Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Optimisation of Size-controllable Centroidal Voronoi Tessellation for FEM Simulation of Micro Forming Processes
Abstract Voronoi tessellation has been employed to characterise material features in Finite Element Method (FEM) simulation, however, a poor mesh quality of the voronoi tessellations causes problems in explicit dynamic simulation of forming...
2014 / Liang Luo, Zhengyi Jiang, Haina Lu, Dongbin Wei, Kezhi Linghu, et al. -
Editorial to the Proceedings of the ISES* Solar World Congress 2013 (SWC 2013) “Renewables Working Together for All”2014 / David Renné, Alvaro Lentz
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Design Considerations for Safe Human-robot Collaborative Workplaces
Abstract This paper deals with the design of assembly stations, where human-robot collaborative tasks are carried out. Based on the assembly process specifications, different control, safety and operator support strategies have to be implemented in...
2015 / George Michalos, Sotiris Makris, Panagiota Tsarouchi, Toni Guasch, Dimitris Kontovrakis, et al. -
Mine Rescue Robot System – A Review
Abstract Underground mining is beset with numerous problems such as ground movement (fall of roof/sides), inundation, air blast, etc.; apart from gas explosions and dust explosions that are restricted to coal mines. Whatever may be the cause and...
2015 / A. Hemanth Reddy, Balla Kalyan, Ch. S.N. Murthy -
Famos 4 Wind a New Method for the Fatigue Monitoring of Wind Energy Plants
Abstract Modern state-of-the-art fatigue monitoring approaches gain in importance in the context of renewables such as wind power plants. Fatigue is of utmost importance in terms of potential damage mechanisms and in the perspective of scheduled...
2015 / Steffen Bergholz, Jürgen Rudolph, Adrian Willuweit -
Concerning Feasibility of Water Microleakage Diagnostics by Auto-oscillating Discharge
Abstract One of the perspective methods of water microleakages detection in thermonuclear devices is presented. Method is based on the secondary electron emission instability of Debye near-electrode layers in the contact of nonequilibrium plasma...
2015 / Ivan Sorokin, Igor Vizgalov, Konstantin Gutorov, Fedor Podolyako -
Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor for Selective Detection of Flumequine
Abstract A surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensor functionalized with a thin layer of polypyrrole (PPy) molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) was designed for the selective detection of flumequine (FLU), a fluoroquinolone antibiotic usually used in...
2015 / N. Ktari, N. Fourati, C. Zerrouki, M. Ruan, D. Nassoko, et al. -
3D Tolerance Analysis with Manufacturing Signature and Operating Conditions
Abstract The present work shows a method to integrate the manufacturing signature and the operating conditions into a model for 3D tolerance analysis of rigid parts. The paper presents an easy way to manage the actual surfaces due to a manufacturing ...
2016 / Andrea Corrado, Wilma Polini, Giovanni Moroni, Stefano Petrò -
Magnetic and Martensitic Transformations in the Bulk and Melt Spun Ribbons of Ni57-xNdxFe18Ga25 Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys
Abstract Influence of Nd substitution for Ni on the magnetic properties and the martensitic transformation (MT) characteristics are investigated on Ni57-xNdxFe18Ga25 (x=0÷4) ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (FSMAs) in bulk and also in ribbons...
2015 / F. Ţolea, A.D. Crişan, M. Sofronie, M. Ţolea, M. Văleanu -
Terahertz Rectifyier for Integrated Image Detector
Abstract We present a new CMOS compatible direct conversion terahertz detector operating at room temperature. The rectenna consists in a truncated conical helix extruded from a planar spiral and connected to a nanometric metallic whisker at one of...
2015 / Volha Varlamava, Giovanni De Amicis, Andrea Del Monte, Stefano Perticaroli, Rosario Rao, et al. -
Measurement of Linear Energy Transfer Spectra of High-LET Space Radiation Inside the International Space Station Modules (2013-2014)
Abstract The field of space radiation in low-Earth orbit is extremely complicated due to many reasons. It is formed mainly of galactic cosmic rays (GCR), solar particles and trapped particles in the south Atlantic anomaly region. In addition...
2015 / K.O. Inozemtsev, V.V. Kushin, E.F. Maklyaev, V.A. Shurshakov -
Fitts’ Modeling of Pointing Time in Eye-gaze Input System that Takes into Account the Effects of Target Shape and Display Location on Pointing Performance
Abstract This study aimed at investigating the effects of the target shape, the movement distance, the target size, and the direction of target presentation on the pointing performance using an eye-gaze input system. The target shape, the target...
2015 / Atsuo Murata, Ippei Konishi, Makoto Moriwaka, Daichi Fukunaga -
Is Thermal Resistance Correlated With Sound Insulation?
Abstract An implementation of the sustainable development idea in the building sector stimulates search for materials and structures providing better heat insulation. Because the acoustical expectations and requirements also rise, a need for...
2015 / Jacek Nurzyński -
Modeling, Dimension Reduction, and Nonlinear Vibrations of Thermomechanically Coupled Laminated Plates
Abstract A unified formulation of thermomechanical, geometrically nonlinear, laminated plates that integrates mechanical and thermal aspects is presented. It allows for constructing and comparing a variety of continuous models of different...
2016 / Eduardo Saetta, Giuseppe Rega -
Ginzburg-Landau Calculations of Star-shaped Mo80Ge20 Superconducting Small Plates
Abstract Our study focused on vortex states in small star-shaped Mo80Ge20 plates. Vortex states are greatly influenced by the sample geometry, temperature and magnetic field, and could be exotic. We already have conducted experimental studies on...
2016 / Hiroki Miyoshi, Masaru. Kato, Ho Thanh Huy, Vu The Dang, Hitoshi Matsumoto, et al. -
Rapid Response Sensor for Analyzing Special Nuclear Material
Abstract Rapid in-situ analytical techniques are attractive for characterizing Special Nuclear Material (SNM). Present techniques are time consuming, and require sample dissolution. Proof-of-principal studies are performed to demonstrate the utility ...
2015 / S.S. Mitra, O. Doron, A.X. Chen, A.J. Antolak -
Status of 275kV REBCO HTS Cable Development in the NEDO Project
Abstract A 275kV 3 kA high temperature superconducting cable (HTS cable), which could be used as a backbone power line in the future, was developed in the NEDO project called M-PACC. One of the most important developments of a high voltage HTS cable ...
2014 / Shinichi Mukoyama, Masashi Yagi, Takeshi Okuma, Osamu Maruyama, Yuu Shiohara, et al. -
Preliminary Comparison of Properties between Ni-electroplated Stainless Steel Parts Fabricated with Laser Additive Manufacturing and Conventional Machining
Abstract Laser additive manufacturing (LAM) is a fabrication technology, which enables production of complex parts from metallic materials with mechanical properties comparable to those of conventionally machined parts. These LAM parts are...
2015 / Mika Mäkinen, Eeva Jauhiainen, Ville-Pekka Matilainen, Jaakko Riihimäki, Jussi Ritvanen, et al. -
Morphological and microscopic characterization of five commonly-used testacean traditional Chinese medicines
Abstract Testacean traditional Chinese medicine (TTCM), derived from the outer shell of sea or freshwater mollusks, is a special and important category of Chinese medicinal materials. To ensure the effective use of TTCM, a comparative identification ...
2015 / Ying Xu, Wei Song, Ping Zhou, Ping Li, Huijun Li -
The detection of wind turbine shaft misalignment using temperature monitoring
Abstract Temperature is a parameter increasingly monitored in wind turbine systems. This paper details a potential temperature monitoring technique for use on shaft couplings. Such condition monitoring methods aid fault detection in other areas of...
2016 / Oliver Tonks, Qing Wang