IUTAM Symposium on Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves in Structured Media (Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, Volume 91)
Contributors: Ross C. McPhedran (Editor); Lindsay C. Botten (Editor); Nicolae-A.P. Nicorovici (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 31, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780792370383
Subjects: Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism; Mathematics; Elasticity; Analytic Mechanics (Mathematical Aspects); Science; Mathematical Physics; Science/Mathematics; Material Science; Electromagnetic waves; Electromagnetism; Science / Electromagnetism; Science / Mathematical Physics; Science : Mathematical Physics; Technology : Material Science; Advanced; Mechanics - General; Congresses; Elastic waves
First sentence: Composite materials have inhomogeneities on a length scale greater than the atomic scale, but behave like a homogeneous material on sufficiently large length scales.