Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Xie, Kelvin"
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Zhao, Dexin (2021-09-13)Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys are promising lightweight and high specific strength structural materials, especially for transportation and aerospace applications. However, pure Mg and many Mg alloys exhibit low room-temperature ...
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Dieudonne, Yvonne Chantal (2023-03-21)Glass surface damage is a major issue for glass makers, suppliers, and end users. The cracking behavior that governs glass surface damage is not yet completely understood. In many cases, fracture results from a sharp contact ...
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Kim, Changkyu (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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Li, Jingrui (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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Chen, Lin (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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Galicia Amaro, Brenda Carolina (2021-06-02)This research focuses on understanding the different mechanisms underlying the performance of two epoxy-based coatings applied on different substrates. The magnesium-rich coatings applied to aluminum 7075 T6 work aims to ...
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Kaynan, Ozge (2023-05-05)Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites suffer from weak interfacial and interlayer bonding, and lack of control on the microstructure formation that has resulted in properties lower than theoretical predictions. ...
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Patel, Raj Sanjaykumar (2021-07-27)Two-dimensional (2D) hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (HOIP) possess high chemical stability, low production cost, and great optoelectronic and semiconductor properties, which permit great potential in widespread ...
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Wang, Jingyan (2023-03-28)With the development of semiconductor technology and the growth of demand for smart devices in general life, manufacturing efficiency has become an increasing challenge for the industry. Wafer manufacturing, as the first ...
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Handy, Joseph Viau (2022-09-09)Vanadium oxides are a versatile platform for examining the close coupling of spin, charge, orbital, lattice, and atomic degrees of freedom in electron-correlated materials. These compounds afford rich opportunities for ...
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Zhou, Wentao (2023-05-03)Galvanized steel is commonly used in food production processes and also as food shelving and bench surfaces because zinc provides enhanced corrosion resistance. However, upon exposure to fungus, bacteria and their metabolites, ...
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Investigations on Binder Jetting Additive Manufacturing: Process Physics and Innovative Approaches Moghadasi, Mohammadamin (2023-05-17)This study investigated several aspects of binder jetting additive manufacturing, including the effects of particle size, printing orientation, powder bed compaction, and texturing on the density, microstructure, and ...
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Investigations on Binder Jetting Additive Manufacturing: Process Physics and Innovative Approaches Moghadasi, Mohammadamin (2023-05-17)This study investigated several aspects of binder jetting additive manufacturing, including the effects of particle size, printing orientation, powder bed compaction, and texturing on the density, microstructure, and ...
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Investigations on Binder Jetting Additive Manufacturing: Process Physics and Innovative Approaches Moghadasi, Mohammadamin (2023-05-17)This study investigated several aspects of binder jetting additive manufacturing, including the effects of particle size, printing orientation, powder bed compaction, and texturing on the density, microstructure, and ...
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Rathod, Hemant J (2022-07-07)An abstruse mode of deformation, widely referred to as kink-banding, has been observed over a wide range of length-scales, loading conditions, and in a wide variety of materials across the physical and engineering sciences. ...
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Zheng, Xinzhu (2021-07-26)The overarching goal of this dissertation is to quantify the microstructural influence on deformation, degradation, and fracture of some of the most technologically sought after advanced structural materials. In the first ...
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Lien, Hsu-Ming (2020-06-30)Nanomechanical responses of brittle materials, such as glass and ceramics, are important for various industrial applications. Understanding their deformation and failure mechanisms would offer new knowledge and help design ...
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Demblon, Alexander Robert (2023-05-10)Since their first applications in the 1960s, shape memory alloys have been more frequently employed in industrial applications. Initially they had very specialized applications, but ongoing research has led to a better ...
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Gabriel, Adam (2021-12-01)The main goal is of this study is to surrogate the performance and identify possible challenges of using pure chromium as an accident tolerant fuel coating for existing Zircalloy nuclear fuel cladding. After the 2011 tsunami ...
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Ryabikovskaya, Ekaterina (2020-11-23)The Fukushima Daiichi reactor accident showed that Zircaloy-4 fuel cladding tubes under accident conditions involving loss of cooling can lead to strong hydrogen generation and explosion arising from severe surface oxidation ...