http://13.232.72.61:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/609 2026-04-03T22:29:32Z http://13.232.72.61:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/619 Title: Corrosion Mechanisms in Theory and Practice. Authors: Marcus., Philippe Abstract: Corrosion is the chemical degradation of materials, such as metals, semiconductors, insulators, and even polymers, due to the exposure to environment. The environment may be a gas phase with or without moisture and an aqueous or nonaqueous electrolyte. The corrosion processes occur at the surface and may involve the bulk of the materials and the contacting gas or liquid phase. Traditionally, the community of engineers and scientists distinguishes between corrosion in electrolytes and corrosion in the gas phase at elevated temperatures, i.e., the wet and the hot and dry corrosions. Although the environment and the observed effects are different, both fields often use in basic research similar analytical methods to learn about the leading mechanisms. This book concentrates mainly on electrochemical corrosion phenomena and on atmospheric corrosion in a wet environment. Description: USE ONLY FOR ACADEMY PURPOSE. 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://13.232.72.61:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/618 Title: Computational Photography Methods and Applications Authors: Lukac, Rastislav Abstract: persistent challenge in the design and manufacture of digital cameras is how to improve the signal-to-noise performance of these devices while simultaneously maintaining high color fidelity captures. The present industry standard three-color channel system is constrained in that the fewest possible color channels are employed for the purposes of both luminance and chrominance image information detection. Without additional degrees of freedom, for instance, additional color channels, digital camera designs are generally limited to solutions based on improving sensor hardware (larger pixels, lower readout noise, etc.) or better image processing (improved denoising, system-wide image processing chain optimization, etc.) Due to being constrained to three channels, the requirements for improved signal-to-noise and high color fidelity are frequently in opposition to each other, thereby providing a limiting constraint on how much either can be improved. For example, to improve the light sensitivity of the sensor system, one might wish to make the color channels broader spectrally. While this results in lower image noise in the raw capture, the color correction required to restore the color fidelity amplifies the noise so much that there can be a net loss in overall signal-to-noise performance. Description: USE ONLY FOR ACADEMY PURPOSE. 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://13.232.72.61:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/617 Title: Computational Fluid Dynamics Authors: Magoulès, Frédéric Abstract: The finite volume method is a very popular approach for the computation of industrial flows. Domains of application include aeronautics, for the simulation of external or internal aerodynamics (see Figure 1.1). The popularity of this approach comes from the particular attention paid to conservativity. Indeed, the flux balance is controlled on the discrete level, the first discretization step consisting in the integration of the equations on elementary control volumes. The following presentation of the finite volume method only constitutes an overall introduction to the strategy of discretization. More details can be found in books such as [Hirsch, 2007], [Peyret, 1996], [Versteeg and Malalasekera, 1995], and references cited in the text. Description: USE ONLY FOR ACADEMY PURPOSE. 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://13.232.72.61:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/616 Title: Computational Finite Element Methods in: Nanotechnology. Authors: Musa, Sarhan M. Abstract: If one considers which research areas in physics, chemistry, and engineering experienced the strongest growth in the last 10 years, then it is likely that material sciences and nanotechnology stand out as front runners. While it is fair to say that material sciences have always been important, it is also true to state that until very recently they were somehow limited in scope. Before the nanotechnology revolution, all material sciences research was basically dominated by physics and engineering. The major driving force behind such research were attempts in computer and information technologies to miniaturize transistors and electronic processors. Essentially, all was a top-down strategy: start with a macroscopic device and then try to make it smaller and smaller. Description: USE ONLY FOR ACADEMY PURPOSE. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z