Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Understanding the defect chemistry of tin monoxide2013 / Jeremy P. Allen, David O. Scanlon, Louis F. J. Piper, Graeme W. Watson
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Architecting Systems of Systems with Ilities: An Overview of the SAI Method
Abstract The uncertain and fast-changing nature of operational environments is driving a growing interest in systems that display desirable lifecycle properties (i.e., ilities). A survivable, flexible, or evolvable (among other properties) system is ...
2014 / Nicola Ricci, Matthew E. Fitzgerald, Adam M. Ross, Donna H. Rhodes -
Implementation of industrial waste ferrochrome slag in conventional and low cement castables: Effect of microsilica addition
Abstract Ferrochrome slag is a waste material obtained from the manufacturing of high carbon ferrochromium alloy. This slag is formed as a liquid at 1700°C and its main components are SiO2, Al2O3 and MgO. Additionally it consists of chrome,...
2014 / Pattem Hemanth Kumar, Abhinav Srivastava, Vijay Kumar, Manas Ranjan Majhi, Vinay Kumar Singh -
Low-cycle Fatigue of the Light Advanced Materials
Abstract Low-cycle fatigue (LCF) of 6061-T6 Al alloy plated with nickel, gold and silver as well as thermally-cycled carbon-epoxy laminate was studied at constant strain in a purely bending mode. The tensile and fatigue properties of the alloy...
2014 / Yakov B. Unigovski, Ariel Grinberg, Emmanuel M. Gutman -
Structural Modeling and Aeroelastic Analysis of High-Aspect-Ratio Composite Wings
Abstract A unified structural model for high-aspect-ratio composite wing with arbitrary cross-section is developed. Two types of lay-ups of the composite wing, namely, circumferentially uniform stiffness (CUS) configuration and circumferentially...
2011 / Yong-hui ZHAO, Hai-yan HU -
Indentation size effect in metallic glasses: Mean pressure at the initiation of plastic flow
Abstract Nanoindentation tests using a spherical indenter of tip radius 10µm have been performed on Zr- and Pd-based metallic glasses, focusing on the cumulative distribution of the first yield load. When normalized using the macroscopic yield...
2013 / S. Nachum, A.L. Greer -
Preface
Abstract This volume contains the proceedings of the MFCS'98 Workshop on Concurrency, which took place in Brno, Czech Republic, 27-29 August 1998, as a satellite event of MFCS'98, the 23rd international symposium on Mathematical Foundations of...
2005 / Petr Jancar, Mojmir Kretinsky -
Indium-free multilayer semi-transparent electrodes for polymer solar cells
Abstract We have explored the fabrication of indium-free electrodes for use in a PCDTBT:PC70BM organic photovoltaic (OPV) device, and compare different multilayer electrodes as the device anode. Two oxide/metal/oxide structures were investigated...
2015 / Alexander T. Barrows, Rob Masters, Andrew J. Pearson, Cornelia Rodenburg, David G. Lidzey -
Effect of electrolytes on electrochemical properties of graphene sheet covered with polypyrrole thin layer
Abstract Graphene sheet (GS) was successfully covered with a polypyrrole (PPy) thin layer through in situ chemical oxidative polymerization of pyrrole monomers in aqueous solution by using GS as a support material and ferric trichloride as an...
2012 / Ya-meng CAI, Zong-yi QIN, Long CHEN -
Identification of high-lipid producers for biodiesel production from forty-three green algal isolates in China
Abstract To identify some desirable algal strains for our future research and/or the production of algae-based biofuel, 43 green algal strains were successfully isolated from Chinese freshwaters, and then incubated in the laboratory bioreactors...
2012 / An-yue LIU, Wei CHEN, Ling-ling ZHENG, Li-rong SONG -
Experimental Investigations on Machinability of Aluminium Alloy (A413)/Flyash/B4C Hybrid Composites Using Wire EDM
Abstract In this present investigation, Hybrid composites containing Aluminium alloy (A413), flyash and boron carbide were fabricated using stir casting technique. The objective of this work is to investigate the effect of parameters like gap...
2013 / J.Udaya Prakash, T.V. Moorthy, J. Milton Peter -
Cement Sheath Integrity for CO2 Storage – An Integrated Perspective
Abstract Two types of mechanisms could lead to loss of cement-sheath integrity: mechanical and chemical degradations. However, chemical degradation by CO2 does not seem to be a real threat when the cement sheath is initially without default. Hence,...
2013 / Axel-Pierre Bois, Manh-Huyen Vu, Siavash Ghabezloo, Jean Sulem, André Garnier, et al. -
Epitaxial Growth of LZO Film on NiW Substrate
Abstract La2Zr2O7 (LZO) oxide film is a good choose for buffer layer of coated conductors, especially for Chemical Solution Deposition route to fabricate coated conductors. In this paper, the influences of process parameters on texture of LZO films...
2013 / C.S. Li, Z.M. Yu, P. Odier, Y. Wang, L.H. Jin, et al. -
Preparation of Mesoporous V2O5@TiO2 Composites with Enhanced Photoactivity for Gaseous Benzene Degradation
Abstract Mesoporous V2O5@TiO2 composites were fabricated by an ultrasonic method with V2O5 sol as the guest precursor. The prepared materials were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, field emission-scanning electron microscopy, transmission...
2013 / Chunxia Zhao, Subo Feng, Wen Chen, Xiaoyu Li, Yanbao Song, et al. -
Stress Analysis of Silicon Wafer-Based Photovoltaic Modules Under IEC 61215 Mechanical Load Test
Abstract Snow loading poses a significant problem to the integrity of photovoltaic (PV) modules. The weight of accumulated snow exerted on the PV modules can cause breakage of the glass cover and cells. The mechanical load test in IEC 61215 is...
2013 / Yixian Lee, Andrew A.O. Tay -
The Solution According Finite Mixture Distribution by GMM Problem as One of the Modes of Expression of a Probability Density Function
Abstract Probability density estimation is an important tool in Data Analysis and many other areas, where it is often used for exploratory data analysis or as a part of another estimator. However, the population who can express to distribution of a...
2013 / Kiyoshi Tsukakoshi, Kenichi Ida, Takao Yokota -
Influence of Different Low Air Pressure on Combustion Characteristics of Ethanol Pool Fires
Abstract Small-scaled ethanol circular pool fire experiments were conducted in a self-designed low pressure experiment tank to investigate the influence of ambient pressure on the combustion characteristics of the pool fire. The difference of...
2013 / Cuipeng Kuang, Yuanzhou Li, Shi Zhu, Jian Li -
Composite Cutting with Abrasive Water Jet
Abstract Abrasive Water Jet (AWJ) technology has demonstrated to be an interesting manufacturing process for space, aircraft, boat and automotive sectors due to its specific advantages when machining composite materials. However, AWJ cutting of...
2013 / A. Alberdi, A. Suárez, T. Artaza, G.A. Escobar-Palafox, K. Ridgway -
Agent based Manufacturing Simulation for Efficient Assembly Operations
Abstract This study experiments with the manufacturing efficiency by layout change of a factory by means of agent-based autonomous production scheduling, using the virtual factory on a multi-agent simulation system. As infrastructure software for...
2013 / Yasuhiro Sudo, Michiko Matsuda -
Mechanical properties of carbon fiber/cellulose composite papers modified by hot-melting fibers
Abstract Carbon fiber (CF)/cellulose (CLS) composite papers were prepared by papermaking techniques and hot-melting fibers were used for modification. The mechanical properties of the obtained composite papers with different CF, CLS and hot-melting...
2014 / Yunzhou Shi, Biao Wang