Alloys and Intermetallic Compounds From Modeling to Engineering

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- PART 1: MODELING TECHNIQUES AND PREDICTION OF PROPERTIES -- 1.1: Computational Thermodynamics: From Experiments to Applications -- 1.2: Thermophysical Properties of Metallic Alloys from Ab Initio Methods and Applications to Thermodynamic Modeling -- 1.3: The Formation Volume in Rare Earth Intermetallic Systems: A Representation by Means of Atomic Physical Quantities -- PART 2: ROLE OF MODELING ON THE DESIGN OF ALLOYS AND INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS -- 2.1: Metal-Ceramic Interactions in Brazing Ultra High Temperature Diboride Ceramics -- 2.2: Metal Surfaces in Medicine: Current Knowledge of Properties, Modeling and Biological Response -- 2.3: Fe-based Superconductors: Crystallochemistry, Band Structure and Phase Diagrams -- 2.4: Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Highly Disordered Fe-based Frank Kasper-Phases in View of First Principles Calculation and Experimental Study -- 2.5: Atomistic Modeling to Design Favoured Compositions for the Metallic Glass Formation -- 2.6: Shape Memory Alloys: Constitutive Modeling and Engineering Simulations -- 2.7: Prediction of the Thermoelectric Properties of Half-Heusler Phases from the Density Functional Theory -- 2.8: Skutterudites for Thermoelectric Applications: Properties, Synthesis and Modeling -- Index -- About the Editor