Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Influence of Different Proton Conducting Ionic Liquids on Various Properties of Nafion in the Regard of HT-PEMFC Application2012 / R. Sood, C. Iojoiu, E. Espuche, G. Gebel, S. Lyonnard, et al.
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An Empirical Evaluation of the Cost and Effectiveness of Structural Testing Criteria for Concurrent Programs
Abstract Concurrent program testing is not a trivial task. Features like nondeterminism, communication and synchronization impose new challenges that must be considered during the testing activity. Some initiatives have proposed testing approaches...
2013 / Maria A.S. Brito, Simone R.S. Souza, Paulo S.L. Souza -
A Novel Design Method of Variable Helix Cutters to Attain robust Regeneration Suppression
Abstract Regeneration is major mechanism to generate self-excited chatter vibration in cutting. Variable helix cutters are useful to suppress regeneration. Although optimization of pitch/helix angles is significantly important at the same time,...
2013 / Kojima Takuya, Norikazu Suzuki, Rei Hino, Eiji Shamoto -
Evaluation Tip Cleaning for a Micro CMM Touch Trigger Stylus Sensor
Abstract To support the manufacture of complex products, which many are made of multiple micro-parts, a traceable and accurate 3D-measurement system with sub-micron accuracy is required. This work investigates the use of a commercially-available...
2012 / R R Habeb, P.K. Kinnell -
Unicellular Self-healing Electronic Array
Abstract This paper presents on-line fault detection and fault repair capability of our Unitronics architecture, based on a bio-inspired prokaryotic bacterial colony model. At the device programming level, it appears as a cellular FPGA-like system;...
2013 / Mohammad Samie, Gabriel Dragffy, Tony Pipe, Suresh Perinpanayagam -
Refractory Castables for Civil Use: Main Properties Depending on Its Application
Abstract Quick-setting castables for civil use have been developed for the repair of industrial floors, bridges, airport runways, for fixing of metal parts and in those places where quick release is needed for transit. Some characteristics of the...
2012 / M. Rimoldi, S. Camelli, N. Marsiglia, P. Marinelli, D. Beltran -
The Discretization Method for Convention-diffusion Equations in Two-dimensional Cylindrical Coordinate Systems based on Unstructured Grids
Abstract The study on the application of unstructured grids in solving two-dimensional cylindrical coordinates (r-z) problems is scarce, since one of the challenges is the accurate calculation of the control volumes. In this paper, an unstructured...
2013 / Guojun Yu, Bo Yu, Yu Zhao, Qianqian Shao, Jianyu Xie -
Study on Spray Drying Process of Characteristics of Distillers’ Hops
Abstract To increase use range of distillers’ hops, and to retain the original nutrients and characteristics of distillers’ hops, inlet temperature and outlet temperature and sample concentration has been studied of yield and rehydration rate with...
2013 / Li Li, Xuyan Zong, Huibo Luo, Chunhui Wei, Hongyu Gan -
The Effect of Natural Wind to the Atrium Building Smoke Migration
Abstract With the rapid economic development of our country, the speed of city construction is accelerated and more proposed development with super high and super large space construction has appeared, hence the relevant fire problems are still a...
2011 / Xie Dan, Zhang Wen-lei -
Catalytic Composite PVA Membranes for Acetalisation of Phenylacetaldehyde in Membrane Reactors
Abstract Catalytic composite PVA membranes crosslinked with glutaraldehyde were prepared and used in form of disks in the acetalisation of phenylacetaldehyde and glycerol. Catalytic runs were carried out in batch reactors in order to study the...
2012 / T.F. Ceia, A.G. Silva, J.V. Pinto, M.H. Casimiro, A.M. Ramos, et al. -
A MEMS Electron Impact ion Source Integrated in a Micro-time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer
Abstract This electron impact ion source has been fabricated using the MEMS technology. The chosen process is fully compatible with the reflectron's fabrication so that the ion source could be integrated into a micro-Time-Of-Flight mass spectrometer ...
2012 / Charles-Marie Tassetti, Laurent Duraffourg, Jean-Sébastien Danel, Olivier Peyssonneaux, Frédéric Progent, et al. -
The Pre-School Teacher Candidate's Metaphorical Thinking About the Concept of Music Learning
Abstract In recent years, metaphors became the subject and center of the increasing interests in educational sciences. In this study, the purpose is to determine metaphorical thoughts of pre-school teacher candidate's about the concept of music...
2012 / Sehriban Koca -
In-situ observations of the effects of orientation and carbide on low cycle fatigue crack propagation in a single crystal superalloy
Abstract Based on in situ observations with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), we investigated the low cycle fatigue (LCF) propagation behaviors of a Ta-rich single crystal nickel-based superalloy at 550oC in vacuum. Specimens in three different...
2010 / Xianfeng Ma, Huiji Shi, Jialin Gu, Guofeng Chen, Oliver Luesebrink, et al. -
Deformation of a layer of ferrofluid, lying on a liquid substrate, subjected to the action of the magnetic field
Abstract The paper deals with the results of experimental studies made to examine the behavior of a thin horizontal layer of a ferrofluid, lying on a liquid substrate and subjected to the action of differently oriented magnetic fields. It has been...
2010 / C.A. Bushueva, K.G. Kostarev, A.V. Lebedev -
Effective hydrogen generator testing for on-site small engine
Abstract We propose a new concept of hydrogen generator testing for on-site small engine. In general, there is a trade-off between simpler vehicle design and infrastructure issues, for instance, liquid fuels such as gasoline and methanol for small...
2009 / Praitoon Chaiwongsa, Nithiroth Pornsuwancharoen, Preecha P. Yupapin -
Edge welding of laminated steel structure by pulsed Nd:YAG laser
Abstract The construction of the electric motor components consists of laminated electrical steel structure. However this design needs to fasten the separated sheets. One of the possible joining processes is the welding technology. Neverthless the...
2010 / T. Markovits, J. Takács -
A MEMS Energy Harvesting Device for Vibration with Low Acceleration
Abstract We propose a polymer electret based energy harvesting device in order to extract energy from vibration sources with low acceleration. With MEMS technology, a silicon structure is fabricated which can resonate in 2D directions. Thanks to the ...
2012 / Marco Triches, Fei Wang, Andrea Crovetto, Anders Lei, Qiong You, et al. -
Modeling and measurement of hysteresis of ferroelectric actuators considering time-dependent behavior
Abstract We present a model for the simulation of ferroelectric hysteresis loops. It is based on the Preisach operator and takes advantage of an analytic weight function for the underlying fundamental switching operators. The five independent...
2010 / F. Wolf, A. Sutor, S.J. Rupitsch, R. Lerch -
Fatigue damage identification by means of modal parameters
Abstract Object of the present paper is an experimental investigation about high cycles fatigue damage and corresponding variation of modal parameters (internal damping and resonance frequency) in steel specimens. On the basis of a modal approach, a ...
2011 / F. Curà, A.E. Gallinatti -
Implementing CCS in Europe: ZEP’s vision of zero emissions power by 2020
Abstract The EU has made a commitment to the deployment of CCS in Europe as a key solution for combatting climate change and achieving the region’s CO2 reduction targets. The question is: how? What is required to ensure the safe, cost effective and...
2009 / Gardiner Hill