from structural applications to biomedical implants. This book provides a complete overview of bulk metallic glasses. It covers the principles of alloy design, glass formation, processing, atomistic modeling, computer simulations, mechanical properties and microstructures.

Bulk metallic glasses are a new emerging field of materials with many desirable and unique properties, such as high strength, good hardness, good wear resistance, and high corrosion resistance that can be produced in near net shape components. These amorphous materials have many diverse applications from structural applications to biomedical implants.

A complete overview of bulk metallic glasses is presented: the principles of alloy design, glass formation, processing, atomistic modeling, computer simulations, mechanical properties and microstructures.

Development and Applications of Late Transition Metal Bulk Metallic Glasses.- Atomistic Theory Of Metallic Liquids and Glasses.- Modeling: The Role Of Atomistic Simulations.- Evaluation Of Glass-Forming Ability.- Microstructure.- Deformation Behavior.- Fatigue And Fracture Behavior.- Corrosion Behavior.

Bulk Metallic Glasses explores an emerging field of materials known as bulk metallic glasses. It summarizes the rapid development of these materials over the last decade and includes documentation on diverse applications of bulk metallic glasses; from structural applications to microcomponents. Some of the applications covered are pressure sensors, microgears for motors, magnetic cores for power supplies, and nano-dies for replacing next generation DVDs.

The chapters cover current theories and recent research including an atomistic theory of local topological fluctuations, atomistic simulations, l“,