Field Theoretic Method in Phase Transformations

✍ Scribed by Alexander Umantsev (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 347
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics 840
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The main subject of the book is the continuum, field theoretic method of study of phase transformations in material systems. The method, also known as "phase field", allows one to analyze different stages of transformations on the unified platform. It has received significant attention in the materials science community recently due to many successes in solving or illuminating important problems. The book will address fundamentals of the method starting from the classical theories of phase transitions, the most important theoretical and computational results, and some of the most advanced recent applications.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Landau Theory of Phase Transitions....Pages 7-35
Heterogeneous Equilibrium Systems....Pages 37-90
Dynamics of Homogeneous Systems....Pages 91-100
Evolution of Heterogeneous Systems....Pages 101-119
Thermomechanical Analogy....Pages 121-126
Thermodynamic Fluctuations....Pages 127-150
More Complicated Systems....Pages 151-200
Thermal Effects of Phase Transformations....Pages 201-244
Transformations in Real Materials....Pages 245-248
Extensions of the Method....Pages 249-260
Erratum....Pages E1-E1
Back Matter....Pages 261-344

✦ Subjects

Condensed Matter Physics;Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics;Materials Science, general