Mechanical Spectroscopy II: Proceedings of the 2nd International School on Mechanical Spectroscopy MS-2 Held at Krakow-Krynica, Poland, December 3-8, 2000 (Solid State Phenomena)

This text comprises the proceedings of the Second International School on Mechanical Spectroscopy; presented here as invited lectures (Part I) and contributed papers (Part II). After having originated merely as a technique for the study of internal friction, mechanical spectroscopy has developed strongly into a tool which is indispensable for making advances in the creation of new materials. This book should therefore provide a reference source for every researcher working in the field. Part I of the volume discusses the concept of mechanical spectroscopy in terms of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem and explains its role with regard to other spectroscopic techniques. Exhaustive reviews cover mechanical relaxation in metallic glasses, relaxation phenomena caused by interstitial solutes in metals, as well as the strain-induced interaction of dissolved atoms and mechanical relaxations in solid solutions. Other reviews are devoted to the advanced interactive computer simulation of dislocation phenomena, dislocation-induced mechanical losses, grain boundary phenomena, and precise analysis of the logarithmic decrement. Part II deals with more specific topics such as the mechanical spectroscopy of selected materials (metallic foams, shape memory alloys, oxide ion-conductors, PZT-type piezoceramics, ceramics, steel sheets, oil films), phase transitions, mechanical spectrometers and applications of the wavelet transform.