Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Moderate speed impact damage to 2D-braided glass–carbon composites
Abstract Hybrid glass–carbon 2D braided composites with varying carbon contents are impacted using a gas gun by impactors of masses 12.5 and 44.5g, at impact energies up to 50J. The damage area detected by ultrasound C-scan is found to increase...
2012 / M.P.F. Sutcliffe, C. Monroy Aceves, W.J. Stronge, R.S. Choudhry, A.E. Scott -
Experimental Tests on Semi-rigid, Hooking-type Beam-to-column Double-sided Joints in Sway-frame Structural Pallet Racking Systems
Abstract In the paper the results of experimental tests carried out on double-sided semi-rigid beam-to-column joints applied in the typical pallet racking systems are presented and discussed. The applicable European design standard EN 15512 “Steel...
2014 / Paweł A. Król, Magdalena Papadopoulos-Woźniak, Jarosław Wójt -
An approach for mining concepts’ relationships based on historical assessment records
Abstract In recent years, researchers have proposed various approaches for developing adaptive learning systems based on concept maps. Nevertheless, most of them deal only with binary grades of each test item. In this paper, we present a new method...
2011 / Mohammed Al-Sarem, Mostafa Bellafkih, Mohammed Ramdeni -
Novel CCTV security camera system using DWDM wavelength enhancement
Abstract We propose a new design of a security camera system that uses the dense wavelength division multiplexing wavelength enhancement, whereas increasing in channel capacity and security can be provided. The increasing in number of channel can be ...
2010 / Polthep Srimuk, Somsak Mitatha, Preecha P. Yupapin -
Analysis and improvement of SNR in FBG sensing system2012 / Delong Kong, Jun Chang, Peijun Gong, Yongning Liu, Boning Sun, et al.
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Corrosion behavior of Ni–P/nano-TiC composite coating prepared in electroless baths containing different types of surfactant
Abstract In current research, in order to enhance the incorporation of nano-sized TiC particles into electroless NiP (EN) coating, different types of surfactant (cationic, anionic, and polymeric) were added to the plating bath. The effects of...
2012 / Sahar Afroukhteh, Changiz Dehghanian, Massood Emamy -
Drug Delivery Micropump with Built-In Monitoring
Abstract We report on the fabrication of the first MEMS micropump including an integrated pressure sensor. The signal of this sensor allows direct insight into the pump's operating dynamics and enables real-time self-monitoring. We demonstrate the...
2009 / N. Schneeberger, R. Allendes, F. Bianchi, E. Chappel, C. Conan, et al. -
Coupling aspects in the simulation of hydrogen-induced stress-corrosion cracking
Abstract Modelling of hydrogen-induced stress-corrosion cracking (HISCC) has to consider coupling effects between the mechanical and the diffusion field quantities. Four main topics are addressed: i) surface kinetics, ii) diffusion, iii) deformation ...
2012 / Wolfgang Brocks, Rainer Falkenberg, Ingo Scheider -
Cytocompatibility of the selected calcium phosphate based bone cements: comparative study in human cell culture2015 / Radosław Olkowski, Piotr Kaszczewski, Joanna Czechowska, Dominika Siek, Dawid Pijocha, et al.
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Visualization of Water Behavior in the In-plane and Throughplane Directions in a PEFC using a Neutron Image Intensifier
Abstract Water distributions of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) with 9-parallel channels during operation were visualized using a neutron radiography facility at B4 port in KUR (Kyoto University Research Reactor). An imaging system with a...
2013 / H. Murakawa, K. Sugimoto, K. Miyata, H. Asano, N. Takenaka, et al. -
Qualitative Analysis of a Biological-Chemical Reaction Model of Multi-Molecule Systems
Abstract This article discuss the limit cycle of the and branching problem of Hopf, whose parameter is Theta,giving the direction and stability Of Hopf branch and its approximate expression based on of small amplitude cycle. ...
2012 / Yan Li, Zhang Hongdan, Yue Xiting, Zhao Jiaqi -
A Miniaturized Catalytic Gas Sensor for Hydrogen Detection Containing a High Porous Catalytic Layer Formed by Dry Lift-Off
Abstract This paper presents a miniaturized catalytic gas sensor for hydrogen detection, based on a sputtered high porous catalytic platinum layer, formed by dry lift off. It provides the possibility to structure these sensitive materials without...
2012 / E. Brauns, T. Seemann, V. Zoellmer, W. Lang -
Facet effect of copper(I) sulfide nanocrystals on photoelectrochemical properties
Abstract 14-facets polyhedra chalcocite Cu2S nanocrystals were synthesized by a solvothermal method. It was found that the presence of trio-n-octylphosphine during the synthesis was essential for the exposure of unconventional {110} faces. Results...
2013 / Yecheng Li, Lei Zhang, Jimmy C. Yu, Shu-Hong Yu -
Fluorescent Particles for Non-intrusive Surface Flow Observations
Abstract The relevance of hydrological surface processes, such as drainage formation, landscape's evolution, pollutant diffusion, and sediment transport, has recently fostered the development of an array of novel sensing systems. In this context,...
2013 / F. Tauro, S. Grimaldi, M. Porfiri, A. Petroselli -
Characterization of Methanol Selective Membranes2012 / E. Gonzalez Diaz
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Mathematical modeling of thermo-mechanical behavior of strip during twin roll casting of an AZ31 magnesium alloy
Abstract The effect of set-back distance on the thermo-mechanical behavior of the strip during twin roll casting (TRC) of an AZ31 magnesium alloy was modeled using finite element method (FEM). Model validation was done by comparing the predicted and ...
2013 / Amir Hadadzadeh, Mary A. Wells -
Controllable hydrogen release via aluminum powder corrosion in calcium hydroxide solutions
Abstract Mechanism of aluminum powder corrosion in calcium hydroxide solutions was investigated via various analyses of residues after its hydrolysis reaction and pH change of the solutions to control the release of hydrogen gas. It was revealed...
2013 / Shingo Kanehira, Susumu Kanamori, Kohji Nagashima, Takashi Saeki, Heidy Visbal, et al. -
Automation of 3D Building Model Generation Using Quadrotor
Abstract Recently, in course of the last development in information technology, control algorithms, models and simulators of buildings management, an essential role in given to 3D information modeling BIM in order to facilitate, improve and expand...
2015 / Alexey Bulgakov, Alexey Evgenov, Cornell Weller -
Design of ANC filter using modified cuckoo search technique for ECG signal enhancement
Summary In this work, the design of an adaptive noise canceller (ANC) filter is presented using modified cuckoo search (MCS) optimization technique. The proposed scheme is applied for de-noising of ECG signals. Our simulation results reveal that the ...
2016 / Shivika Goyal, Shefali Goswamy, Akanksha Negi, Aayushi Tomar, A.R. Verma, et al. -
Optical and electrical characterization of In2S3 buffer layer for photovoltaics applications
Abstract In2S3 thin films have been synthesized by annealing indium thin films under sulfur pressure. The indium thin films have been deposited by evaporation onto glass substrates. The sample is then introduced, with small grains of sulfur into a...
2010 / K. Benchouk, J. Ouerfelli, M. Saadoun, A. Siyoucef