Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Environmental Analysis of Different End of Life Scenarios of Tires Textile Fibers
Abstract End-of-Life Tires (ELT) are one of the main source of waste in End of Life Vehicles (ELVs). Textile fibers represent about 10% in weight of the ELT and every year, in Europe, about 320,000 tons of dirty fibrous material must be disposed as...
2016 / Daniele Landi, Samuele Vitali, Michele Germani -
Structural, bonding, anisotropic mechanical and thermal properties of Al4SiC4 and Al4Si2C5 by first-principles investigations
Abstract The structural, bonding, electronic, mechanical and thermal properties of ternary aluminum silicon carbides Al4SiC4 and Al4Si2C5 are investigated by first-principles calculations combined with the Debye quasi-harmonic approximation. All the ...
2016 / Liang Sun, Yimin Gao, Yefei Li, Katsumi Yoshida, Toyohiko Yano, et al. -
The synthesis and application of zeolitic material from fly ash by one-pot method at low temperature
Abstract A new route to prepare zeolitic material was introduced in this work. Compared with traditional methods, the new route showed lower energy consume. The effect of pre-treatment conditions on structure and crystalline phase was investigated,...
2016 / Jialin Yu, Yang Yang, Wenting Chen, Dong Xu, Hua Guo, et al. -
Brittle rupture of austenitic stainless steels due to creep cavitation
Abstract Basic creep cavitation models have been used to predict brittle rupture of austenitic stainless steels. It involves the grain boundary sliding models, which is the basis of the creep cavitation models, the recently developed cavity...
2016 / Junjing He, Rolf Sandström -
Hot Forging of IN718 with Solution-Treated and Delta-Containing Initial Microstructures2016 / H. M. Lalvani, J. W. Brooks
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Analysis and Design Rectangular Patch with Half Rectangular Fractal Techniques
Abstract In this paper, rectangular patch with half rectangular fractal geometry is designed. The proposed antenna is fabricated on RT/duroid 5880 with relative permittivity 2.2 and having dimensions 40mm x 30mm x 1.56mm. HFSS software is used for...
2016 / Sumanpreet Kaur Sidhu, Jagtar Singh Sivia -
Effect of Antimicrobial Agents on Modification of Coir
Abstract Coir yarns were coated with three natural anti-microbial agents - Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL), neem oil and tulsi oil for improving its hydrophobicity, tensile strength and biological resistance. Microbial degradation study was performed ...
2016 / S. Sumi, N. Unnikrishnan, Lea Mathew -
Flying path optimization in UAV-assisted IoT sensor networks
Abstract In this paper, we present an optimal flying path for unmanned aerial vehicle-assisted internet of things sensor networks using a location aware multi-layer information map considering different utility functions based on the sensor density, ...
2016 / Sang-Jo Yoo, Jae-hyun Park, Su-hee Kim, Anish Shrestha -
Effect of pulsed electric current on the growth behavior of fatigue crack in Al alloy
Abstract The growth of fatigue crack in aluminum alloy, 6061-T6, under the application of pulsed electric current was studied. To examine the effect of pulsed electric current, different electric current densities were used at different fatigue...
2016 / Jaewoong Jung, Yang Ju, Yasuyuki Morita, Yuki Toku -
Compensation for process-dependent effects in the determination of localized necking limits
Abstract This work describes a new procedure to remove the differences in measured forming limits obtained from Marciniak and Nakazima tests, which are the two most frequently used testing methods to obtain necking limits for forming limit diagrams...
2016 / Junying Min, Thomas B. Stoughton, John E. Carsley, Jianping Lin -
Model System Studies of Wear Mechanisms of Hard Metal Tools when Cutting CFRP
Abstract Within the publicly-funded ZAFH research project SPANTEC light, the Competence Center for Tribology in Mannheim, Germany, examines the wear mechanisms of hard metal tools when cutting carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic in drilling and milling...
2016 / Henrik Buse, Paul Feinle -
Improving the Functional Safety of Automotive Batteries Using in-situ Impedance Spectroscopy
Abstract Safe operation of Li-ion traction batteries in electric cars is one of the main requirements for a broad acceptance of this technology. Safety critical factors such as over-temperature conditions must be reliably monitored and captured....
2016 / S. Socher, C. Jehle, U. Potthoff -
Size effect of graphene nanoparticle modified epoxy matrix
Abstract The size effect of unmodified and graphene nanoparticle modified matrix fibres is experimentally investigated. Neat matrix fibres show a clear size effect of increasing tensile strength with decreasing volume due to a statistical defect...
2016 / Christian Leopold, Wilfried V. Liebig, Hans Wittich, Bodo Fiedler -
Interoperability as a Key Enabler for Manufacturing in the Cloud
Abstract The emerging cloud paradigm has a prominent effect on manufacturing. The move from hardware bound systems to requirements based service provision is enabling the transition to cloud manufacturing. A networked manufacturing service provision ...
2016 / M. Mourad, A. Nassehi, D. Schaefer -
Determining Material Response for Polyvinyl Butyral (PVB) in Blast Loading Situations2016 / P. Del Linz, Y. Wang, P. A. Hooper, H. Arora, D. Smith, et al.
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Stress corrosion cracking of gas pipeline steels of different strength
Abstract With the development of the natural gas industry, gas transmission pipelines have been developed rapidly in terms of safety, economy and efficiency. Our recent studies have shown that an important factor of main pipelines serviceability...
2016 / O.I. Zvirko, S.F. Savula, V.M. Tsependa, G. Gabetta, H.M. Nykyforchyn -
Effect of Partial Replacement of Zn with Cd on Optical Properties of Zinc Thiourea Chloride (ZTC) Crystal
Abstract Good quality crystals of pure and Cd doped zinc thiourea chloride (ZTC) were grown by low temperature solution growth method for second harmonic generation (SHG) applications. The effect of Zn replacement with Cd in ZTC crystals on optical...
2016 / Gajanan G. Muley, Prakash S. Ambhore, Anil B. Naik, Anil B. Gambhire -
Innovative Approach in the Use of Geotextiles for Failures Prevention in Railway Embankments
Abstract Maintenance and renewal costs of a typical railway, track and substructure represents 50–60% of the total costs of such infrastructure over its entire service life. Innovations in track and substructure are therefore fundamental to achieve...
2016 / Clemente Fuggini, Donato Zangani, Aleksander Wosniok, Katerina Krebber, Petra Franitza, et al. -
Dual Modulus RSA Based on Jordan-totient Function
Abstract A public key cryptosystem consists of a public key, which is used for encryption, and a private key, used for decryption. Therefore, anybody can encrypt plain-text since the encryption key is available to everyone, but only the holders of...
2016 / Balram Swami, Ravindar Singh, Sanjay Choudhary -
FEM Based Modeling of Cylindrical Grinding Process Incorporating Wheel Topography Measurement
Abstract In this research, the interaction of cBN cutting grains with a 100Cr6 bearing steel workpiece is simulated using Finite Element Method (FEM). Grinding conditions are associated with high temperatures and strain-rates. Therefore, a...
2016 / Ali Zahedi, Bahman Azarhoushang