Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Multiagent Approach for Building Distributed Adaptive Computing System
Abstract The new method of the organization of the distributed adaptive computations is offered in the presented paper. The method allows using resources of computers united by a network for solving coherent tasks. The main feature of the given...
2013 / Anatoly Kaliaev -
Fabrication of multi-walled carbon nanotubes–aluminum matrix composite by powder metallurgy technique
Abstract We report on fabrication of an aluminum matrix composite containing multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) produced by MOCVD method and functionalized via acid treatment by a H2SO4/HNO3 mixture. Specimens were prepared by...
2016 / N.A. Bunakov, D.V. Kozlov, V.N. Golovanov, E.S. Klimov, E.E. Grebchuk, et al. -
Microstructure control techniques in primary hot working of titanium alloy bars: A review
Abstract How to control the microstructure of titanium alloy bars is important to fabricating high-performance aerial forgings. This paper gives a thorough survey of the manufacturing methods and microstructure control techniques for titanium alloy...
2015 / Lianggang Guo, Xiaoguang Fan, Gaofeng Yu, He Yang -
The imaging properties of the metal superlens
Abstract The zero-refraction property of a metal film can be used to image so that the metal film behaves as a superlens. Experimentally, the metal superlens is sandwiched between the photosensitivity resist (PR) and the dielectric spacer in the...
2016 / Chen Zhao, Yun-Song Zhou, Yan Zhang, Huai-Yu Wang -
Study of hot electrons in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs under RF Class B and Class J operation using electroluminescence
Abstract Electroluminescence microscopy and spectroscopy have been used to investigate hot electron concentration and electron temperature during RF operation. Two modes of operation were chosen, Class B and Class J, and compared with DC conditions. ...
2015 / Tommaso Brazzini, Michael A. Casbon, Huarui Sun, Michael J. Uren, Jonathan Lees, et al. -
EOF cold model-study of bath behavior
Abstract The EOF reactor was developed in Brazil in the eighties with unique features. The preheating of scrap and distribution of injection points oxidizing gases and fuels make up these features. This paper aims to reproduce the behavior of the...
2015 / Breno Totti Maia, Rafael Kajimoto Imagawa, Gustavo Abreu, Ana Clara Petrucelli, Roberto Parreiras Tavares -
Conventional Control vs. Robust Control on Heat-exchangers
Abstract This paper presents the basic concepts of the conventional and robust control design applied on heat-exchanger (HE), which is described by a second order mathematical model with delay time. Two time constant of the transfer function are...
2015 / Mircea Dulău, Stelian Oltean, Adrian Gligor -
Assessment of Chemical and Electronic Surface Properties of the Cu2ZnSn(SSe)4 After Different Etching Procedures by Synchrotron-based Spectroscopies
Abstract Kesterite Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 absorber layers with different [S]/([S]+[Se]) ratios were studied using XPS, UPS, Hard X-ray (HIKE) photoemission and the Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure spectroscopy (NEXAFS). The samples were prepared by ...
2015 / Tetiana Olar, Iver Lauermann, Haibing Xie, Markus Neuschitzer, Edgardo Saucedo, et al. -
Effect of rhenium irradiations on the mechanical properties of tungsten for nuclear fusion applications
Abstract As-received and annealed tungsten samples were irradiated at a temperature of 400 °C with Re and W ions to peak concentrations of 1600 appm (atomic parts per million) and damage levels of 40 dpa (displacements per atom). Mechanical...
2016 / Aneeqa Khan, Robert Elliman, Cormac Corr, Joven J.H. Lim, Andrew Forrest, et al. -
Investigation of Temperature Sensitivity Under the Influence of Coupling Strength Between a Silica Core and a Satellite Waveguide in a Photonic Crystal Fiber with Selective Infiltration of Glycerin
Abstract In this report, we carry out simulation and experimental investigations of directional coupler structures with different separations between the glycerin selectively infiltrated channel and silica core of a large mode area Photonic Crystal...
2016 / Kun Li, Jun Long Lim, Zhilin Xu, Dora Juan Juan Hu, Rebecca Yen-Ni Wong, et al. -
An optoelectronic circuit with a light source, an optical waveguide and a sensor all on silicon: Results and analysis of a novel system
Abstract A full analysis of an optoelectronic circuit on silicon composed by a light emitter, an optical waveguide and a photodetector is achieved. The light emitter is based on silicon rich oxide multilayers. The multilayer structure exhibits an...
2016 / J. Alarcón-Salazar, I.E. Zaldívar-Huerta, M. Aceves-Mijares -
Modelling the failure of reinforced concrete with nonlocal and crack band approaches using the damage-plasticity model CDPM2
Abstract A nonlocal extension of the damage-plasticity model CDPM2 is proposed. The performance of this extension is evaluated in comparison with a crack band version of the same model for describing the failure of reinforced concrete. In...
2016 / Dimitrios Xenos, Peter Grassl -
Equivalent medium theory of layered sphere particle with anisotropic shells
Abstract Researches on the optical properties of small particle have been widely concerned in the atmospheric science, astronomy, astrophysics, biology and medical science. This paper provides an equivalent dielectric theory for the functional...
2016 / Xingcai Li, Minzhong Wang, Beidou Zhang -
On generation-integrated energy storage
Abstract Generation-integrated energy storage (GIES) systems store energy at some point along the transformation between the primary energy form and electricity. Instances exist already in natural hydro power, biomass generation, wave power, and...
2015 / S.D. Garvey, P.C. Eames, J.H. Wang, A.J. Pimm, M. Waterson, et al. -
Surface composition changes of CuNi-ZrO2 during methane decomposition: An operando NAP-XPS and density functional study
Abstract Bimetallic CuNi nanoparticles of various nominal compositions (1:3, 1:1, 3:1) supported on ZrO2 were employed for operando spectroscopy and theoretical studies of stable surface compositions under reaction conditions of catalytic methane...
2016 / Astrid Wolfbeisser, Gábor Kovács, Sergey M. Kozlov, Karin Föttinger, Johannes Bernardi, et al. -
Computed Tomography with X-rays and Fast Neutrons for Restoration of Wooden Artwork
Abstract The objects of this investigation were sculptures taken from a ca. three hundred years old baroque epitaph of a church in Tönning, a town in Northern Germany. Around 1900 it was found in a disastrous state heavily damaged by wood-worm. At...
2015 / Kurt Osterloh, Carsten Bellon, Stefan Hohendorf, Sanjeevareddy Kolkoori, Norma Wrobel, et al. -
Strengthening shale wellbore with silica nanoparticles drilling fluid
Abstract Nanoparticles have been widely used to reduce wellbore instability problems of shale formation. In this paper, nanoparticle-containing water-based drilling fluids (WBDFs) and oil-based drilling fluids (OBDFs) were evaluated by running three ...
2016 / Yili Kang, Jiping She, Hao Zhang, Lijun You, Minggu Song -
Corrigendum to ‘Databases and Web Tools for Cancer Genomics Study’ [GPB 137 (2015) – GPB 13/1 (46–50)]2015 / Yadong Yang, Xunong Dong, Bingbing Xie, Nan Ding, Juan Chen, et al.
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The effect of aluminium on twinning in binary alpha-titanium
Abstract The deformation mechanisms of binary Ti–Al model alloys (0–13.1 at.% Aluminium) have been investigated with respect to the twinning activity using in-situ loading in combination with neutron diffraction as well as detailed post mortem...
2015 / Arnas Fitzner, D.G. Leo Prakash, Joao Quinta da Fonseca, Matthew Thomas, Shu-Yan Zhang, et al. -
Data in support of crystal structures of highly-ordered long-period stacking-ordered phases with 18R, 14H and 10H-type stacking sequences in the Mg–Zn–Y system
Abstract The crystal structures of highly-ordered Mg–Zn–Y long-period stacking-ordered (LPSO) phases with the 18R, 14H and 10H-type stacking sequences have been investigated by atomic-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and...
2015 / Kyosuke Kishida, Kaito Nagai, Akihide Matsumoto, Haruyuki Inui