Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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First-principles studies on K-promoted porous iron oxide catalysts
Abstract Porous potassium-promoted iron oxide, with the potassium content of 8 wt% can produce dense hydrogen materials as a catalyst. In this letter, we use density functional theory (DFT) and the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) to study...
2015 / Li-Li Wang, Hong Zhang, Xin-Lu Cheng -
Elastic Follow-up Factors to Estimate C(t) for Circumferential Internal Axisymmetric Cracked Pipe under Secondary Stress
Abstract This paper proposes a method to determine the elastic follow-up factors for C(t)-integral under secondary stress. To estimate values of C(t) for secondary stress based on the reference stress method, elastic follow-up factors of cracked...
2014 / Jin-ho Je, Kuk-hee Lee, Yun-jae Kim -
Study of the Dynamic Characteristics of a Two-cylinder Internal Combustion Engine Using Vector Models
Abstract It is known that there is the influence of mass and geometric parameters such as the ratio of the lengths of crankshaft and connecting rod of the main mechanism of ICE on the dynamic characteristics of the engine. At the same time the...
2015 / Boris B. Kosenok, Valeriy B. Balyakin -
Experimental Researches on Dynamics of Unit Cavity Filling with Liquid
Abstract This article presents the main results of researches on the liquid flow at the gas filled cavity inlet which can be used for design of innovative processes of internal surfaces cleaning for stagnant units and hydraulic cylinders. ...
2015 / V.I. Sanchugov, V.M. Reshetov, S.V. Turusin -
Cyber-physical Systems can Make Emergency Response Smart
Abstract A Smart Emergency Response System (SERS) prototype was built in the context of the SmartAmerica Challenge 2013-2014, a United States government initiative. SERS was created by a team of nine organizations led by MathWorks. SERS team member...
2015 / Justyna Zander, Pieter J. Mosterman, Taskin Padir, Yan Wan, Shengli Fu -
The Study of Media Effect on Differentiation of Gingival Fibroblast
Abstract Oral fibroblasts are the important cell in the repair of oral and maxillofacial tissues. This study examined whether in vitro the differentiation pattern of gingival fibroblast can be enhanced according to the cultivating media. The 4th...
2015 / IL-Kwon Lee, Hyun-Seon Jang -
On the effect of Nb-based compounds on the microstructure of Al–12Si alloy
Abstract Cast Al alloys are important structural materials for the lightweighting of cars and, consequently, reduction of greenhouse gases emission and pollution. The microstructure and properties of cast Al alloys could be further improved by means ...
2015 / L. Bolzoni, M. Nowak, N. Hari Babu -
Visualisation and Metering of Two Phase Counter-gravity Slurry Flow using ERT
Abstract Two-phase slurry flow is encountered in many industries such as petroleum, mining and related industries. The abrasiveness of slurry and interaction of solid particles with the carrier liquid make slurry flow measurement one of the most...
2015 / M. Mahmud, Yousef Faraj, Mi Wang -
Effect of Nano-fillers on the Thermal Performance of pCBT Resin
Abstract In this paper, the influence of nano-graphite and nano-TiO2 with the content of 0.5wt.% to 2wt.% on the thermal properties of polymerized cyclic butylene terephthalate (pCBT) resin was investigated by Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) ...
2015 / Bin Yang, Jifeng Zhang -
Penetrative Brinkman convection in an anisotropic porous layer saturated by a nanofluid
Abstract The onset of penetrative Brinkman convection in a nanofluid saturated anisotropic porous layer is investigated via uniform internal heating for rigid-rigid, free-free, and lower-rigid and upper-free boundaries. The flux of volume fraction...
2015 / I.S. Shivakumara, M. Dhananjaya -
The Activity of New Materials Surfaces - ternary Semi-conductors with Cationic and Anionic Substitution
Abstract The article describes the synthesis of solid solutions of ZnS-CdSe, ZnS-CdS, ZnS-ZnTe systems (for the first time in the given compositions). Through X-ray, IR-spectroscopic and electron-microscopic studies, the findings about their bulk...
2015 / I.A. Kirovskaya, E.V. Mironova, V.E. Leonov, B.A. Kosarev, А.А. Grigan, et al. -
High Gain Resonant Cavity Antenna with Meta-material Inspired Superstrate
Abstract A high gain planar Resonant Cavity Antenna (RCA) inspired by metamaterial superstrate is proposed operating at C-band. The RCA is modelled using simple ray tracing method. The unit cell metamaterial consists of Artificial Magnetic Conductor ...
2015 / Satyadeep Das, Sudhakar Sahu -
Effect of Calcium Carbonate on the Reduction Behaviour of Mill Scale
Abstract MillScale is a waste cum by-product obtained during hot rolling process. Millscale consists of iron and its oxides. This study shows the condition of mill scale reduction, a by-product of iron and steel formed during hot rolling of steels,...
2015 / Nikitha Gade, Gaurav Verma, Rahul Sen, Upender Pandel -
Determination of Failure Modes in Brick Walls Using Cohesive Elements Approach
Abstract The heterogeneous FEM models of brick walls are analyzed in order to estimate possibility to predict proper failure mechanisms for different biaxial stress modes. The micro-modeling of masonry structures with the application of cohesive...
2015 / Łukasz Kowalewski, Marcin Gajewski -
Shape Measurement and Reconstruction of Solar Concentrator Based on Two-dimensional Phase Shift Method
Abstract Deflectometry is used to measure the three-dimensional profile of the solar concentrator because of its high accuracy and short inspection time. In order to obtain the shape of concentrator, two different phases usually have to be computed...
2015 / Huibin Zhu, Zhifeng Wang, Huarong Wang, Qiang Yu -
Effect of Aluminium Enclosures on Induced EMF
Abstract A changing magnetic field induces EMF in an inductor. It was observed for the first time that when the inductor is enclosed in an hallow aluminium cylinder, the induced EMF gets doubled. Detailed studies on this effect are reported in this...
2014 / Subrahmanyam Ramachandrula -
Effect of Temperature on Stretchability of Anisotropic AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Sheet
Abstract This paper deals with effect of temperature on stretchability of anisotropic AZ31(Mg-3%Al-1%Zn) magnesium alloy sheet. Results of stretching process test are compared with those of tensile test. The sheet has an anisotropic character for...
2014 / Izumi Fukuda, Yasunori Harada, Shunpei Ohtsuka -
Development of Electrospun Polyaniline/ZnO Composite Nanofibers for LPG Sensing
Abstract In this paper we report the highly sensitive at low temperature and low concentration of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sensor based on D-Camphor-10-Sulphonic acid (CSA) doped Polyaniline/Polyethylene Oxide (PANI/PEO) and PANI/ZnO/PEO...
2015 / Pallavi T. Patil, Rajshri S. Anwane, Subhash B. Kondawar -
Application of CO2-Saturated Water Flooding as a Prospective Safe CO2 Storage Strategy
Abstract In this study, According to the results of CO2 solubility measurement tests at constant temperatures, an increase in CO2 solubility values was observed for CO2–brine and CO2–oil systems when the equilibrium pressure increases. Furthermore,...
2014 / Nader Mosavat, Farshid Torabi -
Effect of Interatomic Distance of Constituent Nitrogen Atoms on its Localized Electronic State in Dilute GaAsN Thin Films Investigated by a Photoreflectance Spectroscopy
Abstract To investigate the microstructure of nitrogen-induced localized state (E N ) that perturbs the conduction band of GaAs host material, we adopted the photoreflectance...
2014 / Wen Ding, Atsuhiko Fukuyama, Goshi Morioka, Akio Suzuki, Hidetoshi Suzuki, et al.