Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Monolithic Silicon Optocouplers for Bio-Chemical Sensing
Abstract In this work a monolithic silicon optocoupler platform for bio-chemical sensing is presented. The uniqueness of the platform relies on its radical design that integrates all passive and active elements of an optical transducer on a single...
2012 / Kostantinos Misiakos -
Numerical Simulation Analysis of Block's Thermal Performance and Its Influencing Factors
Abstract A different degree of energy saving effect was achieved by using different new block. In this paper, numerical analysis of the steady state behaviour about two-dimensional temperature field was carried out about three kinds of block. Then...
2011 / Lihui Ma, Liang Wei, Weijun Yang -
Periodic Architecture for High Performance Shock Absorbing Composites2013 / Abha Misra, Praveen Kumar
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Guided elastic waves in infinite free-clamped hollow cylinders
Abstract Guided elastic-wave-inspection technique for hollow cylinders has received plenty of attention in recent years because of its high efficiency and low cost. To apply guided elastic waves to defects detection, it is necessary to investigate...
2008 / Liguo Tang, Shengxing Liu -
Hm convergence rates of solutions of GBBM equations in multi-dimensional spaces
Abstract In this paper, we study the decay rates of the generalized Benjamin–Bona–Mahony equations in n-dimensional space. By using Fourier analysis for long wave and by applying the energy method for short wave, we obtain the H ...
2009 / Shaomei Fang, Boling Guo -
A source term model of perturbation in a numerical study on flows around a slender body of revolution at a high angle of attack
Abstract A numerical study on flows around a slender body of revolution at a high angle of attack is conducted to investigate the influence of strength and circumferential angle of perturbation on flow asymmetry. A source term model is applied to...
2009 / Yang Liu, Dongjun Ma, Dejun Sun, Xieyuan Yin -
A new threshold signature scheme based on fuzzy biometric identity
Abstract The focus of this paper is to present the first threshold signature scheme based on biometric identity, which is acquired from a recently proposed fuzzy identities-based encryption scheme. An important feature of this scheme, which is...
2009 / Yongquan Cai, Ke Zhang -
Climate change impacts on crop yield, crop water productivity and food security – A review
Abstract This paper provides a comprehensive review of literature related to the assessment of climate change impacts on crop productivity using climate, water and crop yield models. The existing studies present that climate change models with...
2009 / Yinhong Kang, Shahbaz Khan, Xiaoyi Ma -
A SQP optimization method for shimming a permanent MRI magnet
Abstract Based on the sequential quadratic programming (SQP) method, a new approach is presented in this paper to gain a uniform magnetic field for a permanent MRI magnet with biplanar poles. First, the adopted shimming piece is modeled as a...
2009 / Zhe Jin, Xing Tang, Bin Meng, Donglin Zu, Weimin Wang -
Investigation of the influence of low-concentration hydrogen on the surface potential of thin metallic films for sensor applications2010 / Joanna Prażmowska, Adam Szyszka, Regina Paszkiewicz, Marek Tłaczała
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Hybrid local search algorithm via evolutionary avalanches for spin glass based portfolio selection
Abstract Nowadays, various imitations of natural processes are used to solve challenging optimization problems faster and more accurately. Spin glass based optimization, specifically, has shown strong local search capability and parallel processing. ...
2012 / Majid Vafaei Jahan, Mohammad-R. Akbarzadeh-T -
An experimental study on tuned liquid damper for mitigation of structural response2013 / Emili Bhattacharjee, Lipika Halder, Richi Prasad Sharma
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Bandgap engineering in a nanowire: self-assembled 0, 1 and 2D quantum structures
Inherent to the nanowire morphology is the exciting possibility of fabricating materials organized at the nanoscale in three dimensions. Composition and structure can be varied along and across the nanowire, as well as within coaxial shells. This opens up a...
2013 / Jordi Arbiol, Maria de la Mata, Martin Eickhoff, Anna Fontcuberta i Morral -
Creep and Low Cycle Fatigue Behaviour of Fast Reactor Structural Materials
Abstract Low cycle fatigue and long-term creep properties, as well as compatibility with liquid sodium coolant, govern the choice of materials for out-of-core structural and steam generator components of sodium cooled fast reactors (SFRs). 316L(N)...
2013 / M.D. Mathew, K. Laha, R. Sandhya -
Progress and prospects in stem cell therapy2013 / Xiu-ling Xu, Fei Yi, Hui-ze Pan, Shun-lei Duan, Zhi-chao Ding, et al.
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Rough set based rule learning and fuzzy classification of wavelet features for fault diagnosis of monoblock centrifugal pump
Abstract The fault diagnosis problem is conceived as a classification problem. In the present study, vibration signals are used for fault diagnosis of centrifugal pumps using wavelet analysis. Rough set theory is applied to generate the rules from...
2013 / V. Muralidharan, V. Sugumaran -
First Steps Toward Artificial Culture in Robot Societies
Abstract This poster abstract outlines initial results from a multi-disciplinary research project called ‘the emergence of artificial culture in robot societies’ whose overall aim is to investigate the processes and mechanisms by which protocultural ...
2011 / A.F.T. Winfield, A.G. Sutcliffe, F.E. Griffths, J.L. Bown, R. Durie, et al. -
Si and Other Group IV Quantum Dot Based Materials for Tandem Solar Cells
Abstract Quantum dot materials, in which Si QDs are embedded in a dielectric matrix, offer the potential to tune the effective band gap, through quantum confinement, and allow fabrication of optimised tandem solar cell devices in one growth run in a ...
2012 / Gavin Conibeer -
The Secondary Development of ABAQUS by using Python and the Application of the Advanced GA
Abstract Realizing the secondary development of the ABAQUS based on the manual of ABAQUS. In order to overcome the prematurity and the worse convergence of the Simple Genetic Algorithm (SGA), a new strategy how to improve the efficiency of the SGA...
2011 / Lilong Luo, Meiying Zhao -
Neutron transmission: A powerful technique for small accelerator-based neutron sources
Abstract The determination of total cross section of a material as a function of neutron energy by means of transmission experiments is rather easy on a pulsed neutron source. The spectrometer and associated instrumentation required may be described ...
2012 / J.R. Granada, J.R. Santisteban, J. Dawidowski, R.E. Mayer