History and Production of Hollow Spheres.- Geometrical Properties of Hollow Sphere Structures.- Elastic-Plastic Properties: Simulation and Experiment.- On the Vibroacoustic Behaviour of HSS.- Thermal Properties of Hollow Spheres.- Hollow Spheres in Composite Materials and Metallic Hollow Sphere Composites (MHSC).- Dynamic Behaviour of Metallic Hollow Sphere Structures.- Fatigue of Metal Hollow Spheres Structures.- Design of Functional Properties for Composite Spherical Granulates: Functional Design of Spherical Granulate Composites.- Problems in the Identification of Application Areas of Hollow Spheres and Hollow Sphere Structures.- Application of Hollow Sphere Structures and Composites in Processing Machines.- Screening of Available Hollow Structures in Regard to Noise Reduction in Automobile Applications.- Commented Literature for Hollow Spheres and Hollow Sphere Structures.

Multifunctional Metallic Hollow Sphere Structures are an emerging new material category, belonging like metal foams to the class cellular metals. Thanks to their advantageous mechanical and sound absorbing properties, Multifunctional Metallic Hollow Sphere Structures are very promising for various applications and our technological knowledge makes them ready for industrial usage.

This reference gives a complete overview on this new materials class, the fundamentals, the applications and the perspective for future use. It provides the foundations for a profound understanding (production and processing), their physical properties (surface properties and stalility) and applicaltion (in particular for sound absorption and chemical adsorption in structural parts).

The book is written for material scientists, product designers and developers as well as academic researches and scientists.