Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Piezoresistive Silicon Cantilever Covered by ZnO Nanorods for Humidity Sensing
Abstract Gravimetric humidity sensing performance is described with piezoresistive silicon cantilevers covered by ZnO nanorods in a low-cost wet chemical deposition process. High sensitivity at small hysteresis between increasing and decreasing...
2017 / Jingmei Yang, Jiushuai Xu, Wenze Wu, Maik Bertke, Hutomo Suryo Wasisto, et al. -
Incorporating transmitter–receiver offset to interpret pavement layer thicknesses by GPR
Abstract This study evaluates the necessity of considering Transmitter–Receiver (T–R) offset distance for predicting pavement layer thicknesses from two-way travel time data captured by a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) antenna. For the purpose of...
2016 / M.U. Ahmed, R.A. Tarefder, A.K. Maji -
High Pressure Phase-Transformation Induced Texture Evolution and Strengthening in Zirconium Metal: Experiment and Modeling2015 / Xiaohui Yu, Ruifeng Zhang, David Weldon, Sven C. Vogel, Jianzhong Zhang, et al.
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Automation of Monitoring the Thermal Conditions in a Room
Abstract Monitoring of thermal conditions in a separate room and a building is one of the most important practical tasks on the stage of building commissioning. The task can be solved by in-situ temperature measurement of and the results are...
2016 / Nadezhda Petrova, Aleksandr Vershinin, Stanislav Abramchuk, Aleksey Pugovkin -
Investigation on Microstructure of Heat Treated High Manganese Austenitic Cast Iron2016 / A.K. Muzafar, M.M. Rashidi, I. Mahadzir, Z. Shayfull
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Evanescent Wave Absorption Based S-shaped Fiber-optic Biosensor for Immunosensing Applications
Abstract In this study, S-shaped multimode fiber-optic probe have been employed to improve sensitivity of evanescent wave absorption (EWA) based fiber-optic biosensor. Immunosensing was performed using Human immunoglobulin (HIgG) and fluorescein...
2017 / S. Chauhan, N. Punjabi, D. Sharma, S. Mukherji -
Experimental Characterization of Metal Matrix Composite with Aluminium Matrix and Molybdenum Powders as Reinforcement
Abstract This paper is on the successful fabrication of Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) using an Aluminium plate and Molybdenum powder by Friction Stir Process (FSP). The aim was to produce a superficial MMC layer on the Al plate in order to increase...
2016 / A. Arora, A. Astarita, L. Boccarusso, V.P. Mahesh -
Parabolic Trough System Operating with Nanofluids: Comparison with the Conventional Working Fluids and Influence on the System Performance
Abstract To analyse the behaviour of a parabolic trough operating with nanofluids, and compare its performance to the more traditional ones using oil, a model for the thermal analysis of the system has been developed and implemented in Matlab. The...
2016 / V. Ferraro, J. Settino, M.A. Cucumo, D. Kaliakatsos -
A ReaXFF carbon potential for radiation damage studies
Abstract Although molecular dynamics simulations of energetic impacts and collision cascades in graphite have been investigated for over 25years, recent investigations have shown a difference between the types of defects predicted by the commonly...
2016 / Roger Smith, Kenny Jolley, Chris Latham, Malcolm Heggie, Adri van Duin, et al. -
Forecasting of Dissolved Gases in Oil-immersed Transformers Based upon Wavelet LS-SVM Regression and PSO with Mutation
Abstract An approach combing wavelet technique with least square support vector machine (LS-SVM) for forecasting of dissolved gases in oil-immersed transformers was proposed in the paper. The algorithm of particle swarm optimization (PSO) with...
2016 / Y.Y. Zhang, H. Wei, Y.D. Yang, H.B. Zheng, T. Zhou, et al. -
Words from the Guest Editor-in-Chief2016 / Weibang Sun
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Coupled Vibration Analysis of CFRP Cable-tube System under Parametric Excitation in Submerged Floating Tunnel
Abstract Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) has advantages of light weight, great strength, considerable flexibility and resistance to corrosion and fatigue. In this paper, the submerged floating tunnel (SFT) with CFRP cable is proposed. The...
2016 / Heng Lin, Yiqiang Xiang, Ying Yang -
Experimental Researches Unique Quickly Lifted Structure for Wave Protection
Abstract The article deals with problems connected with harbor and offshore strips wave protection. An effectiveness analysis of existing protection methods has been conducted; essential measures for coast protective structures improvement have been ...
2016 / Konstantin Mordvincev, Aleksandr Gogin -
Voltage controlled duplexer-integrated leaky-wave antenna using Magnet-less Non-reciprocal Metamaterial (MNM)
Abstract A novel voltage controlled duplexer-integrated leaky-wave antenna, consisting of an array of traveling-wave resonant particle by metal ring resonator with variable capacitance and uni-lateral component is proposed, analysed, and measured....
2016 / Yuhi Yokohama, Toshiro Kodera -
Economic Analysis and Technical Issues of Low Temperature PCM Thermal Storage Combined with a Condensing Micro-CHP
Abstract This study is focused on showing technical and economic issues related to the use of low temperature PCM (Phase Change Material) storage system coupled to a condensing micro CHP. That one is a single cylinder engine of rated power and...
2016 / Enrico Spoletini -
Hydrothermal Modelling and Analysis of Sensible Heat Energy Storages for Small-scale Dwellings Considering Natural Convection
Abstract The coupled hydrothermal behaviour of a cement-based thermal energy storage system for domestic applications is modelled under saturated conditions using the Finite Element Method along with an extensive experimental analysis program for...
2016 / Henok Hailemariam, Frank Wuttke -
A 3D Constrained Optimization Smoother to Post-process Quadrilateral Meshes for Body-in-white
Abstract Finite element analyses of 3D quadrilateral meshes for automotive body-in-white panels have stringent mesh quality requirements. Several mesh quality metrics, namely element included angles, minimum Jacobian determinant, skew, taper, warp,...
2016 / Nilanjan Mukherjee, Jonathan E. Makem, Harold J. Fogg -
Fire Resistance Study of Concrete in the Application of Tunnel-like Structures
Abstract For submerged floating tunnels and other underwater structures with a confine space, fire is an unavoidable and critical issue. In the existing designs, concrete has been widely employed to increase the strength or function as ballast to...
2016 / Xu Long, Hongcun Guo -
Interface Strain Effects on ZnSe/ (CdSe) based Type I and ZnSe/CdS Type II Core/Shell Quantum Dots
Abstract We present a comparative experimental and theoretical study on the determination of capped core diameter in ZnSe/ZnS, CdSe/Cd(Zn)S type-I and ZnSe/CdS type-II core/shell nanocrystals. The lattice mismatch strain at the interface between...
2016 / Negar Gheshlaghi, Hadi Sedaghat Pisheh, M. Rezaul Karim, Hilmi Ünlü -
Comparison of the Effectiveness of Superficial Strengthening of Masonry with Two Types of GFRP Reinforcement
Abstract The paper presents laboratory test results of the masonry wall surface strengthening made of inexpensive GFRP (Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer) mesh, which is normally used as reinforcement of thin external plastering in thermal insulation...
2016 / Iwona Galman