Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Ceria Based Protective Coatings for Steel Interconnects Prepared by Spray Pyrolysis
Abstract Stainless steels can be used in solid oxide fuel/electrolysis stacks as interconnects. For successful long term operation they require protective coatings, that lower the corrosion rate and block chemical reactions between the interconnect...
2015 / Dagmara Szymczewska, Sebastian Molin, Ming Chen, Peter Vang Hendriksen, Piotr Jasinski -
Novel Analysis on the Influence of Tip Radius and Shape of the Nanoindenter on the Hardness of Materials
Abstract Nanoindentation is a powerful technique used for assessing mechanical properties at nano/micro-scale. It is used for obtaining material parameters like elastic modulus, hardness, plastic or viscous parameters from experimental readings of...
2014 / Suresh Sagadevan, Priya Murugasen -
Controlled Rejuvenation of Amorphous Metals with Thermal Processing2015 / Masato Wakeda, Junji Saida, Ju Li, Shigenobu Ogata
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Friction Coefficient Calculation and Mechanism Analysis for MoS2 Nanoparticle from Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Abstract We studied friction coefficients and mechanisms of MoS2 nanoparticles from molecular dynamics simulations. A covalent bond force field of molybdenum and sulfur were implemented in LAMMPS and tri-layered capsular structured MoS2...
2014 / Chuin-Shan Chen, Hong-Jhou Cian, Chi-Hua Yu, Chung-Wei Huang -
Advances in Signal Acquisition and Signal Processing of Coriolis Flow Meters
Abstract Smart signal acquisition and signal processing methods are necessary for a robust and highly dynamic mass flow measurement on basis of the Coriolis principle, which allows the direct determination of the mass flow independent of process...
2014 / J. Ruoff, W. Gauchel, H. Kück -
Direct Thermal Method of Aluminium 70752014 / Asnul Hadi Ahmad, Sumsun Naher, Dermot Brabazon
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Three-dimensional nonlinear finite element analysis of concrete deep beam reinforced with GFRP bars
Abstract The efficient use of FRP reinforcement in deep members has been hindered due to a lack of knowledge on the behavior of such members. Till now, most of researches have mainly focused on the flexural or shear behavior of shallow members...
2015 / Ibrahim M. Metwally -
Fatigue Strength of HFMI-treated High-strength Steel Joints under Constant and Variable Amplitude Block Loading
Abstract Lightweight-design of welded high-strength steel structures in cyclic service necessitates the use of post-treatment methods like the high frequency mechanical impact treatment (HFMI). Service loads during operation mostly consist of...
2015 / M. Leitner, S. Gerstbrein, M.J. Ottersböck, M. Stoschka -
Innovative Solutions for Portable Wind Turbines, Used on Ships
Abstract The paper aims to analyse the wind turbine solutions implemented on ships. Also a thorough study of the blade design solutions for small power Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) has been conducted, with their advantages and disadvantages,...
2015 / Raluca Dora Ionescu, Ioan Szava, Sorin Vlase, Mircea Ivanoiu, Renata Munteanu -
Guard Antenna Design
Abstract In this paper the design of a guard antenna having wide beam for a relatively wide bandwidth is presented. The antenna designed is built around monopulse concept using four open ended rectangular waveguide aperture and enclosed by a square...
2015 / Ann Maria Joseph, Suma Varughese, Pushkarlal Vijayvergiya -
On the Utilization of Pozzolanic Wastes as an Alternative Resource of Cement2014 / Md. Karim, Md. Hossain, Mohammad Khan, Muhammad Zain, Maslina Jamil, et al.
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The Corrosion Behavior of Pure Iron under Solid Na2SO4 Deposit in Wet Oxygen Flow at 500 °C2014 / Yanbing Tang, Li Liu, Lei Fan, Ying Li, Fuhui Wang
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Enhancement of redox stability and electrical conductivity by doping various metals on ceria, Ce1−xMxO2−δ (M = Ni, Cu, Co, Mn, Ti, Zr)
Abstract Various metal oxide materials have been actively investigated to improve energy efficiency as exhaust-catalyst as well as electrodes in electrochemical devices such as fuel cells, ceramic sensors, photo-catalyst etc. Ceria-based materials...
2015 / Jae-ha Myung, Tae Ho Shin, Xiubing Huang, George Carins, John T.S. Irvine -
Solid-state additive manufacturing for metallized optical fiber integration
Abstract The formation of smart, Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) structures through the use of solid-state Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM) is currently hindered by the fragility of uncoated optical fibers under the required processing...
2015 / T. Monaghan, A.J. Capel, S.D. Christie, R.A. Harris, R.J. Friel -
FT-IR and Raman spectroscopic studies of ZnF2–ZnO–As2O3–TeO2 glasses
Abstract The effect of fluorine substitution on the spectral properties of the xZnF2–(20-x)ZnO–40As2O3–40TeO2 (x =0, 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20mol%) glass system was investigated by FTIR and Raman spectroscopies. The results...
2015 / Shaik Kareem Ahmmad, M.A. Samee, S.M. Taqiullah, Syed Rahman -
River Water Quality Modelling Using Artificial Neural Network Technique
Abstract Dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations have been used as primary indicator of stream water quality. A problem of great social importance is determining how to best retain the quality of stream water and maintain DO concentrations using...
2015 / Archana Sarkar, Prashant Pandey -
Upgrading Reliability of Water Distribution Networks Recognizing Valve Locations
Abstract An iterative procedure for upgrading water distribution network reliability is proposed by recognizing valve locations. In each iteration, three types of alternatives: (1) an addition of a valve(s) to pipe(s) without a valve; (2) an...
2014 / R. Gupta, A. Baby, P.V. Arya, L. Ormsbee -
Sodium Outdiffusion from Stacking Faults as Root Cause for the Recovery Process of Potential-induced Degradation (PID)
Abstract Potential-induced degradation (PID) is currently one of the most important and prominent module degradation mechanisms leading to significant yield losses. It was shown that Na decorated stacking faults are responsible for this degradation...
2014 / Dominik Lausch, Volker Naumann, Andreas Graff, Angelika Hähnel, Otwin Breitenstein, et al. -
A Technique to Calculate Cache Related Preemption Delay Using Constraints on Non-nested Preemptions
Abstract Caches incur an indirect cost to the response times of tasks due to preemptions in a task system. Hence the computation of Cache Related Preemption Delay (CRPD) is an important problem to assess the schedulability of a task system. In this...
2015 / Ravindra B. Keskar, Umesh Deshpande, Swapnil Kharabe -
Car Styling: A CAD Approach to Identify, Extract and Interpret Characteristic Lines
Abstract To create a winning brand, the stylist, aesthetic designer, and company managers should continuously innovate without straying from the brand's car history, and they should use the country's culture as a value system and as background...
2014 / Jean-Bernard Bluntzer, Egon Ostrosi, Jean-Claude Sagot