Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Performance Analysis of AlxGa1-xAs/epi-Si(Ge) Tandem Solar Cells: A Simulation Study
Abstract A new strategy for the development of III-V/Si tandem solar cells has recently been proposed consisting in low temperature PECVD epitaxy of silicon or silicon-germanium on gallium-arsenide. This paper thus gives first insights about...
2015 / R. Lachaume, R. Cariou, J. Decobert, M. Foldyna, G. Hamon, et al. -
Study on Mechanisms of CO2 BLEVE Based on the Cusp-catastrophe Model
Abstract Carbon capture and storage systems (CCS) need to handle large volumes of high-pressure CO2, and when a vessel containing pressurized CO2 receives heat load or fails, it is likely to occur boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE)....
2015 / Qian Huang, Zhenyi Liu, Yi Zhou, Deping Zhang, Feng Wang -
A new volume conservation enforcement method for PLIC reconstruction in general convex grids
Abstract A comprehensive study is made of methods for resolving the volume conservation enforcement problem in the PLIC reconstruction of an interface in general 3D convex grids. Different procedures to bracket the solution when solving the problem...
2016 / J. López, J. Hernández, P. Gómez, F. Faura -
High-impact Weathers in a Changing Climate over Arid Eurasia and Proactive Disaster Management
Abstract Drylands in the middle-high latitudes (such as seen in Eurasia) have a severe environment coupled with an arid and cold climate; the livelihood of people inhabiting drylands has long been repeatedly jeopardized by meteorological disasters...
2015 / Masao Shinoda -
A hybrid original approach for prediction of the aerodynamic coefficients of an ATR-42 scaled wing model
Abstract A new approach for the prediction of lift, drag, and moment coefficients is presented. This approach is based on the support vector machines (SVMs) methodology and an optimization meta-heuristic algorithm called extended great deluge (EGD). ...
2016 / Abdallah Ben Mosbah, Ruxandra Mihaela Botez, Thien My Dao -
Electrochemical Machining of High-temperature Titanium Alloy Ti60
Abstract The high-temperature titanium alloy Ti60 (Ti–5.6Al–4.8Sn–2Zr–1Mo–0.35Si–0.7Nd) is often used for manufacturing critical components of aero-engines. The use of this alloy has made it possible to increase the service temperature to up to...
2016 / Zhengyang Xu, Xuezhen Chen, Zesheng Zhou, Peng Qin, Di Zhu -
Optimal Regulation Criteria for Building Heating System by Using Lumped Dynamic Models
Abstract Energy efficiency of buildings has gained an important role with respect to possible energy saving policy measures, mainly for space heating demand which represents the dominant energy end-use. The present contribution addresses the problem ...
2015 / Claudia Fabbri, Mattia De Rosa, Tagliafico Luca A., Cavalletti Paolo -
Influence of steel shot size on the permeability of mould
Summary Casting is one of the commonly used techniques in industries for the manufacturing of metal products. Although sand is used as a mould material for casting, its permeability and thermal conductivity are very low and hence affects the...
2016 / B. Anand Ronald, C. Arun Prakash, M. Suba Karthik, K.V.J. Arun -
Corrosion and microstructural analysis data for AISI 316L and AISI 347H stainless steels after exposure to a supercritical water environment
Abstract This article presents corrosion data and microstructural analysis data of austenitic stainless steels AISI 316L and AISI 347H exposed to supercritical water (25MPa, 550°C) with 2000ppb of dissolved oxygen. The corrosion tests lasted a total ...
2016 / A. Ruiz, T. Timke, A. van de Sande, T. Heftrich, R. Novotny, et al. -
Quantification of Urea-spray Non-uniformity Effects on the H2-assistedNO Reduction and NH3 Slip over an Ag/Al2O3 Catalyst
Abstract Selective catalytic reductionof nitrogen oxides (NOx) with ammonia (NH3-SCR) is an efficient technology for lean NOx removal in automotive applications. In the current work, a kinetic model forhydrogen-assisted NH3-SCR over a silver-alumina ...
2015 / Linda Ström, Henrik Ström, Andreas Darnell, Per-Anders Carlsson, Magnus Skoglundh, et al. -
Toward an International Program for Offshore Storage of CO2: International Initiative for CCS sub-sea (iCCSc).
Abstract Offshore geologic settings worldwide add to widely distributed high–volume storage resource needed to reduce CO2 emissions at scales and for durations needed for global atmospheric benefit. Definition, access, and demonstration of offshore...
2014 / T.A. Meckel, S.D. Hovorka, R. Trevino, R. Smyth, K. Romanak -
Design of Digital Robust Controller for a Class-D Amplifier Using A2DOF
Abstract In recent years, it is desired that the bandwidth of a class-D amplifier is widened using sampling frequencies as low as possible. For example, it is expected in the application of the power supply of a low frequency immunity test, or an...
2016 / Kikon Kaku, Kohji Higuchi, Kamon Jirasereeamornkul -
Preface: A Forum at the Dawn of the Era of Biologically Inspired Intelligent Machines
Abstract The emergence of biologically inspired cognitive architectures (BICA) challenges researchers across many disciplines with a new frontier: computational replication of the human mind, taken in all its essential aspects, as a functional unit...
2014 / Alexei V. Samsonovich, Paul Robertson -
Theoretical analysis of the surface temperature regulation of an infrared false target subjected to periodical ambient conditions
Abstract Infrared false target is an important mean to induce the infrared-guided weapons, and the key issue is how to keep the surface temperature of the infrared false target to be the same as that of the object to be protected. One-dimensional...
2016 / Shi-min Li, Hong Ye, Qi-zhao Lin -
Improved Performance of an Indigenous Stirling Type Pulse Tube Cooler and Pressure Wave Generator
Abstract Sustained efforts have been made in our laboratory to improve the performance of an indigenously developed pressure wave gen- erator by reducing the mechanical losses and the required input power. An acoustically matching pulse tube cooler, ...
2015 / J. Kranthi Kumar, S. Jacob, R. Karunanithi, G.S.V.L. Narasimham, C. Damu, et al. -
High Performance Shape Memory Effect (HP-SME) for New Shape Memory Devices: A Diamond-like Actuator
Abstract Recently, a novel approach was proposed for using shape memory alloys (SMAs) as actuators at higher stress level and temperatures than those conventionally used. This approach is based on a phenomenon named high-performance shape memory...
2015 / A. Tuissi, C.A. Biffi, S. Ruella, R. Casati -
A New Boundary Treatment Method for Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
Abstract Smoothed particle hydrodynamics method (SPH) has a good adaptability for the simulation of free surface flow problems. However, there are some shortcomings of SPH which are still in open discussion. This paper puts forward a new image...
2015 / Shan-Qin Jin, Xing Zheng, Wen-Yang Duan, Kang-Ning Niu -
Evaluation of shape memory effect and damping characteristics of Cu–Al–Be–Mn shape memory alloys
Summary Among different shape memory alloys, copper (Cu) based alloys were the most favourable alloys, because of their attaining price and good characteristic properties. In this present work different weight compositions of Cu–Al–Be–Mn shape...
2016 / A.G. Shivasiddaramaiah, U.S. Mallik, L. Shivaramu, S. Prashantha -
Preparation and Characterization of DyBa2Cu3Oy Thick Films with Dy2BaO4 Precursor
Abstract DyBa2Cu3Oy (Dy-123) thick films were fabricated from Dy2BaO4, BaCuO2, and CuO powders. We have added 0, 1, 2, and 4 wt% of Ag2O. Mixture of alpha-terpineol and 2-ethyl acetate was used as a solvent, to which 100nm-sized stoichiometric...
2015 / S. Kawata, M. Muralidhar, K. Inoue, M. Murakami -
Enhanced thermoelectric performance of PbTe bulk materials with figure of merit zT >2 by multi-functional alloying
Abstract Forming solid solutions in PbTe based materials can simultaneously reduce lattice thermal conductivity and engineer the band structure to enhance the electrical properties. In this paper, quaternary alloys of Pb1−x Mg ...
2016 / Tiezheng Fu, Xianqiang Yue, Haijun Wu, Chenguang Fu, Tiejun Zhu, et al.