Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Electrochemical Protection of Steel in Concrete to Enhance the Service Life of Concrete Structures
Abstract Corrosion of steel in concrete is a major threat to the construction industry. Ingress of chloride is the main cause of reinforcement corrosion. To prevent corrosion many protection methods are adopted viz, coating to concrete, coating to...
2014 / G. Mangaiyarkarasi, S. Muralidharan -
Effect of Sintering Performance of the Utilization of Blast Furnace Solid Wastes as Pellets
Abstract The present research paper discussed the utilization of plant waste materials such as blast furnace flue dust and sludge as macro pellets and use of these macro pellets in the production of sinter. Wastes addition as pellets to the sinter...
2014 / Prince Kumar Singh, P.K. Katiyar, A. Lava Kumar, Bharava Chaithnya, S. Pramanik -
Weight Criteria Detection to Find Work Volume of 3–PRS Parallel Manipulator Using Fuzzy Logic
Abstract This paper focuses on finding the weight criteria to determine the work volume of a 3-PRS (Prismatic-Revolute-Spherical) parallel manipulator (PM) using Fuzzy Logic approach. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), being an uncomplicated...
2014 / Manisha Mahapatro, A. Arockia Selvakumar -
Hydrothermal Synthesis of Zinc Carbonate Hydroxide Nanoparticles
Abstract Zinc carbonate hydroxide Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 nanoparticles have been successfully synthesised by the hydrothermal treatment of an aqueous solution of zinc acetate dihydrate (Zn(CH3COO)2·2H2O) and urea (NH2CONH2) at 120°C. The as-synthesized...
2015 / Tamer Alhawi, Mohammad Rehan, David York, Xiaojun Lai -
Engineered bamboo for structural applications
Abstract Bamboo is a rapidly renewable material that has many applications in construction. Engineered bamboo products result from processing the raw bamboo culm into a laminated composite, similar to glue-laminated timber products. These products...
2015 / Bhavna Sharma, Ana Gatóo, Maximilian Bock, Michael Ramage -
Use of a CNT-coated Piezoelectric Cantilever with Double Transduction As a Gas Sensor for Benzene Detection at Room Temperature
Abstract In this work, we propose to use a screen-printed piezoelectric cantilever with double transduction. Indeed, the piezoelectric cantilever is used as a resonant type sensor coated with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as sensitive layer. Then, the...
2014 / P. Clément, E. Llobet, C. Lucat, H. Debéda -
A Life Cycle Modeling Framework for Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Cement Industry
Abstract Cement is one of the three main building materials, which provides important support for other related industrials. Concerning the emission characteristics during the production procedure, it has a vital significance to analyze the current...
2015 / Dan Song, Bin Chen -
Semi-passive Solar Tracking Concentrator
Abstract A solar tracking concentrator (STC) has to adapt to the changes in the sun's position throughout the day and even more so, throughout the year. The function of sun tracking is to keep the sun's rays perpendicular to the absorber's...
2014 / Noel León, Héctor García, Carlos Ramírez -
Study of structural and optical properties of YAG and Nd:YAG single crystals
Abstract Yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG, Y3Al5O12) and yttrium aluminum garnet doped with neodymium (Nd:YAG) single crystals were grown by the Czochralski technique. The critical diameter and the critical rate of rotation were calculated. Suitable...
2014 / S. Kostić, Z.Ž. Lazarević, V. Radojević, A. Milutinović, M. Romčević, et al. -
Research on Indoor Thermal Environment Improvement of Lightweight Building Integrated with Phase Change Material under Different Climate Conditions
Abstract Owing to its light weight, good seismic performance and high degree of industrialization, lightweight building is used widely. However, due to the low thermal inertia of lightweight building envelop, its indoor temperature is highly...
2015 / Yanru Li, Yan Wang, Xi Meng, Mengwei Wang, Ensheng Long -
Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Horn Fibre Reinforced Polypropylene Composites
Abstract A new particle-reinforced composite has been developed using defatted horn fibre (HF) and polypropylene (PP). Physical, mechanical, thermal and micro-structural properties of HF/PP composites with varying fibre wt% (5%, 10%, 15% and 20%)...
2014 / D. Kumar, S. Rajendra Boopathy -
Exergy Evaluation of a 600MWe Supercritical Coal-fired Power Plant Considering Pollution Emissions
Abstract In the present work, a pulverized coal-fired power plant is studied, to explore the exergy destruction and the pollutant emissions characteristics of the plant, a system simulation calculation model is carried out. The system modules...
2015 / Ningling Wang, Dianfa Wu, Yongping Yang, Zhiping Yang, Peng Fu -
Tungsten Oxide Nanowires Chemical Sensors
Abstract Tungsten oxide nanowires have been synthetized by a simple thermal oxidation route in an oxygen atmosphere, at low vacuum pressure. The morphology of the nanostructures was investigated by scanning electron microscope (SEM). ...
2014 / Dario Zappa, Angela Bertuna, Elisabetta Comini, Marco Molinari, Nicola Poli, et al. -
Dimensionality-induced insulator-metal crossover in layered nickelates Lan+1NinO2n+2 (n = 2, 3, and ∞)2014 / Ting Liu, Hua Wu, Ting Jia, Xiaoli Zhang, Zhi Zeng, et al.
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Hydration Behaviors of Portland Cement with Different Lithologic Stone Powders2014 / Zuqiang Xiong, Peng Wang, Yuli Wang
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The Study of Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanocrystal/TiO2 Nanorod Heterojuction Photoelectrochemical Cell for Hydrogen Generation
Abstract In this study, TiO2 nanorods arrays (TiO2 NRAs) were synthesized by hydrothermal method. The maxima current density and conversion efficiency were 2.5 mA/cm2 at 1.23 V vs. RHE and 0.95% with length of 6-7 μm under AM 1.5G 1sun condition. To ...
2015 / Tsung-Yeh Ho, Liang-Yih Chen -
Analysis of Wind Energy Conversion System Using Weibull Distribution
Abstract In this study, the wind speed data has been statistically analyzed using Weibull distribution to find out wind energy conversion characteristics of Hatiya Island in Bangladesh. Two important parameters like Weibull shape factor “k” and...
2014 / A.K. Azad, M.G. Rasul, M.M. Alam, S.M. Ameer Uddin, Sukanta Kumar Mondal -
Performance Measurement for Robust and Agile Scheduling and Control of Industrial Product-Service Systems
Abstract In the manufacturing industry competitors are continuously struggling to differentiate from other companies in the market. Industrial Product- Service Systems (IPS2) offer this differentiation by representing a paradigm shift from...
2014 / Friedrich Morlock, Thomas Dorka, Horst Meier -
Engineering the heart: Evaluation of conductive nanomaterials for improving implant integration and cardiac function2014 / Jin Zhou, Jun Chen, Hongyu Sun, Xiaozhong Qiu, Yongchao Mou, et al.
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Latent Heat Based High Temperature Solar Thermal Energy Storage for Power Generation
Abstract The design of a phase change material based high temperature solar thermal energy storage device is presented. Said unit will be used as an energy reserve for a 1 kWe domestic CCHP system using a Stirling engine to produce electric power....
2014 / Bruno Cárdenas, Noel León