Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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First-principles studying the properties of oxygen in vanadium: Thermodynamics and tensile/shear behavior
Abstract Employing the first-principles simulation, we investigate the energetics of oxygen (O) and the influence of O on the mechanical behaviors of vanadium. O atom prefers to occupy the octahedral interstitial site with the solution energy...
2016 / Li-Jiang Gui, Yue-Lin Liu -
Simulations of Flow Resistances in Circular and Square Hydrostatic Bearings
Abstract In the present study, laminar flows in hydrostatic bearings with circular or square recess are investigated numerically. The parameters affecting the flow resistance investigated include gap height and recess size. The numerical results are ...
2014 / Yi-Ting Lin, Chuan-Chieh Liao, Ting-Yu Lin, Chao-An Lin -
Identification of Material Parameters of Complex Cables from Scanned 3D Shapes
Abstract Simulation of flexible components is becoming an integral part of virtual product design. However, for a simulation model to predict physically correct deformations, it is crucial that the material parameters are authentic. Conventional...
2016 / Tomas Hermansson, Simon Vajedi, Tobias Forsberg, Fredrik Ekstedt, Jonas Kressin, et al. -
Microwave Resonant Methods for Bone Replacement Biomaterials Testing
Abstract The purpose of this work was to find out to what extent the knowledge of dependence of impedance on the crack depth observed by means of microwave frequencies can be used as noninvasive techniques for biocompatible materials which are used...
2015 / Dagmar Faktorová, Mária Pápežová, Adriana Savin, Rozina Steigmann, František Nový, et al. -
Axial Stiffness Analysis of Twisted Tubes
Abstract In this study, finite element analysis was performed to calculate the axial stiffness of twisted tubes. Experiments were carried out to verify the calculation. Effects of the twist ratio, lead and thickness on the axial stiffness are...
2015 / X. Yang, C.F. Qian, J.Y. Liu, H.F. Li, L. Gao, et al. -
RNA sequencing analysis of gene expression regulated by the transcription factor SlZFP2 during early fruit development
Abstract The transcription factor SlZFP2 (Solanum lycopersicum Zinc Finger Protein 2) regulates ABA biosynthesis during fruit development. To reveal the regulatory network of this transcription factor, we conducted a high-throughput RNA-seq to...
2016 / Lin Weng, Fangfang Zhao, Rong Li, Han Xiao -
Toxicity Sensing by Using Chemotactic Reaction of Microbial Cells Confined in Microfluidic Chip
Abstract We developed and examined a toxicity sensing microchip, where 200-300 cells of flagellated microbes (Euglena gracilis) were placed and their movements were monitored with a video camera. The microchip had two microchannels for test sample...
2014 / Kazunari Ozasa, Jeesoo Lee, Simon Song, Mizuo Maeda -
Ener-Habitat: A Cloud Computing Numerical Tool to Evaluate the Thermal Performance of Walls/Roofs.
Abstract Ener-Habitat is a cloud computing numerical tool designed to evaluate the thermal performance of building envelope walls/roofs. It solves the time dependent heat transfer equation in one or two dimensions with convective boundary on the...
2014 / Guillermo Barrios, Guadalupe Huelsz, Jorge Rojas -
Design and Analysis of Real Time Video Processing Based on DWT Architecture for Mobile Robots
Abstract In this paper we have discussed the design constraints of a computer vision based mobile robot and processing the real time video received from the mobile robot. The focus is on applying DWT algorithm on the real time video so that memory...
2016 / Pramod Kumar Naik, Arun Tigadi, Hansraj Guhilot, Vyasaraj T. -
Foreword2014 / Rajkumar Roy
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Preclinical Efficacy Examination on Healing Practices and Experiences of Users for Pillows and Mattresses of Loess Ball Bio-products
Abstract In Korea, loess has been known as a healthy material traditionally, and in everyday life it has been used in various fields. Korean loess ball has unique electrical and magnetic properties indispensable to survival of human being such as...
2015 / Woo Sik Choi, Shigeki Toyama, Yeon Jin Choi, Byung Sik Woo -
Investigations on Austenitization Parameters Influencing Wear Behavior Within Hot Stamping
Abstract Nowadays, light weight design of the body in white is achieved by manufacturing structural components out of high strength steel grades. Due to the increase of materials tensile strength, a reduction of sheet thickness of the component is...
2014 / Marion Merklein, Michael Wieland -
Variable Amplitude Testing of 2024-T351 Aluminum Alloy Using Ultrasonic and Servo-hydraulic Fatigue Testing Equipment
Abstract Ultrasonic fatigue testing allows time saving investigations up to the very high cycle fatigue regime. The high frequency and adapted testing method may influence measured fatigue properties. Servo-hydraulic and ultrasonic test data of...
2015 / M. Fitzka, H. Mayer -
New Suppression System of Methane Explosion in Coal Mines
Abstract Statistics shows that the majority of accidents with fatal outcome are caused by methane and/or coal dust explosion. This leads to assumption that contemporary counter-explosion systems of various designs cannot be considered effective....
2015 / Nika Bochorishvili, Nikoloz Chikhradze, Edgar Mataradze, Irakli Akhvlediani, Mikheil Chikhradze, et al. -
Critical Current Properties in Longitudinal Magnetic Field of YBCO Superconductor with APC
Abstract The critical current density (J c) properties of the Artificial Pinning Center (APC) introduced YBa2Cu3O7 (YBCO) films in the longitudinal magnetic field were measured. Y2O3 or Y2BaCuO5 (Y211) was introduced as APCs to...
2016 / R. Kido, M. Kiuchi, E.S. Otabe, T. Matsushita, A.K. Jha, et al. -
Morphological Characteristics of Hardened Cement Pastes Incorporating Nano-palm Oil Fuel Ash
Abstract Recently, nano-sized additives and supplementary cementing materials (SCM) have shown to improve the mechanical and durability of mortars and concretes. This study investigates the incorporation of nano-POFA (nPOFA) into cement paste so as...
2015 / Mohd Azrul Abdul Rajak, Zaiton Abdul Majid, Mohammad Ismail -
Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Wind Turbine Blade at Various Angles of Attack and Different Reynolds Number
Abstract In present work an attempt is made to investigate the Lift and Drag forces for different Reynolds number and angle of attack for wind turbine blade. In present work NACA 0012 airfoil profile is considered for analysis of wind turbine...
2015 / Bhushan S. Patil, Hitesh R. Thakare -
Screen-printable Type S Thermocouple for Thick-film Technology
Abstract The aim of this work was to evaluate a novel screen-printable PtRh thick-film paste as a part of a Pt-PtRh thermocouple (type S) that can be fully manufactured in standard thick-film technology. The newly developed PtRh thick-film paste(90% ...
2015 / Jaroslaw Kita, Sven Wiegärtner, Ralf Moos, Peter Weigand, Adele Pliscott, et al. -
Semi-empirical Modeling of Surface Roughness in Wire Electro-discharge Machining of Ceramic Particulate Reinforced Al Matrix Composites
Abstract Most of efforts to model WEDM process have been made in the past. Earlier studies have been undertaken on monolithic materials such as steels. However, very few studies have been undertaken to model this process in machining of metal matrix ...
2016 / Nilesh G. Patil, P.K. Brahmankar -
Deformation Behavior of Ti-4Au-5Cr-8Zr Superelastic Alloy With or Without Containing Ti3Au Precipitates
Abstract Ti-Au-Cr-Zr alloys have been developed as novel Ni-free shape memory and superelastic alloys. In this study, the effect of heat treatment temperature on the precipitation behavior of Ti3Au and superelasticity of Ti-4Au-5Cr-8Zr (mol %) alloy ...
2015 / Y. Shinohara, M. Tahara, T. Inamura, S. Miyazaki, H. Hosoda