Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Analysis of the Impact of Doping Levels on Performance of back Contact-Back Junction Solar Cells
Abstract In this work, by exploiting two-dimensional (2-D) TCAD numerical simulations, we performed a study of the impact of the doping levels on the main figures of merit in the different regions of a crystalline silicon Back-Contact Back-Junction...
2014 / Paul Procel, Vincenzo Maccaronio, Felice Crupi, Giuseppe Cocorullo, Mauro Zanuccoli, et al. -
An alternative magnesium-based root canal disinfectant: Preliminary study of its efficacy against Enterococcus faecalis and Candida albicans in vitro
Abstract Organisms invading root canal systems result in serious pulpal and periapical disease. To eliminate microorganisms and restrain secondary infections, dental materials with antibacterial properties are urgently needed in endodontics....
2014 / Lin Zhu, Peng Wan, Jiaohong Duan, Lili Tan, Ke Yang -
Mode II Shear Behavior of a Glass Fabric/Epoxy and a Multi Scale Glass Fabric/Epoxy Thick Beam Composite Containing Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes
Abstract The mode II shear behavior of a glass fabric/epoxy composite and a multiscale hybrid glass fabric/epoxy composite containing Multi Walled Carbon Nano Tubes (MWCNT) are compared here in the interlaminar mode of loading. The thick composites...
2014 / Amin Anish Ravindra, Razim Refai, Aman Nigam, Siddarth Kumar, Padmanabhan Krishnan -
Formulation of calcium dialuminate (CaO·2Al2O3) refractory cement from local bauxite
Abstract Three types of bauxites containing aluminum hydroxide of 58.1% gibbsite and 19.3% boehmite for BX3, 95.5% of gibbsite for BX55 and 84.5% of gibbsite for BX8 were used with lime at 95% of CaO through solid state sintering in one stage to...
2015 / A.B. Tchamba, J.C. Sofack, R. Yongue, U.C. Melo -
Zirconium hydride precipitation kinetics in Zircaloy-4 observed with synchrotron X-ray diffraction
Abstract High-energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction was used to investigate the isothermal precipitation of δ-hydride platelets in Zircaloy-4 at a range of temperatures relevant to reactor conditions, during both normal operation and thermal...
2015 / M.S. Blackmur, J.D. Robson, M. Preuss, O. Zanellato, R.J. Cernik, et al. -
Theoretical and Experimental Comparison of Box Solar Cookers with and without Internal Reflector
Abstract Box solar cookers are commonly built with internal sheet metal painted black as an absorber. In order to increase the performance, a design which incorporates internal reflection is proposed in this paper. The aim of this paper is to report ...
2014 / Mulu Bayray Kahsay, John Paintin, Anwar Mustefa, Asfafaw Haileselassie, Meseret Tesfay, et al. -
Dam Break Analysis Using BOSS DAMBRK
Abstract Dams are constructed to serve a variety of purposes such as supply of drinking and irrigation water, generation of electric power, flood protection etc… However a dam break may result in high flood waves traveling along a valley at quite...
2015 / Anila C. George, B. Thulasidharan Nair -
Thermal durability of OPC pastes admixed with nano iron oxide
Abstract Nanotechnology helps in producing materials with prospective properties, for each field of science (physics, chemistry, bio-science as well as construction materials). Nanoparticles belong to the materials in the field of civil engineering...
2014 / Ahmed A. Amer, Tarek M. El-Sokkary, Nagwa I. Abdullah -
Designing novel bulk metallic glass composites with a high aluminum content2013 / Z. P. Chen, J. E. Gao, Y. Wu, H. Wang, X. J. Liu, et al.
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A numerical study on natural convection in porous media-filled an inclined triangular enclosure with heat sources using nanofluid in the presence of heat generation effect
Abstract This paper discusses the natural convection heat transfer in an inclined triangular enclosure filled with Cu-water nanofluid saturated porous medium in the presence of heat generation effect. Two symmetric heat sources are located at the...
2015 / M.A. Mansour, Sameh E. Ahmed -
Systems Thinking in Tolerance and Quality-related Design Decision-making
Abstract This paper describes a new approach for using systems thinking in the context of design decisions that affect product quality. Such decisions include dimensional tolerances, material choice, and product geometry, which are shown to have...
2015 / Steven Hoffenson, Rikard Söderberg -
Ammonia Sensors Based on Suspended Silicon Nanowires
Abstract Resistors based on parallel suspended polycrystalline silicon nanowires are fabricated using the classical top down CMOS silicon technologies. Results show potential use as sensitive units of silicon nanowires for charged chemical species...
2014 / L. Pichon, A.-C. Salaün, G. Wenga, R. Rogel, E. Jacques -
Influence of Internal Hub Profile on Joining Process of Shaft-hub-connection by Lateral Extrusion
Abstract Mori et al. (2013) identified the current commercial requirements for higher performance, higher productivity, lower cost and joining of dissimilar materials to lead to a strong demand for new joining and especially joining by forming...
2014 / Florian Dörr, Michael Funk, Mathias Liewald, Hansgeorg Binz, Robin Köstlmeier -
Comparison of High Rate Laser Ablation and Resulting Structures Using Continuous and Pulsed Single Mode Fiber Lasers
Abstract This paper compares high rate laser ablation and resulting structures of aluminum by using both a continuous wave and a ns-pulsed single mode fiber laser of high average laser power. Two different scan technologies were applied for fast...
2014 / T. Knebel, A. Streek, H. Exner -
Pedestrian Flows: From Individuals to Crowds
Abstract Interactions between pedestrians give rise to various dynamical structures such as stop-and-go waves in one-dimensional flows, lane formation in bidirectional flows in corridors, and diagonal patterns at crossings of perpendicular flows....
2014 / C. Appert-Rolland, J. Cividini, H.J. Hilhorst, P. Degond -
Aspects of the Roughing Process by Milling with the Milling Heads with Removable Plates on NC Lathe of the Worms
Abstract In this paper there are presented aspects regarding roughing process of cylindrical worms with large module on NC turning and milling center. Conventionally, worm of worm gears have been made on dedicated machines using dedicated tools....
2015 / Sorin Cristian Albu, Vasile Bolos -
Capacity Fade Diagnosis of Lithium Ion Battery Pack in Electric Vehicle Base on Fuzzy Neural Network
Abstract The lithium ion battery pack, which is filled with cells, is an important part in electric vehicles (EVs), also the main fault source. The inconsistent cells or the design and assembly fail of the pack could affect its performance and life...
2015 / Junqiu Li, Fei Tan, Chengning Zhang, Fengchun Sun -
Analysis of Surface Topology in Dry Machining of EN-8 Steel
Abstract Dry machining is gaining more and more importance in today's manufacturing science because of health hazards imposed by the use of coolants while machining. This paper presents a detailed analysis of surface topology in dry machining of...
2014 / Sunil J. Raykar, D.M. D’Addona, Davorin Kramar -
Composite vascular repair grafts via micro-imprinting and electrospinning2015 / Yuanyuan Liu, Ke Xiang, Haiping Chen, Yu Li, Qingxi Hu
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Micro-to-nano-scale deformation mechanisms of a bimodal ultrafine eutectic composite2014 / Seoung Wan Lee, Jeong Tae Kim, Sung Hwan Hong, Hae Jin Park, Jun-Young Park, et al.