Advances in Materials and Mechanics - NIST（材料力学,NIST的进步）.pdf

Advances in Materials and Mechanics by K.P. Chong Directorate for Engineering National Science Foundation Arlington, VA 22230 USA and M.R. VanLandingham and L. Sung Building and Fire Research Laboratory National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA Reprinted from Proceedings from the International Conference on Advances in Building Technology, December 4-6, 2002, Hong Kong, China, 3-16 pp., 2002 NOTE: This paper is a contribution of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and is not subject to copyright. ADVANCES IN MATERIALS AND MECHANICS 1-2 2 2 K. P. Chong , M. R.VanLandingham , and L. Sung 1Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation Arlington, VA 22230, U.S.A. 2National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, U.S.A. ABSTRACT Mechanics and materials are essential elements in all of the transcendent technologies that are the primary drivers of the twenty first century and in the new economy. The transcendent technologies include nanotechnology, microelectronics, information technology and biotechnology as well as the enabling and supporting civil infrastructure systems and materials. Research opportunities and challenges in mechanics and materials, including nanomechanics, microscopy, radiation scattering and other nanosc