Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Effect of Mass Transfer on Performance of Substrate Degradation within Annular Fiber-illuminating Biofilm Reactor for Continuous Hydrogen Production
Abstract To promote hydrogen production of immobilized photosynthetic bacteria, an annular fiber-illuminating bioreactor (AFIBR) for biofilm formation on the surface of side-glowing optical fiber was developed. Mathematical model on coupled mass...
2015 / Chuan Zhang, Rong Chen, Yi Wang, Yanjin Wang, Quanguo Zhang -
Helium Contamination Through Polymeric Walls
Abstract The concentration of impurities in helium gas is an important parameter for a recovery andliquefaction plant. A low level of impurities is necessary to maintain an optimum liquefaction rate inany kind of liquefier. The main origin of the...
2015 / M. Gabal, M.P. Lozano, A. Oca, M.P. Pina, J. Sesé, et al. -
Influence of Pulse duration on Processing Characteristics of Transparent Conductive Film Containing Silver Nanowires by ns Pulsed Fiber Laser
Abstract Processing characteristics of transparent conductive film containing silver nanowires by ns pulsed fiber lasers with various pulse duration were experimentally investigated in the view-points of insulating state and surface quality. The...
2016 / Masafumi Oshita, Norio Nishi, Yasuhiro Okamoto, Akira Okada, Togo Shinonaga, et al. -
Influence of rolling parameters on dynamically recrystallized microstructures in AZ31 magnesium alloy sheets
Abstract Conventional rolling experiments via the embedded pin in rolling sheet method were carried out at different reduction rates, starting rolling temperatures, and rolling speeds, and the effects of rolling parameters (i.e., temperature,...
2015 / Lili Guo, Fumio Fujita -
The Impact of N2 Anneal on Laser Processed Silicon
Abstract In this paper, the impact of the N2 anneal on laser processed silicon was investigated using photoluminescence (PL) imaging through comparing the PL signal of laser processed samples before and after N2 anneal. The samples capped with...
2015 / Lujia Xu, Klaus Weber, Xinbo Yang, Andreas Fell, Evan Franklin -
Assessment of Harmful Health Effects of AC Rectifier Converters Harmonic Components
Abstract The article examines the main sources of EMF harmful effects affecting the electrical personnel. Harmonic composition of the rectified voltage at traction substations is analyzed. The article presents rectified voltage timing diagrams....
2015 / K.B. Kuznetsov, A.R. Zakirova -
Extraction of Iron from Vanadium Slag Using Pressure Acid Leaching
Abstract The extraction of iron from vanadium slag was attempted using pressure acid leaching. The effects of the several parameters which included reaction time, H+/slag ratio, leaching temperature, and concentration of additive (Na2S) upon...
2016 / Xin Li, Honghao Yu, Xiangxin Xue -
Precipitation Reactions in a Copper – Bearing GOES
Abstract The paper deals with minor phase evolution in a Cu – bearing grain oriented electrical steel during the following production steps of the AlN + Cu industrial processing route: hot rolling of slabs, the 1st cold rolling + decarburization...
2016 / Vlastimil Vodárek, Anastasia Volodarskaja, Šárka Miklušová, Jan Holešinský, Ondřej Žáček -
Defect Detection in Friction Stir Welding Process Using Signal Information and Fractal Theory
Abstract Detection of defects in welding is always a challenging task. In friction stir welding process, most of the defects are subsurface which needs special techniques for its detection. In the present research work, an attempt has been made to...
2016 / B. Das, S. Pal, S. Bag -
Propagation of Love Waves in Composite Layered Structures Loaded with Viscous Liquid
Abstract This article describes the theory of Love wave propagation in a layered elastic structure loaded on its surface by a viscous (Newtonian) liquid. The layered elastic structure consists of a composite layer lying over an inhomogeneous half...
2016 / Abhijit Pramanik, Shishir Gupta -
Investigation of Patch Phase Array Antenna Orientation at 28GHz for 5G Applications
Abstract In this paper, three different configurations of patch array antennas are designed to investigate their radiation patterns with different orientation and excitation phase at 28GHz for 5G application. All antennas are fed by inset feed line. ...
2016 / Low Ching Yu, Muhammad Ramlee Kamarudin -
Novel Platform for Resonant Sensing in Liquid with Fully-Electrical Interface Based on an In-Plane-Mode Piezoelectric-on-Silicon Resonator
Abstract In this paper, we experimentally demonstrate full electrical characterization (i.e. both electrical input and output) of a MEMS resonator that is fully immersed in water towards realizing a novel resonant sensing platform capable of...
2015 / Abid Ali, Joshua E.-Y. Lee -
Experimental Measurement of Rifle Dynamics During the Range Shooting of Biathlon Weapons
Abstract Some of the shooting training that biathletes implements takes place indoors, even in hotel rooms or at home, through so-called “dry firing” training. It involves imitating shooting at a target with real rifle but without ammunition, when...
2015 / Andrey Koptyug, Mats Ainegren -
Impact of Temperature and Microstructure on the Emission Characteristics of VOC in Porous Building Materials
Abstract The partition coefficient (K) and diffusion coefficient (D) have a significant influence on the emission characteristics of volatile organic compounds (VOC) of porous building materials. Existing research of determining K and D are mostly...
2015 / Xiaojun Zhou, Yanfeng Liu, Cong Song, Jiaping Liu -
Inverse Characterization of Material Constitutive Parameters for Dynamic Applications
Abstract Accurate modelling of mechanical dynamic behavior is a prerequisite for an effective analysis of both manufacturing processes and dynamic load during service life of the components. Consequently, precise and reliable rate dependent...
2015 / Inês Oliveira, Pedro Teixeira, Fernando Ferreira, Ana Reis -
Stochastic Damped Free Vibration Analysis of Composite Sandwich Plates
Abstract In this paper, stochastic damped free vibration analysis of composite sandwich plates has been carried out using a nine node Heterosis plate bending element based on a first order shear deformation theory with a-priori shear correction...
2016 / A.K. Nayak, A.K. Satapathy -
Electrocatalytic Gas Sensor with Reference Layer
Abstract This paper presents studies of gas sensors prepared in ceramic technology with Nasicon as a solid electrolyte. Sensors work in the voltammetric mode thus based on the excitation of a sensor with a periodic potential signal while current...
2015 / Anna Strzelczyk, Piotr Lorenc, Grzegorz Jasinski -
Episomal plasmid-based generation of induced pluripotent stem cells from fetal femur-derived human mesenchymal stromal cells
Abstract Human bone mesenchymal stromal cells derived from fetal femur 55days post-conception were reprogrammed to induced pluripotent stem cells using episomal plasmid-based expression of OCT4, SOX2, NANOG, LIN28, SV40LT, KLF4 and c-MYC and...
2015 / Matthias Megges, Richard O.C. Oreffo, James Adjaye -
Analytical Off-design Characteristics of Gas Turbine-Based CCHP System
Abstract Grounded on the typical analytical off-design performances of some basic CCHP (combined cooling, heating and power) components, off-design characteristics of a gas turbine-based CCHP system were analyzed and summarized. The results and...
2015 / Cheng Yang, Zhifeng Huang, Zeliang Yang, Xiaoqian Ma -
Thermomechanically Rolled Medium-Mn Steels Containing Retained Austenite/ Walcowane Termomechanicznie Stale Średniomanganowe Zawierające Austenit Szczątkowy2015 / A. Grajcar, P. Skrzypczyk, D. Wozniak