1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910298660403321

Autore

Hanamura Toshihiro

Titolo

Analysis of Fracture Toughness Mechanism in Ultra-fine-grained Steels : The Effect of the Treatment Developed in NIMS / / by Toshihiro Hanamura, Hai Qiu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo : , : Springer Japan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

4-431-54499-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (71 p.)

Collana

NIMS Monographs, , 2197-8891

Disciplina

669.96142

Soggetti

Metals

Manufactures

Building materials

Materials science

Metallic Materials

Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes

Structural Materials

Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Issues Concerning Environmental Problems and Related Advanced Steel Techniques -- Ultra-Fine Grained Steel: Relationship between grain size and tensile properties -- Ultra-Fine Grained Steel: Relationship between grain size and impact properties -- Fracture toughness (crack-tip-opening displacement) -- Summary.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, advanced steel technologies mainly developed at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, for structure control, mechanical properties, and the related mechanisms are introduced and discussed. NIMS has long worked on developing advanced steel techniques, namely, producing advanced steels by using only simple alloying elements such as carbon, manganese, and silicon, and also by utilizing steel scrap. The hope is that this approach will lead to a technology of a so-called steel-to-steel recycling process, with the ultimate goal of a recycling process such as an automotive-steel-to-automotive-steel recycling process to take the place of the



current cascade-type recycling system. The main idea is to utilize ultra-grain refining structures and hetero structures as well as martensite structures. In particular, the focus of this book is on tensile strength and toughness of advanced steels from both the fundamental and engineering points of view. Fundamentally, a unique approach to analysis is taken, based on fracture surface energy as effective grain size is employed to better understand the mechanism of property improvement. From the engineering point of view, in fracture toughness such factors as crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) of advanced steels are evaluated in comparison with those of conventional steels.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910556885303321

Autore

Poufinas Thomas

Titolo

Fixed Income Investing : A Classic in a Time of Increased Uncertainty / / by Thomas Poufinas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

9783030879228

9783030879211

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (748 pages)

Disciplina

332.632044

Soggetti

Financial services industry

Risk management

Financial Services

IT Risk Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Bonds -- 3. Term Structure -- 4. Fixed Income Portfolio Management -- 5. Interest Rate Derivatives -- 6. Credit Derivatives -- 7. Bond Markets -- 8. Bond Funds -- 9. Risks and Risk Management -- 10. Bonds and Crises -- 11. Bonds and Debt -- 12. Bonds vs. Stocks -- 13. Hedging, Speculation and Arbitrage -- 14. Bonds and Regulation.



Sommario/riassunto

Fixed income investments have been a topic of broad interest, in particular for institutional investors such as insurance companies and pensions schemes. They were considered safe heavens in turbulent times by almost all other institutional and individual investors and are used for strategies such as portfolio immunization and asset liability matching (ALM). The latest crisis, however, revealed some of the weaknesses of fixed income instruments. They proved to be not as safe as originally thought with both credit and interest rate risks emerging. Consequently, fixed income investments have been in the spotlight once more. This book presents all aspects pertaining to fixed income investments, starting from the basics—i.e. the types of bonds, their valuation, the interest rate term structure—then moving to fixed income portfolio management and the interest rate and credit derivatives and their relevant markets, funds, risks and risk management. Finally, the book addresses contemporary issues such as their behavior in times of crisis, their relation to debt, their coexistence with equity and the current regulatory environment. This book, providing a look at the broader environment of fixed income alongside the current market structure, will be of interest to students, academics, researchers and practitioners in fixed income and investing strategies. Thomas Poufinas is Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics of the Democritus University of Thrace. He holds a Ph.D. in Financial Mathematics from the Ohio State University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics from the University of Athens. His research focuses on finance, investments, risk management and actuarial science.