Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Structural Optimization of Cylinder-crown Integrated Hydraulic Press with Hemispherical Hydraulic Cylinder
Abstract Cylinder-crown integrated hydraulic press is an innovative press. The hemispherical hydraulic cylinder also functions as a main portion of crown. Compared with the conventional hydraulic press in which cylinder mounted in the crown, the...
2014 / Weiwei Zhang, Xiaosong Wang, Zongren Wang, Shijian Yuan -
A New Forming Method of Triple Cup by Plate Forging
Abstract A new forming technique to produce a cup with an upper and lower hollow boss by plate forging is proposed. In this process, the sheet metal is worked into a drawn cup by the deep drawing process and then deformed to the target shape by...
2014 / Zhigang Wang, Yasuharu Yoshikawa -
Analytical integration of the forces induced by dislocations on a surface element2014 / S Queyreau, J Marian, B D Wirth, A Arsenlis
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Ecological Engineering, Industrial Ecology and Eco-Industrial Networking Aspects of Ship Recycling Sector in India
Abstract India is the world's leading ship recycling country which works on the principle of waste to wealth. In this paper an attempt has been made to articluate the Ecological Engineering, Industrial Ecology and Eco-Industrial Networking aspects...
2014 / Anand M. Hiremath, Sachin Kumar Pandey, Dinesh Kumar, Shyam R. Asolekar -
Effect of Severe Plastic Deformation and Heat Treatment on Toughness of Magnesium Alloys
Abstract Severe plastic deformation by friction stir processing and subsequent heat treatment was carried out on cast magnesium alloys AZ91D and AE42 to obtain ultrafine precipitates size and enhance the toughness. The resultant toughness values...
2014 / M. Govindaraju, K. Balasubramanian, Uday Chackingal, K. Prasad Rao -
CO2 Emissions in China: Analysis Based on Factor Decomposition Method
Abstract Based on the logarithmic mean divisia index (LMDI) method, this paper conducts factor decomposition for historical CO2 emission and carbon intensity from 1980 to 2010. The results show that total economic output effect is always the...
2015 / Zhiqiang Lv, Alun Gu, Yu Liu -
Prediction of flow stress of 7017 aluminium alloy under high strain rate compression at elevated temperatures
Abstract An artificial neural network (ANN) constitutive model and Johnson–Cook (J–C) model were developed for 7017 aluminium alloy based on high strain rate data generated from split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) experiments at various...
2014 / Ravindranadh Bobbili, B. Ramakrishna, V. Madhu, A.K. Gogia -
Sound and Vibration Damping Properties of Flax Fiber Reinforced Composites
Abstract In recent days, automobile and construction industries are focus on the light weight, environmental friendly materials with good mechanical properties. Glass fiber reinforced composites have excellent specific properties and are widely used ...
2014 / S. Prabhakaran, V. Krishnaraj, M. Senthil kumar, R. Zitoune -
Electrical and Chemical Studies on Al2O3 Passivation Activation Process
Abstract Al2O3 deposited using Atomic layer Deposition (ALD) technique is known as an excellent material for p-type silicon surface passivation. However a post-deposition annealing step is needed to make the passivation effective. Thanks to coupled...
2014 / M. Pawlik, J.P. Vilcot, M. Halbwax, D. Aureau, A. Etcheberry, et al. -
Fabrication of polyimide sacrificial layers with inclined sidewalls based on reactive ion etching2014 / Yuanjing Chen, Haiyang Mao, Qiulin Tan, Chenyang Xue, Wen Ou, et al.
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Evaluation of Properties for Al-SiC Reinforced Metal Matrix Composite for Brake Pads
Abstract MMC has been used in engineering application in broad way because of their mechanical and physical properties. They are broadly used in the field of automobile and aerospace because of their high strength to weight ratio, lighter weight,...
2014 / Rathod Abhik, V. Umasankar, M. Anthony Xavior -
Parameter Optimization for Surface Roughness and Wall Thickness on AA5052 Aluminium alloy by Incremental Forming using Response Surface Methodology
Abstract Surface quality and wall thickness mainly depends on the input parameters during forming process. This study aims to optimize surface roughness and wall thickness through incremental forming on AA5052 Aluminium alloy at room temperature by...
2014 / V. Mugendiran, A. Gnanavelbabu, R. Ramadoss -
Design and Analysis of Ultrasonic Vibratory Tool (UVT) Using FEM, and Experimental Study on Ultrasonic Vibration-assisted Turning (UAT)
Abstract Significance of hard materials in various sectors, like aviation, defence and automobiles sectors etc. has been increasing gradually. Ultrasonic Vibration-assisted turning (UAT) is new unconventional technique used in different...
2014 / K. Vivekananda, G.N. Arka, S.K. Sahoo -
Design, Modeling and Analysis of a Sharp-edge Hypersonic Stealthy Re-entry Vehicle
Abstract In 2005 and in 2012, the SHarp Edge Flight EXperiment SHEFEX I and SHEFEX II of DLR have been established. Low lift-to-drag ratio of them limits active control ability. This paper studies on a sharp-edge stealthy re-entry vehicle with high...
2015 / Guofu Liu, Daochun Li, Jinwu Xiang, Wenli Luo -
Numerical Study on Mass Transfer Performance of a Spiral-like Interconnector for Planner Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Abstract In order to transfer more fuel of a planner SOFC (Solid Oxide Fuel Cell) from gas channel into porous anode, this paper has designed a novel spiral-like SOFC interconnector, a 3-D model is made by COMSOL 3.5a and the cell was operated with...
2015 / Min Yan, Min Zeng, Ting Ma, Pei Fu, Qiuwang Wang -
Investigation of Vibration and Ride Characteristics of a Five Degrees of Freedom Vehicle Suspension System
Abstract Ride comfort of the passengers in a vehicle largely depends on the vibration isolation performance of its suspension system. This paper aims at vibration isolation analysis of both heavy-duty and light-duty vehicle suspension systems to...
2014 / M. Shafiqur Rahman, Khan Muhammad Golam Kibria -
Mechanical and Dielectric Properties of Thysanolaena Maxima (Broom Grass) Long Fibre Reinforced Polyester Composites
Abstract A new natural fibre i.e. broom grass botanically called “Thysanolaena maxima” is introduced in the present work with a view to understand its properties initially. Then the untreated and chemically treated fibre is reinforced into the...
2014 / Nadendla Srinivasababu, J. Suresh Kumar, K. Vijaya Kumar Reddy -
Trigger Circuits in Battery-less Multi-source Power Management Electronics for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters
Abstract With reference to multi-source vibration energy harvesting based on simultaneous use of multiple piezoelectric converters, this work proposes and experimentally validates two innovative power management circuits based on custom trigger...
2014 / Davide Alghisi, Marco Ferrari, Vittorio Ferrari -
3D Preform Design in Forging Process based on Quasi-quipotential Field and Response Surface Methods
Abstract A new approach to optimize 3D preform shape in multi-step die forging based on Quasi-equipotential Field Method and Response Surface Method is proposed. Using the proposed method, the optimized preforging shape is determined in the hot...
2014 / Yanjin Guan, Xue Bai, Mujuan Liu, Libin Song, Guoqun Zhao -
Circular Patterned Test Structures for Precise Determination of Piezoelectric Thin Film Constants: Application to ScxAl1-xN
Abstract Piezoelectric scandium aluminium nitride (ScxAl1-xN) thin films are very promising candidates for applications in micro- electromechanical systems due to enhanced piezoelectric properties. To study the influence of deposition parameters on...
2014 / P.M. Mayrhofer, H. Euchner, A. Bittner, U. Schmid