Content:
MATERIALS SCIENCE SERIES, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Preface, Pages xiii-xiv
Acknowledgments, Page xv
Chapter 1 - Characterization of Anelastic Behavior, Pages 1-29
Chapter 2 - Relations among the Response Functions: The Boltzmann Superposition Principle, Pages 30-40
Chapter 3 - Mechanical Models and Discrete Spectra, Pages 41-76
Chapter 4 - Continuous Spectra, Pages 77-114
Chapter 5 - Internal Variables and the Thermodynamic Basis for Relaxation Spectra, Pages 115-129
Chapter 6 - Anisotropic Elasticity and Anelasticity, Pages 130-155
Chapter 7 - Point Defects and Atom Movements, Pages 156-175
Chapter 8 - Theory of Point-Defect Relaxations, Pages 176-224
Chapter 9 - The Snoek Relaxation, Pages 225-247
Chapter 10 - The Zener Relaxation, Pages 248-283
Chapter 11 - Other Point-Defect Relaxations, Pages 284-349
Chapter 12 - Dislocations and Crystal Boundaries, Pages 350-370
Chapter 13 - Dislocation Relaxations, Pages 371-410
Chapter 14 - Further Dislocation Effects, Pages 411-434
Chapter 15 - Boundary Relaxation Processes and Internal Friction at High Temperatures, Pages 435-462
Chapter 16 - Relaxations Associated with Phase Transformations, Pages 463-492
Chapter 17 - Thermoelastic Relaxation and the Interaction of Acoustic Waves with Lattice Vibrations, Pages 493-523
Chapter 18 - Magnetoelastic Relaxations and Hysteresis Damping of Ferromagnetic Materials, Pages 524-544
Chapter 19 - Electronic Relaxation and Related Phenomena, Pages 545-577
Chapter 20 - Experimental Methods, Pages 578-608
Appendix A - Resonant Systems with Distributed Inertia, Pages 609-612
Appendix B - The Kronig-Kramers Relations, Page 613
Appendix C - Relation between Relaxation and Resonance Behavior, Pages 614-616
Appendix D - Torsion-Flexure Coupling, Pages 617-618
Appendix E - Wave Propagation in Arbitrary Directions, Pages 619-620
Appendix F - Mechanical Vibration Formulas, Pages 621-631
Appendix G - Computed Response Functions for the Gaussian Distribution, Pages 632-636
References, Pages 637-657
Author Index, Pages 659-669
Subject Index, Pages 670-677