Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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A Dynamic Discrete Dislocation Plasticity study of elastodynamic shielding of stationary cracks
Abstract Employing Dynamic Discrete Dislocation Plasticity (D3P), an elastodynamic analysis of the shielding of a stationary crack tip by dislocations is studied. Dislocations are generated via Frank–Read sources, and make a negligible contribution...
2016 / B. Gurrutxaga-Lerma, D.S. Balint, D. Dini, A.P. Sutton -
Synergistic effect of environmental media and stress on the fatigue fracture behaviour of aluminium alloys2016 / H-H Yang, Y-L Wang, X-S Wang, P Pan, D-W Jia
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GVD effect and nonlinear pulse propagation in 40Gbit/s optical fiber communication systems
Abstract In this paper, group velocity dispersion (GVD) and second-order GVD effects are shortly discussed and then the limitations on the bit rate induced by dispersion or second-order GVD are estimated. For relative higher pulse energy and shorter ...
2011 / Wu Sheng, Liao Tong-Qing, Wu Xian-Liang -
Airworthiness Certification of Light Ejection Escape Equipment
Abstract The effective regulations or standards haven’t provided enough safety requirements for unusual design features of light ejection escape equipment installed on acrobatic aircraft. In this article, this certification problem was discussed....
2011 / GU Baodong -
Optimization of wick shape in a loop heat pipe for high heat transfer
Abstract This paper presents a method to optimize wick shape in the capillary evaporator of loop heat pipes and capillary pumped loops. The evaporator heat-transfer coefficient is maximized using only the length of a three-phase contact line (TPCL)...
2016 / M. Nishikawara, H. Nagano -
The JRC Nanomaterials Repository: A unique facility providing representative test materials for nanoEHS research
Abstract The European Commission has established a Nanomaterials Repository that hosts industrially manufactured nanomaterials that are distributed world-wide for safety testing of nanomaterials. In a first instance these materials were tested in...
2016 / Sara Totaro, Giulio Cotogno, Kirsten Rasmussen, Francesca Pianella, Marco Roncaglia, et al. -
A review on hot tearing of magnesium alloys
Abstract Hot tearing is often a major casting defect in magnesium alloys and has a significant impact on the quality of their casting products. Hot tearing of magnesium alloys is a complex solidification phenomenon which is still not fully...
2016 / Jiangfeng Song, Fusheng Pan, Bin Jiang, Andrej Atrens, Ming-Xing Zhang, et al. -
Observation of Pt-{100}-p(2×2)-O reconstruction by an environmental TEM
Abstract The surface structure of noble metal nanoparticles usually plays a crucial role during the catalytic process in the fields of energy and environment. It has been studied extensively by surface analytic methods, such as scanning tunneling...
2016 / Hengbo Li, Wentao Yuan, Ying Jiang, Zhengfei Zhang, Ze Zhang, et al. -
Determination and impact factor analysis of hydrodynamic dispersion coefficient within a gravel layer using an electrolyte tracer method
Abstract Hydrodynamic dispersion is a measure for describing the process of solute transport in porous media. Characterizing the dispersion of water flow within gravel is essential for the prediction of solute transport especially nonpoint source...
2016 / Xiaonan Shi, Tingwu Lei, Yan Yan, Fan Zhang -
An electrical method to measure low-frequency collective and synchronized cell activity using extracellular electrodes
Abstract An electrical method to measure extracellular bioelectrical activity in vitro is presented. This method exploits the Helmholtz capacitive double-layer established at the electrode surface. Small extracellular voltage variations in the order ...
2016 / Maria C.R. Medeiros, Ana Mestre, Pedro Inácio, Sanaz Asgarif, Inês M. Araújo, et al. -
On the Safety and Performance Demonstration Tests of Prototype Gen-IV Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor and Validation and Verification of Computational Codes
Abstract The design of Prototype Gen-IV Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor (PGSFR) has been developed and the validation and verification (V&V) activities to demonstrate the system performance and safety are in progress. In this paper, the current...
2016 / Jong-Bum Kim, Ji-Young Jeong, Tae-Ho Lee, Sungkyun Kim, Dong-Jin Euh, et al. -
Influence of a neighbour fibre on the onset and growth of a fibre-matrix debond under biaxial loading. A study by Finite Fracture Mechanics at linear elastic interfaces
Abstract The aim of the present paper is to study the interaction between two aligned fibres embedded in a large matrix. Special attention is taken to the influence of the presence of a second fibre on the fibre-matrix interface failure. The Linear...
2016 / Mar Muñoz-Reja, Luis Távara, Vladislav Mantič, Pietro Cornetti -
Visualizing surface strain distribution of facial skin using stereovision
Abstract An experimental technique has been developed for measuring and visualizing strain distribution on facial skin. A stereovision technique based on digital image correlation is employed for obtaining the displacement distribution on the human...
2016 / Nagisa Miura, Tsubasa Sakamoto, Yuichi Aoyagi, Satoru Yoneyama -
Overall System Description and Safety Characteristics of Prototype Gen IV Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor in Korea
Abstract The Prototype Gen IV sodium cooled fast reactor (PGSFR) has been developed for the last 4 years, fulfilling the technology demonstration of the burning capability of transuranic elements included in light water reactor spent nuclear fuel....
2016 / Jaewoon Yoo, Jinwook Chang, Jae-Yong Lim, Jin-Sik Cheon, Tae-Ho Lee, et al. -
Advanced multiple response surface method of sensitivity analysis for turbine blisk reliability with multi-physics coupling
Abstract To reasonably implement the reliability analysis and describe the significance of influencing parameters for the multi-failure modes of turbine blisk, advanced multiple response surface method (AMRSM) was proposed for multi-failure mode...
2016 / Chunyi Zhang, Lukai Song, Chengwei Fei, Cheng Lu, Yongmei Xie -
Experimental study of flow field distribution over a generic cranked double delta wing
Abstract The flow fields over a generic cranked double delta wing were investigated. Pressure and velocity distributions were obtained using a Pitot tube and a hot wire anemometer. Two different leading edge shapes, namely “sharp” and “round”, were...
2016 / Mojtaba Dehghan Manshadi, Mehdi Eilbeigi, Mohammad Kazem Sobhani, Mehrdad Bazaz Zadeh, Mohammad Ali Vaziry -
Monitoring of Adhesion for Plated Metallisation: Why Busbar Pull Tests are not Sufficient
Abstract Copper plating can reduce the consumption of silver for silicon photovoltaic manufacturing, whilst also offering the potential to increase cell efficiency by way of reduced shading due to very narrow fingers and contacting silicon surfaces...
2016 / Xi Wang, Pei-Chieh Hsiao, Wei Zhang, Xi Wang, Ben Johnston, et al. -
The effect of varying volume fraction of microcapsules on fresh, mechanical and self-healing properties of mortars
Abstract Spherical polymeric microcapsules, carrying liquid sodium silicate, were used for autonomic self-healing of mortars. Microcapsules were added at varying volume fractions (Vf), with respect to the cement volume, from as low as 4% up to 32%...
2016 / A. Kanellopoulos, P. Giannaros, A. Al-Tabbaa -
The effect of internal stresses due to precipitates on twin growth in magnesium
Abstract Twinning is an important deformation mode in hexagonal close packed (HCP) metals, including magnesium alloys. Precipitates are used to provide strengthening in many of these alloys. The effect of precipitates in strengthening against...
2016 / J.D. Robson -
Numerical study on similarity of plume infrared radiation between reduced-scale solid rocket motors
Abstract This study seeks to determine the similarities in plume radiation between reduced and full-scale solid rocket models in ground test conditions through investigation of flow and radiation for a series of scale ratios ranging from 0.1 to 1....
2016 / Xiaoying Zhang, Huandong Chen