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  • Corrosion Resistance Behaviour of Metallic Materials Subjected to Laser Shock Peening

    Series series Mechanical Engineering (R0)
    This book introduces the fundamentals of laser shock peening (LSP) and its effects on the corrosion behaviours of metal alloy materials. It focuses on innovations in theory and methods related to LSP-induced surface nanocrystallization and corrosion resistance in steels, Mg alloy and titanium alloy. The main contents of the book include the characteristics of laser shock wave, LSP-induced surface ... Read more

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  • Meta-functional Equivalent Translation of Chinese Folk Song

    Intercultural Communication of Zhuang Ethnic Minority as an Example

    Series series Education (R0)
    This book brings audiences the enchanting melodies passing down from generation to generation in the Zhuang community, which are on the brink of extinction. Specifically, it sheds light on the origin, evolution and artistic features of Zhuang folk song in the first place, and then it shifts to their English translation based on meta-functional equivalence, through which the multi-aesthetics of ... Read more

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    Series series Wiley Series in Corrosion
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    Series series How to Read Chinese Literature
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    Mechanical Properties and Micro-structural Strengthening Mechanism

    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
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  • Power Ultrasonics

    Applications of High-Intensity Ultrasound

    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials
    Power Ultrasonics: Applications of High-Intensity Ultrasound, Second Edition provides a comprehensive reference on the fundamentals, processing, engineering, medical, food and pharmaceutical applications of ultrasonic processing. Chapters cover the fundamentals of nonlinear propagation of ultrasonic waves in fluids and solids, discuss the materials and designs of power ultrasonic transducers and ... Read more

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