This is a book about mathematical modelling. It focuses on the modelling of the preparation of materials. Materials are important, of course, in an economic sense: the "goods" of goods-and-services are made of materials. This provides a strong incentive to produce good materials and to improve existing materials. Mathematical modelling can help in this regard. Without a doubt, modelling a materials processing operation is not strictly necessary. Materials synthesis and fabrication processes certainly existed before the invention of mathematics and computers, and well before the combined use of mathematics and computers. Modelling can, however, be of assistance--if done properly--and if used properly. The mathematical modelling described in this book is, at its root, a rather formal, structured way of thinking about materials synthesis and fabrication processes. It requires looking at a process as a whole. It requires considering everything that is or might be important. It requires translating the details of a given physical process into one or more mathematical equations. It requires knowing how to simplify the equations without over-simplifying them.

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Book Title: Modelling of Materials Processing
Book Subtitle: An approachable and practical guide
Authors: Gregory C. Stangle
Series Title: Materials Technology Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5813-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-71120-6Published: 30 September 1998
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7664-4Published: 26 February 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-5813-2Published: 27 November 2013
Series ISSN: 1389-2126
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 928
Topics: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

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Implementation

Example: Glass refining

Example: Fiber spinning

Example: Alloy solidification

Example: Microwave heating of ceramics

Example: Combustion synthesis of refractory materials

Example: Binder removal from shaped powder compacts

Example: Flow of a solid-liquid suspension

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