Pedro Costa - Böcker

Advanced Lightweight Multifunctional Materials presents the current state-of-the-art on multifunctional materials research, focusing on different morphologies and their preparation and applications. The book emphasizes recent advances on these types of materials as well as their application. Chapters cover porous multifunctional materials, thermochromic and thermoelectric materials, shape memory materials, piezoelectric multifunctional materials, electrochromic and electrorheological, soft materials, magnetic and photochromic materials, and more. The book will be a valuable reference resource for academic researchers and industrial engineers working in the design and manufacture of multifunctional materials, composites and nanocomposites.

Provides detailed information on design, modeling and structural applications Focuses on characteristics, processing, design and applications Discusses the main types of lightweight multifunctional materials and processing techniques, as well as the physico-chemical insights that can lead to improved performance

Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering IX contains 204 technical and scientific papers presented at the 9th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (NUMGE2018, Porto, Portugal, 25—27 June 2018). The papers cover a wide range of topics in the field of computational geotechnics, providing an overview of recent developments on scientific achievements, innovations and engineering applications related to or employing numerical methods. They deal with subjects from emerging research to engineering practice, and are grouped under the following themes:Constitutive modelling and numerical implementationFinite element, discrete element and other numerical methods. Coupling of diverse methodsReliability and probability analysisLarge deformation – large strain analysisArtificial intelligence and neural networksGround flow, thermal and coupled analysisEarthquake engineering, soil dynamics and soil-structure interactionsRock mechanicsApplication of numerical methods in the context of the EurocodesShallow and deep foundationsSlopes and cutsSupported excavations and retaining wallsEmbankments and damsTunnels and caverns (and pipelines)Ground improvement and reinforcementOffshore geotechnical engineeringPropagation of vibrationsFollowing the objectives of previous eight thematic conferences, (1986 Stuttgart, Germany; 1990 Santander, Spain; 1994 Manchester, United Kingdom; 1998 Udine, Italy; 2002 Paris, France; 2006 Graz, Austria; 2010 Trondheim, Norway; 2014 Delft, The Netherlands), Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering IX updates the state-of-the-art regarding the application of numerical methods in geotechnics, both in a scientific perspective and in what concerns its application for solving practical boundary value problems. The book will be much of interest to engineers, academics and professionals involved or interested in Geotechnical Engineering.This is volume 2 of the NUMGE 2018 set.

Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering IX contains 204 technical and scientific papers presented at the 9th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (NUMGE2018, Porto, Portugal, 25—27 June 2018). The papers cover a wide range of topics in the field of computational geotechnics, providing an overview of recent developments on scientific achievements, innovations and engineering applications related to or employing numerical methods. They deal with subjects from emerging research to engineering practice, and are grouped under the following themes:Constitutive modelling and numerical implementationFinite element, discrete element and other numerical methods. Coupling of diverse methodsReliability and probability analysisLarge deformation – large strain analysisArtificial intelligence and neural networksGround flow, thermal and coupled analysisEarthquake engineering, soil dynamics and soil-structure interactionsRock mechanicsApplication of numerical methods in the context of the EurocodesShallow and deep foundationsSlopes and cutsSupported excavations and retaining wallsEmbankments and damsTunnels and caverns (and pipelines)Ground improvement and reinforcementOffshore geotechnical engineeringPropagation of vibrationsFollowing the objectives of previous eight thematic conferences, (1986 Stuttgart, Germany; 1990 Santander, Spain; 1994 Manchester, United Kingdom; 1998 Udine, Italy; 2002 Paris, France; 2006 Graz, Austria; 2010 Trondheim, Norway; 2014 Delft, The Netherlands), Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering IX updates the state-of-the-art regarding the application of numerical methods in geotechnics, both in a scientific perspective and in what concerns its application for solving practical boundary value problems. The book will be much of interest to engineers, academics and professionals involved or interested in Geotechnical Engineering.

This book questions the way contemporary innovation processes develop and become embedded in territories. It analyses recent developments in territorial systems of production, networks of innovation and innovative milieus, with regard to the issue of sustainable development. Drawing on 12 case studies aimed at fostering sustainable development and conducted by an experienced team of international scholars, a new conceptual approach to sustainable innovation is proposed. More broadly, it also reassesses the development models proposed in the 1980s that emerged in the context of globalisation, competitiveness and technological innovation. The book argues that a rethink of regional development dynamics is necessary in order to properly consider current sustainable development requirements. A renewed understanding of the dynamics of actors and anchoring factors is pursued, clarifying the role of territories in the light of sustainable development demands and globalization processes. A new typology of organizational forms of sustainable innovation is provided and the traditional concept of 'innovative milieu' is challenged. The contributions call for a rethink and redesign of public policies in the fields of sustainable innovation more able to deal with contemporary realities. Crossing a wide set of disciplines, this book will appeal to academics, students and policy makers in the fields of urban studies, regional development, innovation and sustainable development.Contributors include: P. Araujo, B. Barroeta, J. Bélicard, R. Camagni, L. Carvalho, P. Costa, O. Crevoisier, M. De Rosa, J. del Castillo, M. Ebbekink, B. Guesnier, L. Kebir, A. Lagendijk, F. Lindner, C. Livi, Y. Okamoto, J. Paton, V. Peyrache-Gadeau, I. Plácido, S. Rutter, M. Sato, S. Strambach, F. Trabalzi, M. Vale