Browsing by Department "Materials Science and Engineering"
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(2022-12-12)While conventional shape memory alloys (SMAs) can only be actuated either by stress or temperature variation, metamagnetic SMAs (MMSMAs) show the magnetic-field-induced martensitic transformation, and the field-induced ...
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(2015-12-09)Interfacial properties in carbon fiber composites is one of the key parameters controlling their structural functionality. Here, we introduce a novel method to engineering carbon fiber-epoxy interfaces, via inclusion of ...
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(2017-06-05)Nuclear energy is a sustainable, efficient, carbon-neutral energy source to meet the ever-increasing global energy demands. Some current advanced reactor concepts require reactor core components, such as fuel cladding and ...
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(2019-10-25)Passivity as an electrochemical/chemical mechanism has an important impact on engineering materials; the process helps to mitigate and control the corrosion process by providing a nano- to Angstrom- scale protective barrier ...
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(2021-05-19)The first part of this dissertation was designed to evaluate three different types of tungsten-based electrodes, which were made in house, and find out the best electrode to measure stable signals in a severe environment ...
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(2021-12-06)Corrosion of metals has been nominated as one of the major issues that contribute to material degradation which can ultimately trigger economic losses via unexpected accidents including material failure. The service period ...
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(2023-01-31)Corrosion is an electrochemical phenomenon that usually occurs on metal anodes. However, localized corrosion on the cathode has been reported many times, and its corrosion mechanism is still unclear. To gain a better ...
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(2017-07-18)Lithium nitrate trihydrate (LNH) is promising as a thermal energy storage material with one of the largest specific and volumetric enthalpies of fusion for materials with a near-room temperature melting point. In order to ...
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(2022-12-10)Steel rebar is widely applied in reinforced concrete (RC) structures due to its significant improvements in mechanical properties. Bridges, for example, contain a large portion of rebar consumption and therefore, the ...
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(2020-06-18)Titanium oxide (TiO2) represents the self-cleaning feature with a combination of photo-catalysis and photo-induced super-hydrophilicity. However, TiO2-coated carbon steel (CS) and stainless steel (SS) have not presented ...
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(2023-06-21)In this work, the sulfide corrosion cracking susceptibility of a novel ultrafine grain high strength steel were studied under different concentrations of H2S and pH. The critical sulfide stress cracking factor (KISSC ) was ...
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(2017-11-29)Small volume, high surface area and protective fibulas scaffold of collagen modular microenvironment improves cell viability and proliferation. Therefore, the ability to produce collagen modular microenvironment accurately ...
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(2020-04-09)Water is a strategic resource for cities and industries, and reserving this fresh water is a big challenge for them. Osmosis pressure has become the most popular way to treat water; to get drinkable water or to remove ...
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Damage Initiation in Unidirectional Polymeric Composites with Manufacturing Induced Irregularities (2018-05-03)In this work, the initiation of the first failure event in unidirectional polymer composites subjected to different loading conditions is studied. Two energy based point failure criteria – critical dilatational and critical ...
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(2022-08-17)The advancements in materials have driven significant progress in humanity which is largely enabled by a deeper understanding of fundamental materials science. For materials, the potential energy surface of the atomistic ...
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A Data Driven Machine Learning Approach to Prediction of Stacking Fault Energy in Austenitic Steels (2016-08-05)The Material Genome Initiative (MGI) calls for establishing frameworks and adopting methodologies to accelerate materials discovery and deployment. The Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) approach and ...
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(2016-04-06)Most of the previous work has been guided towards the understanding of this phenomenon under a uniform obstacle distribution, i.e., same obstacle shape, blockage ratio, and gap between obstacles. However, industrial ...
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(2020-12-02)Thermal expansion control is key to further optimization of systems with large heat gradients or changes in temperature, and where extreme precision is required. Manipulation of this property in materials has traditionally ...
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Degradable Polycarbonate Networks Derived from Quinic Acid and Designed for Biomedical Applications (2015-11-13)The pursuit of polymers with natural and renewable precursors is driven by two specific aims: (i) to develop sustainable and biodegradable plastics which decrease dependence on petroleum feedstocks and address problems ...
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(2020-04-30)Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are in class of active materials with the capability to undergo and recover large deformations upon subjecting to certain external stimuli, i.e. temperature and mechanical load. This capability ...