Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Innovative Design Thinking for Breakthrough Product Development
Abstract Concept generation is the most critical task in breakthrough product development. This paper presents an Innovative Design Thinking (IDT) framework that models concept generation as a proposition-making activity according to the formation...
2016 / Stephen Lu, Ang Liu -
Analysis of Composite Instrument Housing of Sensor Buoy Subjected to Mooring Loads
Abstract Moored data buoys are offshore platforms, fitted with meteorological and oceanographic sensors anchored at various locations in the ocean. The data is transmitted through satellite to the shore station facility. It consist of an instrument...
2016 / Pravan Raj, R. Venkatesan, S.M. Kulkarni, Jagadeesh Kadiyam -
MEDIATION: An eMbEddeD System for Auditory Feedback of Hand-water InterAcTION while Swimming
Abstract In swimming sport, the proper perception of moving water masses is a key factor. This paper presents an embedded system for the acquisition of values of pressure on swimmers hands and their transformation into sound. The sound, obtained...
2016 / Daniel Cesarini, Davide Calvaresi, Chiara Farnesi, Diego Taddei, Stefano Frediani, et al. -
Pebble structure change of Li2TiO3 with excess Li in water vapor atmosphere at elevated temperatures
Abstract The pebbles of Li2TiO3 with excess Li, which is in a developmental stage in JAEA (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) as an advanced tritium breeding material, were exposed to water vapor at elevated temperatures. In the temperature rising process...
2016 / K. Katayama, M. Shimozori, T. Hoshino, R. Yamamoto, H. Ushida, et al. -
Increasing Knowledge and Skills for Assembly Processes through Interactive 3D-PDFs
Abstract Extending PDFs with interactive three-dimensional CAD content is an opportunity to enable users with different knowledge levels to understand assembly processes. Users are enabled to manipulate CAD content by a combination of pictograms and ...
2016 / Jan Philipp Menn, Günther Seliger -
Effect of Polyethylene Glycol Addition on Metakaolin-based Geopolymer
Abstract Polyethylene glycol is a non-toxic water soluble polymer often used in many industrial applications. The aim of this paper is to study the effect of polyethylene glycol with relative molecular weight ranging between 400–20000 on the...
2016 / Olesia Mikhailova, Pavel Rovnaník -
Processing of Channels in Heat Engine Filters
Abstract The article dwells upon the issues related to the efficiency and performance parameters of aircraft and rocket engines that depend on the state of the flow duct for fuel supply to the combustion zone. The critical components of the duct are ...
2016 / V.P. Smolentsev, S.V. Safonov, V.V. Zolotarev -
High Resolution Fabrication of Interconnection Lines Using Picosecond Laser and Controlled Deposition of Gold Nanoparticles
Abstract In this paper we present the fabrication procedure as well as the preliminary experimental results of a novel method for construction of high resolution nanometric interconnection lines. The fabrication procedure relies on a self-assembly...
2016 / Asaf Shahmoon, Johnnes Strauß, Hadar Zafri, Michael Schmidt, Zeev Zalevsky -
Complementary Machining – Machining Strategy for Surface Modification
Abstract In metal production mechanical surface treatments are used to optimize workpiece characteristics like fatigue strength. Complementary Machining is a new machining strategy which is characterized by the combination of cutting and mechanical...
2016 / Michael Gerstenmeyer, Frederik Zanger, Volker Schulze -
Structural Modeling of Pneumatic Actuators of the String Tension at the Installation for Cutting the Raw Cellular Concrete
Abstract In the manufacture of cellular concrete products a string cutting of the raw material before autoclaving is widely used. The quality of cutting which represents the interaction of the string with a moving mass of the raw material is largely ...
2016 / Stanislav Ya. Galitskov, Konstantin S. Galitskov, Alexander D. Stulov -
Carbon Nanotubes Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Application2016 / A. Drygała, L. A. Dobrzański, M. Szindler, M. Prokopiuk vel Prokopowicz, M. Pawlyta, et al.
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Design description and validation results for the IFMIF High Flux Test Module as outcome of the EVEDA phase
Abstract During the Engineering Validation and Engineering Design Activities (EVEDA) phase (2007-2014) of the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility (IFMIF), an advanced engineering design of the High Flux Test Module (HFTM) has been...
2016 / F. Arbeiter, A. Abou-Sena, J. Averhals, T. Böttcher, Y. Chen, et al. -
Triple Frequency Notch in UWB Antenna with Single Ring SRR Loading
Abstract A compact coplanar waveguide (CPW) fed ultrawideband (UWB) printed circular monopole antenna (PMA) with triple frequency notched function is presented and validated here on a low cost FR4 Epoxy substrate. Here the antenna loaded with three...
2016 / Anju A. Chandran, Shiney Thankachan -
Dimensional stability of coarse-grained and submicrocrystalline TiNi shape memory alloy for medical use under quasistatic and cyclic bending
Abstract The paper reports on a comparative study of inelastic strain accumulation in coarse-grained and submicrocrystalline titanium nickelide (TiNi) under quasistatic and cyclic loads. It is shown that the formation of submicrocrystalline...
2016 / O.A. Kashin, E.F. Dudarev, A.I. Lotkov, V.N. Grishkov -
Effect of reducing agents in the conversion of Cu2O nanocolloid to Cu nanocolloid
Abstract Current work reports the conversion of copper (I) oxide, nano-colloid to stable copper nanocolloid. Different reduction conditions were attempted to control the stability and size of the Cu nanoparticles. Hydrazine hydrate, ascorbic acid...
2016 / V. Andal, G. Buvaneswari -
Evaluation of Fatigue Crack Growth Performance in different Hardmetal Grades based on Finite Element Simulation
Abstract Hardmetals (WC-Co) are a group of composite materials exhibiting outstanding combinations of hardness and toughness. Therefore, they are extensively used for highly demanding applications, such as cutting and drilling tools, where cyclic...
2016 / Utku Ahmet Özden, Keng Jiang, Alexander Bezold, Christoph Broeckmann -
Demonstrating of the Performance of a Solabcool® Units Applied in the Field
Abstract This paper presents the performance of two adsorption chillers applied in two different projects. These adsorption chillers are driven by solar heat or waste heat, i.e. district heat. An all in one adsorption unit, with an integrated dry...
2016 / Henk A. de Beijer, Jacco Duim -
Micromechanical study and simulation of the interlaminar failure of a woven composite laminate
Abstract The laminate load bearing capability is often compromised by the interlaminar failure even though the integrity of the individual lamina remains intact. The out-of-plane components of the stress tensor, defined at the interfaces between...
2016 / L. Esposito, G.P. Pucillo, F. Penta, V. Rosiello -
Clusters of Genetic-based Attributes Selection of Cancer Data
Abstract Clustering of data simplifies the task of data analysis and results in better disease diagnosis. Well-existing K-Means clustering hard computes clusters. Due to which the data may be centered to a specific cluster having less concentration...
2016 / Vijaya Sri Kompalli, K. Usha Rani -
Nitrogen transfer properties in tantalum nitride based materials
Abstract Ta3-xMxNy (M=Re, Fe, Co; x=0, 0.25, 0.5, 1) materials with different microstructural features (e.g. surface area) were successfully prepared using different synthesis techniques. The dependence of nitrogen transfer properties upon tantalum...
2016 / Said Laassiri, Constantinos D. Zeinalipour-Yazdi, C. Richard A. Catlow, Justin S.J. Hargreaves