Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Autonomous Modular Process Monitoring
Abstract Process monitoring is essential to detect process disturbances systematically in cutting machining processes. Hence, it can contribute significantly to process safety and thus to automatized production. Many different monitoring strategies...
2016 / Berend Denkena, Dominik Dahlmann, Thomas Neff -
Development of Smart Squeeze Film Dampers for Small Rotors
Abstract Squeeze film dampers (SFD) are lubrication elements which provide viscous damping in rotating systems. Squeeze film dampers in rotating machinery provide structural isolation, reduce the amplitudes of rotor response to unbalance and also...
2016 / H.N. Ajay Kumar, D.J. Shilpashree, M.S. Adarsh, D. Amith, Sadanand Kulkarni -
Buckling Behavior of Stiffened Plate Under Biaxial Compression and Shear
Abstract The structural elements in steel and composite bridges are sensitive to stability problems due to their large dimensions. Mainly, resulting elements are thin plates falling under the design requirements provided by EN1993-1-5. Due to the...
2016 / Joseph Ndogmo, Martin Mensinger, Ioan Both -
Influence of Size Effect and Stress Gradient on the High-cycle Fatigue Strength of a 1.4542 Steel
Abstract Nowadays technical applications require very small components which leads to the question of how to handle fatigue strength data gained from tests carried out on specimen which are even larger than the component itself. Previous...
2016 / Igor Milošević, Gerhard Winter, Florian Grün, Martin Kober -
Rotary-axial Positioning System with Giant Magnetostrictive Element
Abstract In this study, in order to fabricate micro structures on free-form surface with a Fast Tool Servo for milling process, a rotary-axial positioning system for a machine tool spindle was newly proposed. This positioning system developed is...
2016 / Yuuki Tamura, Hayato Yoshioka, Hidenori Shinno -
Experimental Determination of Residual Stresses in the Hard-faced Layers after Hard-facing and Tempering of Hot Work Steels
Abstract The procedure for experimental determination of the longitudinal and lateral residual stresses in the multi-layer hard-faced plates, made of the hot work tool steel used for forging dies manufacturing, is presented in this paper. The...
2016 / Vukić Lazić, Dušan Arsić, Ružica R. Nikolić, Branislav Hadzima -
Stress Reduction in Sputtered Thin NiFe 81/19 Layers for Magnetic Field Sensors
Abstract Flexible magnetic field sensors using the anisotropic magnetoresistive effect that have been developed within the Collaborative Research Center 653 are to be transferred into industrial applications. Occurring challenges result from...
2016 / L. Jogschies, J. Rittinger, D. Klaas, M.C. Wurz -
Material Solutions for Passive Fire Protection of Buildings and Structures and Their Performances Testing
Abstract In buildings and in civil engineering structures, both active and passive fire protection are used. Active fire protection includes automatic fire detection and fire suppression systems while the passive fire protection's main purpose is to ...
2016 / Katarzyna Mróz, Izabela Hager, Kinga Korniejenko -
Theoretical Prerequisites for Lowering Piston Temperature in Internal Combustion Engines
Abstract One of the ways to improve the reliability and service life of the cylinder-piston group of an internal combustion engine is to use heat insulation and improve the rejection of heat from combustion chamber parts. The most efficient existing ...
2016 / A.Sh. Khusainov, A.A. Glushchenko -
Through-thickness fatigue behavior of non-crimp fabrics featuring manufacturing defects
Abstract The use of cost efficient CFRP materials is growing especially in the automotive applications. Here, a challenge is delamination occurring during service. Out-of-plane loading should be avoided in composite structures, since it is the...
2016 / Susanne Hörrmann, Adi Adumitroaie, Martin Schagerl -
Poly(vinyl alcohol)/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Composite Nanofiber
Abstract Composite nanofibers from poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) were prepared by electrospinning technique. The contents of MWCNT were varied from 2-10 wt%. Since MWCNT aggregation has been easily occurred,...
2016 / Jessada Wongon, Supaphorn Thumsorn, Natee Srisawat -
Thermal Analysis of Cold Storage: The Role of Porous Metal Foam
Abstract We conduct both analytical and numerical investigations on the solidification behavior of fluid saturated in highly porous open-cell metallic foams. Based on the pore-scaled thermal equilibrium assumption, an analytical extension is made to ...
2016 / Xiaohu Yang, Wenbin Wang, Shangsheng Feng, Linwen Jin, Tian Jian Lu, et al. -
An Ontology-based Knowledge Modelling Approach for River Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment
Abstract The increasingly deterioration of the water environment has attracted attention in water quality monitoring area, most researchers focus on the acquisition of water quality data but seldom the assessment and decision support for water...
2016 / Zhu Xiaomin, Yi Jianjun, Huang Xiaoci, Chen Shaoli -
Creep crack propagation behavior in submicron gold films
Abstract Creep crack propagation experiments on Au freestanding films of ˜240 nm and ˜390 nm thickness at room temperature were conducted to clarify the creep crack propagation properties and the thickness effects. In all the experiments, cracks...
2016 / Hiroyuki Hirakata, Ryota Kotoge, Takumi Kameyama, Toshiyuki Kondo, Masayuki Sakihara, et al. -
Loading Test of the Rákóczi Danube Bridge in Budapest
Abstract In frame of the tramway network development in Budapest a new tramway line has been established on the south part of Budapest, which crosses the Danube on the Rákóczi-bridge. The bridge superstructure is a continuous double-cell steel box...
2016 / Nauzika Kovács, Balázs Kövesdi, László Dunai, Bence Takács -
Study of Dissipation Properties and Structure Evolution in Metals with Different Grain Size under HCF and VHCF Loadings
Abstract The dissipation properties, evolution of the dilatation and elastic properties in sub-microcrystalline titanium Grade 4 samples loaded in HCF and VHCF regime were investigated. The dissipation properties were studied based on self-heating...
2016 / O. Plekhov, O. Naimark, M. Narykova, A. Kadomtsev, V. Betechtin -
Conceptual design of a pre-loaded liquid lithium divertor target for NSTX-U
Abstract In this work, a conceptual design for a pre-filled liquid lithium divertor target for the National Spherical Torus Experiment Upgrade (NSTX-U) is presented. The design is aimed at facilitating experiments with high lithium flux from the...
2016 / P. Rindt, N.J. Lopes Cardozo, J.A.W. van Dommelen, R. Kaita, M.A. Jaworski -
Injection-dependent Carrier Lifetime Analysis of Recombination Due to Boron-Oxygen Complexes in Wafers Passivated with Different Dielectrics by QSSPL and QSSPC
Abstract This paper compares the use of quasi-steady state photoluminescence (QSSPL) and photoconductance (QSSPC) measurements for injection-dependent carrier lifetime analysis of the state of boron-oxygen (B-O) complexes in boron-doped Czochralski...
2016 / Xi Wang, Mattias Juhl, Alison Lennon -
Performance Assessment of TMOs
Abstract High dynamic range (HDR) imaging has gained momentum with the growth in digital photography technology. In this paper, performance assessment of various tone mapping techniques has been presented. HDR images were used and Tone Mapping...
2016 / N. Neelima, Y. Ravi Kumar -
Flexible and Low-cost Production of Waveguide Based Integrated Photonic Devices
Abstract We present a process to fabricate fully polymer based integrated optical devices which is based on maskless lithography and hot embossing. Using the maskless lithographic setup, we are able to create a hot embossing stamp in a flexible and...
2016 / Maik Rahlves