7R20. Continuum Models for Phase Transitions and Twinning in Crystals. Applied Mathematics, Volume 19. - M Pitteri and G Zanzotto (Dept of Math Methods and Models for Appl Sci, Univ of Padova, Italy). Chapman and Hall/CRC, Boca Raton FL. 2003. 385 pp. ISBN 0-8493-0327-3. $99.95.
Reviewed by CA Rossit (Dept de Ingenieria, Univ Nacional del Sur, Avenida Alem 1253, Bahia Blanca, 8000, Argentina).
This nicely written textbook for graduate students and researchers is an extremely valuable reference treatise for anyone undertaking research in these areas, basically the nonlinear thermoelastic theories for twinning and phase transitions in crystalline materials. The field goes from very deep theoretical issues in mathematical physics to very important problems in material science.
As pointed out by the authors, several definitions and remarks on the phenomenon of twinning are given by many distinguished researchers. However, they have selected the standard viewpoint stating that “a twin is a...
