Surface Structure Modification and Hardening of Al-SI Alloys explores the hardening of material surfaces using concentrated energy flows resulting in the nanostructuring of surface layers. The authors demonstrate how these methods achieve a reduction in plastic deformation of the surface and a more uniform distribution of elastic stresses near the surface during operational use, significantly reducing part failure. It presents results from research and scientific and technological enterprises involved with the modification of light alloy surfaces for use in the automobile and aerospace industries.

In this newly revised and updated 2nd edition of Voices of Early Modern Japan, Constantine Nomikos Vaporis offers an accessible collection of annotated historical documents of an extraordinary period in Japanese history, ranging from the unification of warring states under Tokugawa Ieyasu in the early seventeenth century to the overthrow of the shogunate just after the opening of Japan by the West in the mid- nineteenth century.Through close examination of primary sources from "e;The Great Peace,"e; this fascinating textbook offers fresh insights into the Tokugawa era: its political institutions, rigid class hierarchy, artistic and material culture, religious life, and more, demonstrating what historians can uncover from the words of ordinary people. New features include: An expanded section on religion, morality and ethics; A new selection of maps and visual documents; Sources from government documents and household records to diaries and personal correspondence, translated and examined in light of the latest scholarship; Updated references for student projects and research assignments.The first edition of Voices of Early Modern Japan was the winner of the 2013 Franklin R. Buchanan Prize for Curricular Materials. This fully revised textbook will prove a comprehensive resource for teachers and students of East Asian Studies, history, culture, and anthropology.

Analysis of modern methods of surface modification of light metals using external energy sources. Investigated materials, experimental procedures, description of equipment and scientific approaches. Structural-phase transformations and changes in the properties of an Al-Si alloy upon exposure to a pulsed multiphase (Al-Y2O3) plasma jet. Studies of the properties, phase composition and defective substructure of the surface layers of Al-Si alloys after an intense pulsed electron beam. Changes in structural phase states and properties of surface layers of Al-Si alloys after electron-ion-plasma effects. Use of intense pulsed electron beams for surface treatment of aluminum-based alloys.