Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Distribution of Active Site Types on Au Nanoparticles with Different Structures: Study of Thermal Dependence
Abstract For gold nanoparticles dependencies of low-coordinated atoms count and areas of different faces from nanoparticle size, shape and structure and temperature have been studied. The following recommendations for catalyst developers are...
2016 / A.I. Svalova, P.V. Stishenko -
Long-term corrosion behavior of ODS-Eurofer in flowing Pb-15.7Li at 550°C
Abstract Low activation ferritic-martensitic steels (RAFM-steels) are foreseen as structural materials in different blanket designs (HCLL, DCLL, WCLL) with Pb-15.7Li as breeding and partly also as cooling medium. In HCLL and WCLL designs the...
2016 / W. Krauss, S.-E. Wulf, J. Konys -
Atomic-scale disproportionation in amorphous silicon monoxide2016 / Akihiko Hirata, Shinji Kohara, Toshihiro Asada, Masazumi Arao, Chihiro Yogi, et al.
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Numerical Investigation for the Design of a Hot Forging Die with Integrated Cooling Channels
Abstract Ongoing research at the Institute of Forming Technology and Machines (IFUM) within the scope of sub-project E3 of the Collaborative Research Centre 653 deals with the generation of controlled cavities inside a sintered hot forging die. The...
2016 / B.-A. Behrens, A. Bouguecha, M. Vucetic, M. Bonhage, I.Y. Malik -
Prediction of water formation temperature in natural gas dehydrators using radial basis function (RBF) neural networks
Abstract Raw natural gases usually contain water. It is very important to remove the water from these gases through dehydration processes due to economic reasons and safety considerations. One of the most important methods for water removal from...
2016 / Tatar Afshin, Barati-Harooni Ali, Moslehi Hossein, Naseri Saeid, Bahadori Meysam, et al. -
Numerical Analysis of Spatial Structural Node Bearing Capacity in the View of the Geometrical and Physical Nonlinearity
Abstract The authors set the task to calculate and design the connection node of spatial rod constructions; the calculations were carried out in view of the geometrical and physical nonlinearity. To that effect, the solid-state node model was...
2016 / N.A. Buzalo, S.A. Alekseev, N.G. Tsaritova -
Synthesis of Highly Directive Endfire Arrays Using Modified Chebyshev Polynomials
Abstract In this paper an additional parameter in the Chebyshev polynomial is introduced so as to design an endfire array by controlling two factors of the radiation characteristics- namely the Half Power Beam Width(HPBW) and the side lobe...
2016 / Pavan R. Shigehalli, Saumya Adhikari -
Atomic Layer Deposited Molybdenum Oxide for the Hole-selective Contact of Silicon Solar Cells
Abstract Passivating and carrier selective contacts formed by metal oxide induced junctions are promising candidates to improve the efficiency of silicon solar cell. Important aspects for the optimization of such induced junctions are addressed by...
2016 / Martin Bivour, Bart Macco, Jan Temmler, W.M.M. (Erwin) Kessels, Martin Hermle -
Temperature and Loading-Rate Dependence on a Local Criterion for Cleavage Fracture in the Transition Region of the Tempered Martensitic Steel Eurofer97.
Abstract Finite element calculations of stationary cracks were performed in the ductile to brittle transition region of the reduced activation tempered martensitic steel Eurofer97, for which a large fracture toughness database was already available. ...
2016 / S. Knitel, P. Spätig, H.P. Seifert -
Performance Analysis of Parabolic trough Concentrating Photovoltaic Thermal System
Abstract The electricity and heat produced simultaneously in a photovoltaic thermal (PVT) system from solar energy is about 60-70% efficient. The traditional photovoltaic (PV) system conversion of electricity from solar energy is only about 6-15%...
2016 / A. Muthu Manokar, D. Prince Winston, M. Vimala -
Elspe Grand Stand Canopy: Mehler Replaces Mehler after 37 Years
Abstract Since 1st July 1978 the 4400 spectators of the famous Karl May festival have been sitting under a fabric roof. After the Olympic structure in Munich the membrane roof in Elspe was one of the biggest, winter proof covers in Europe. ...
2016 / Katja Bernert -
Effect of Floodplain Roughness on Velocity Distribution in Mountain Rivers
Abstract This paper aims to investigate the velocity characteristics of compound rivers in mountain areas, featured with substantially different roughness between the main channel and floodplain. A series of flume experiments have been conducted to...
2016 / Yun Xing, Shengfa Yang, Huajun Zhou, Qiuhua Liang -
A Device for Measuring the Heat Flux on the Cylinder Outer Surface in a Cross-flow
Abstract The paper presents heat transfer measurements results concerning a cylindrical element. The cylindrical rod that is the object of interest that is surrounded by a mixing region of hot and cold flows and, as a consequence, is subjected to...
2016 / Artur Cebula -
Clenbuterol Immunosensors Based Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene)/ Multiwall Carbon Nanotube (PEDOT/MWCNT) Hybrid Composite
Abstract Electrochemical immunosensors based PEDOT/MWCNT hybrid composite for detection of clenbuterol antibiotic has been developed. It shows promising properties as biosensors platform with combination of high conductive properties of...
2016 / Nurul Ain A. Talib, Siti Nur Jannah Syed Zainol Abidin, Faridah Salam, Yusran Sulaiman -
Seismic responses of high concrete face rockfill dams: A case study
Abstract Seismic responses of the Zipingpu concrete face rockfill dam were analyzed using the finite element method. The dynamic behavior of rockfill materials was modeled with a viscoelastic model and an empirical permanent strain model. The...
2016 / Sheng-shui Chen, Zhong-zhi Fu, Kuang-ming Wei, Hua-qiang Han -
Finite element prediction of stress-strain fields on sandwich composites
Abstract The main objective of this study was the assessment of the stress-strain fields of the sandwich core during bending tests. Finite element models (FEM) using Siemens NX10 and digital image correlation (DIC) were used to predict the behavior...
2016 / R. Martins, L. Reis, R. Marat-Mendes -
Theoretical Researches of Rammer's Operating Element Dynamics in a Soil Foundation of Oil and Oil Products Storage Tank
Abstract The development of technologies for a directional soil compaction is a new prospective task which solving will enable to obtain the required carrying capacity of soil foundations with a rational use of construction materials and to provide...
2016 / A.V. Gruzin, V.V. Gruzin, V.V. Shalay -
Numerical investigation of dynamic strain ageing and slant ductile fracture in a notched specimen and comparison with synchrotron tomography 3D-DVC
Abstract In ductile tearing experiments, a flat crack is often observed to develop normal to the loading direction that subsequently turns into a slant crack. The underlying physical mechanisms are poorly understood. The numerical strategy for...
2016 / S.-C. Ren, G. Rousselier, T.F. Morgeneyer, M. Mazière, S. Forest -
Comparative Study of a New IR-absorbing Film to Improve Solar Shading and Thermal Comfort for ETFE Structures
Abstract Standard ETFE foils have a very high solar transmission. This can result in serious problems with overheating and also cause a high degree of thermal discomfort. A new material by Nowofol (Nowoflon ET 6235 Z-IR) uses a new approach:...
2016 / Jan Cremers, Hannes Marx -
Simulation of Spalling with a Non-planar Bi-layered Interface Due to the Reuse of the Substrate
Abstract Kerfless wafering techniques have the potential to reduce the cost of crystalline silicon (Si) in photovoltaics by saving material and production costs. Thermomechanical spallation from thick wafers with aluminium (Al) in the double...
2016 / Irene Berardone, Jan Hensen, Verena Steckenreiter, Sarah Kajari-Schröder, Marco Paggi