Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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The Effect of Fire Location on Smoke Temperature in Tunnel Fires with Natural Ventilation
Abstract To investigate the effect of fire location on smoke temperature distributions in tunnel fires with natural ventilation, the 3-D numerical simulation model was developed using CFD code FDS. The previous works of 1/15 reduced-scale...
2015 / Zhongyuan Yuan, Bo Lei, Haiquan Bi -
Structural characteristics of ZnMnO grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition
Abstract ZnMnO thin films with different concentration of Mn were deposited onto Si substrates by Laser Ablation technique. The structural and optical characteristics of the films were analyzed as function of the grown conditions (oxygen pressure,...
2015 / H. Riascos, S. Orozco, J. Uzuriaga -
Levelized Cost of Energy: A First Evaluation for a Self Balancing Kinetic Turbine
Abstract Since 2009, the team DIMEG Unical and SintEnergy srl have been developing an innovative kinetic turbine able to produce energy form tidal currents. The machine is able to maintain the frontal position to the flow only thanks to its geometry ...
2015 / Giacomo Lo Zupone, Mario Amelio, Silvio Barbarelli, Gaetano Florio, Nino Michele Scornaienchi, et al. -
Pattern of Partial Rear Contacts for Silicon Solar Cells
Abstract Partial rear contacts solar cells, which are passivated and locally contacted on their rear side, are widely used for their higher performances, especially in open-circuit voltage. If the distance in between two contacts has been optimized, ...
2015 / Félix Gérenton, Fabien Mandorlo, Jean-Baptiste Brette, Mustapha Lemiti -
Maintenance of Road Bridges and Road Equipments Optimized by a Good Fatigue Design
Abstract Several examples illustrate in the article the importance of affecting a right consideration to the fatigue question: to organize the maintenance of a road heritage, as well of course for the good design of new elements that will facilitate ...
2015 / Jacques Berthellemy -
Dose dependence of irradiation hardening of neutron irradiated vanadium alloys by using temperature control rig in JMTR
Abstract TEM observation and tensile test were examined for vanadium alloys irradiated in a temperature control rig in JMTR at 290°C with damage level ranged from 0.003 to 0.06dpa. With the increase of the neutron dose, irradiation hardening could...
2016 / Ken-ichi Fukumoto, Takashi Onitsuka, Minoru Narui -
Norine: A powerful resource for novel nonribosomal peptide discovery
Abstract Since its first release in 2008, Norine remains the unique resource completely devoted to nonribosomal peptides (NRPs). They are very attractive microbial secondary metabolites, displaying a remarkable diversity of structure and functions....
2015 / M. Pupin, Q. Esmaeel, A. Flissi, Y. Dufresne, P. Jacques, et al. -
Optimizing Power Consumption for Sustainable Dry Turning of Treated Aluminum Alloy
Abstract Machining companies can implement sustainable manufacturing using steps to improving the performance of economic, environmental and social. One of the steps is to perform the efficiency of energy consumption (mainly electricity) in...
2015 / Rusdi Nur, D. Kurniawan, M.Y. Noordin, S. Izman -
Bio-inspired Sound Localization Sensor with High Directional Sensitivity
Abstract MEMS microphones inspired by Ormia ochracea are constrained by their reliance on the resonant behavior of the system, forcing designers to compromise the goal of high amplification of directional cues to operate across the audio range. Here ...
2015 / Andrew Reid, James F.C. Windmill, Deepak Uttamchandani -
Effect of Thermo-diffusion, Thermal Radiation, Radiation Absorption on Convective Flow of Past Stretching Sheet in a Rotating Fluid
Abstract We investigate the combined influence of thermal radiation, thermo-diffusion and radiation absorption on convective heat and mass transfer flow of a rotating viscous electrically conducting fluid past a stretching sheet. The equations...
2015 / B. Haritha, R. Bhuvana vijaya, D.R.V. Prasada Rao -
Buckling optimisation of sandwich cylindrical panels2016 / M. Abouhamzeh, M. Sadighi
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Experiment and Numerical Simulation of Ultrasonic Guided Wave Propagation in Bent Pipe
Abstract Elbows have been widely used in the process industry, whose structure integrity is extremely important for the safety production. This paper aims to inspect the axial crack-like defects in 90°elbows using T (0, 1) mode which has the...
2015 / M.X. Qi, P.G. Zhang, J. Ni, S.P. Zhou -
Structural properties of GaN layers grown on Al2O3 (0001) and GaN/Al2O3 template by reactive radio-frequency magnetron sputter epitaxy
Abstract GaN single-crystalline layers were grown by reactive radio-frequency magnetron sputter epitaxy using N2/Ar ambient gas and Ga target. The GaN layers were grown directly on Al2O3 (0001) substrates and GaN/Al2O3 templates. The crystalline...
2015 / Hiroyuki Shinoda, Nobuki Mutsukura -
High speed cutting of AZ31 magnesium alloy
Abstract Using LBR-370 numerical control lathe, high speed cutting was applied to AZ31 magnesium alloy. The influence of cutting parameters on microstructure, surface roughness and machining hardening were investigated by using the methods of single ...
2016 / Liwei Lu, Shaohua Hu, Longfei Liu, Zhenru Yin -
Dry Storage Casks Monitoring by Means of Ultrasonic Tomography
Abstract Spent nuclear fuel (SNF) is one of the most hazardous types of nuclear power plant waste. This fact emphasizes the importance of careful handling and storage of SNF. There are two current state-of-the art technologies of SNF storage...
2015 / Y. Salchak, A. Bulavinov, R. Pinchuk, A. Lider, I. Bolotina, et al. -
Neutron Imaging Facility Development and Research Trend at NIST
Abstract The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)maintains a sustained focus in the development of advanced neutron imaging facilities and hardware components to enable breakthrough research with vastly improved spatial and temporal ...
2015 / M. Arif, D.S. Hussey, E.M. Baltic, D.L. Jacobson -
Material Model based on Non-associated Flow Rule with Higher-order Yield Function for Anisotropic Metals
Abstract A new expression for the plastic constitutive model for materials with initial anisotropy is proposed. A plastic strain rate tensor should be permitted to follow, to a certain extent, the rotation of the stress rate tensor, which rotates...
2014 / Tetsuo Oya, Jun Yanagimoto, Koichi Ito, Gen Uemura, Naomichi Mori -
On the Dependence of H2 Gas Sensitivity of ZnO thin Films on Film Thickness
Abstract There is a real need for a device which is capable of detecting low levels of H2 ranging from 0.1ppm to 100ppm for applications involving leak detection in hydrogen fuel storage systems. Due to its versatile properties, ZnO thin films are...
2015 / F. Teimoori, K. Khojier, N.Z. Dehnavi -
Thermal and Morphological Properties of Poly (Lactic Acid)/Nanocellulose Nanocomposites
Abstract In this study, cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) were synthesized by acid hydrolysis of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) powder. The morphology of MCC and CNC was examined using energy filtered transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM). Further,...
2016 / R.Z. Khoo, H. Ismail, W.S. Chow -
Energy-Harvesting Mechanisms for UAV Flight by Dynamic Soaring2015 / V. Bonnin, E. Benard, J.-M. Moschetta, C. A. Toomer