Glass - Eric Le Bourhis

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Résumé :
Glass is a material with essentially unlimited application possibilities. This second edition of a comprehensive reference in glass science, points out the correlation between the performance of industrial processes and practice-relevant properties, such as strength and optical properties. Interdisciplinary in his approach, the author discusses both the science and technology, starting with an outline of history and applications, glass structure, and rheology. The sections on properties include mechanical strength and contact resistance, ageing, mechanics of glass processes, the production and control of residual stresses, high-tech products, and current research and development. Applications include glazing, packaging, optical glass, glass fibers for reinforcement, and abrasive tools. The development of touchscreen technology showed how important were the design and resistance of thin flexible glass and these new thin aluminosilicate glasses are also discussed.

Biographie:
Eric Le Bourhis is professor at Poitiers University (Futuroscope, France). He initially taught at a secondary school in Lima (Peru) between 1989 and 1991. Upon returning to France, he gained his PhD at Paris VII University in 1994. During this period, he started investigations of the thermo-mechanical properties of semiconductors. Then he joined Evry University for one year as an assistant professor and subsequently the Saint Gobain R&D team at Aubervilliers for 4 years as an engineer. During this industrial period, he applied contact mechanics to glass surfaces and coatings developed for glazing, and was also involved in industrial production tasks. He joined Poitiers University in 1998, where he has pursued an activity to promote sol-gel hybrid coatings in close collaboration with glass industrial manufacturers, while his other activities focus on small-scale mechanics.

Sommaire:
INTRODUCTION GLASS, A CERAMIC MATERIAL Four Classes of Materials Materials Properties Selecting Materials Performance Indexes Shape Factors in Mechanical Design GLASS PREHISTORY AND HISTORY Natural Glasses Early Glasses First Optical Glasses Modern Glasses APPLICATIONS OF GLASS Glazing Containers Optical Glass Glass Fibres for Insulation and Reinforcement Abrasive Tools Glass Manufacturers GLASS STRUCTURE Introduction Silica Glass and Related Glasses Borate Glass and Related Glasses Organic and Chalcogenide Glasses Metallic Glasses Avoiding Crystallization Vitroceramic Fabrication Surface Structure GLASS RHEOLOGY Viscosity Glass Transition and its Observation Viscous Response of Glass Visco-Elastic Response of Glass Thermal Tempering of Glass Transient Stress Chemical Tempering of Glass MECHANICAL STRENGHT OF GLASS Theoretical Strength Tensile Resistance of Glass Stress Concentration and Griffith Energy Balance Linear Elasticity Crack Tip Stress Field SIF under Non-uniform Stress Toughness Measurement Influence of Residual Stress on Strength and Fragmentation Statistic Weibull Analysis CONTACT RESISTANCE OF GLASS Sharp and Blunt Contact Sharp Contact Resistance Scratch Resistance Abrasion Resistance Introducing a Controlled and Critical Surface Flaw Cutting Glass AGEING OF GLASS Fatigue in Glass Stress Corrosion Charles and Hillig Theory Life Time Under Static Fatigue Applications NiS Phase Transformation Crack Healing MECHANICS OF GLASS PROCESSES Float Process Fusion Draw Container Process Fiber Process PRODUCTION CONTROL OF RESIDUAL STRESSES Residual Stresses in Flat Glass Basics of Photoelasticity in Flat Glass Stress Meters HIGH-TECH PRODUCES AND R&D Market Trend-Driven R&D Flat Displays Thin-Film Technology Residual Stresses in Thin Film CONCLUSIONS APPENDICES Light Absorption and Dispersion Atomic Structure and Bond Formation Thermal Expansion and Elasticity Falling Sphere Viscometer and Fining of Glass Theoretical Strength of a Solid Weibull Analysis in Practice Photoelasticity Set Up for Lectures Instrumented Nanoindentation Applied to Thin Films Strain and Stress Flow and Plasticity in Glass Finite Element Analysis X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of Thin Film Residual Stresses Diffusion