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Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2024 2024
IMPROVING CAST STEEL RAIL COUPLER FATIGUE RESISTANCE THROUGH LOCAL WIRE-ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING , Andrew M. Bunge
NICKEL SUPERALLOY COMPOSITION AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION FOR WELDABILITY, COST, AND STRENGTH , Sophie A. Mehl
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2023 2023
CARBONATE-SUPERSTRUCTURED SOLID FUEL CELLS WITH HYDROCARBON FUELS , Hanrui Su
EFFECT OF SC ON RECRYSTALLIZATION RESISTANCE OF AA7050 , Keaton Schmidt
IMPROVED DUCTILITY IN AN ARTIFICIALLY AGED AL-ZN-MG ALLOY WITH MN ADDITIONS , Daniel S. Freiberg
IMPROVED ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE OF DUCTILE IRON UTILIZING CHILLS AND CHROMIUM ADDITIONS , Ben L. Wang
OPTIMIZING THE EXTRUDABILITY OF 6082 ALUMINUM BY VARYING THE MAGNESIUM AND SILICON CONCENTRATION , Eli A. Harma
QUANTIFYING THE EVOLUTION OF STRENGTHENING MECHANISMS FOR COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED NIOBIUM AND TITANIUM HSLA STEEL SHEET , Isabella M.W. Jaszczak
STABILITY OF LiNiCoAl-OXIDE ELECTRODE MATERIAL UNDER HIGH-TEMPERATURE CERAMIC FUEL CELL CONDITIONS , Wei Zhang
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL HYDROGENATED GRAPHENE , Yuhuan Fei
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2022 2022
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF FUNCTIONAL POLYMER COMPOSITES , Masoud Kasraie
Engineering Mechanically-Stable Zinc-Based Alloys for Medical Implants , Morteza Shaker Ardakani
LENGTH-SCALE-DEPENDENT STRESS RELIEF MECHANISMS IN HIGH PURITY INDIUM , Fereshteh Mallakpour
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2021 2021
ANALYZING VARIATION IN DISPERSOID FORMATION IN ALUMINUM ALLOYS BY MINOR CHANGES IN HOMOGENIZATION TEMPERATURE , Brendan Treanore
A Resolution of Grain Boundary Strengthening Mechanisms by Nanoindentation Induced Local Mechanical Response , Prasad Pramod Soman
ATOMISTIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATION STUDY OF PHASE TRANSITIONS IN METAL ALLOYS , Xiaoxu Guo
Exploring Rapid Solidification and Equal Channel Angular Pressing in the Fabrication of Mg-Based Alloys for Medical Applications , Emily Tom
HIGHLY EFFICIENT AND STABLE NI-BASED CATALYSTS FOR DRY REFORMING OF METHANE , Meijia Li
Multi-level analysis of atomic layer deposition barrier coatings on additively manufactured plastics for high vacuum applications , Nupur Bihari
ROLE OF ETA PHASE EVOLUTION ON CREEP PROPERTIES OF NICKEL BASE SUPERALLOYS USED IN ADVANCED ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION PLANTS , Ninad Mohale
THE EFFECTS OF MOLYBDENUM, CHROMIUM, AND NIOBIUM ON GRAY IRON FOR BRAKE ROTOR APPLICATIONS , Matthew Hasbrouck
THERMOMECHANICAL MECHANISMS THAT CAUSE ADHESION OF ALUMINUM HIGH PRESSURE DIE CASTINGS TO THE DIE , Alex Monroe
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2020 2020
EFFECT OF CERIUM AND MAGNESIUM ADDITIONS ON THE STRENGTH AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE INTERMETALLIC COMPOUND LAYERS IN ALUMINUM-STEEL DISSIMILAR CASTINGS , Matt Thomas
EFFECT OF COBALT IN THIN WALL DUCTILE IRON AND SOLID SOLUTION STRENGTHENED FERRITIC DUCTILE IRON , Alejandra I. Almanza
INFLUENCE OF RAPID SOLIDIFICATION AND WROUGHT PROCESSING ON PRECIPITATION STRENGTHENING AND DEFORMATION MECHANISMS IN AL-SC-ZR ALLOYS , Yang Yang
MAGNETISM IN γ-FeSi2 NANOSTRUCTURES: A FIRST PRINCIPLES STUDY , Sahil Dhoka
MO6S8-BASED SINGLE-METAL-ATOM CATALYSTS FOR METHANOL SYNTHESIS FROM STEAM REFORMING OF METHANE , H. T. Zhang Zhang
Multiphysics phase field modeling of electromigration , Zachary Morgan
SURFACE MODIFICATION OF ZnO BASED DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS , Shu Zhao
SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATIONS OF METAL/SEPIOLITE AND METAL OXIDE/SEPIOLITE NANOCOMPOSITES , Huaguang Wang
The Effects of Carbon Equivalent, Return Ratios, Mold Preparation, Riser Feed and Casting Temperature on the Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of 100-70-03 Pearlitic Ductile Iron , Erin VanDusen
THE STUDY OF CHEMICAL INDUCED POLYOLEFIN-BASED ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FOR ELECTRODIALYSIS APPLICATION , Di Huang
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2019 2019
EFFECT OF DEVELOPMENT OF SCANDIUM TRIALUMINIDE PRECIPITATES ON CORROSION AND MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR IN ALUMINUM-MAGNESIUM ALLOYS , Carson Williams
INTEGRATED COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS ENGINEERING (ICME) INVESTIGATION OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY AND THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY FOR PRECIPITATION STRENGTHENED Al-Zn-Zr AND Al-Zn-Ni TERNARY ALLOYS , Oladeji Fadayomi
Investigating Microalloying Elements to Accelerate Zirconium Trialuminide Precipitation in Aluminum Alloys , Philip D. Staublin
Magnetic Domain Structures in Fe-Ga Alloys , Matthew N. Tianen
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2018 2018
Development and Characterization of Biodegradable Zinc Vascular Ligation Clips , Jeffrey Michael Brookins
Effect of Hierarchical Structure and Orientation on Water-Repellent Legs of Water-Walking Insects , Georgia Hurchalla
EFFECTS AND LIMITATIONS OF RESIDUAL ALLOYING ELEMENTS IN SILICON SOLID SOLUTION STRENGTHENED FERRITIC DUCTILE IRON , Julia Scruton
EFFECTS OF HEAT TREATMENT CONDITIONS ON MORPHOLOGY, OPTICAL PROPERTIES, AND PERFORMANCE OF TiO2 IN DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS , Peter Hokemeir-Seim
GRAPHENE ELECTRODES FOR SUPERCAPACITORS AND CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION , Liang Chang
MEASUREMENT OF PLANAR FAULT PROBABILITIES IN AUSTEMPERED DUCTILE IRON AND 304L STAINLESS STEEL , Nathan Peterson
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2017 2017
BALL-MILLING TUNED BAND STRUCTURES OF ZnO NANOPARTICLES , Qianli Ma
EVALUATION OF THERMAL STABILITY OF AUSFERRITE IN AUSTEMPERED DUCTILE IRON USING DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY , Karl Warsinski
FLOWER-LIKE ΒETA-COBALT SULFIDE MICROSPHERE AND ACTIVATED CARBON/COBALT SULFIDE COMPOSITES FOR CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION , Xuechen Wu
FOOD DYES BASED DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS , Dafu Wang
Formulation and testing of biodegradable polymeric coating on zinc wires in cardiovascular stent application , Avishan Arab Shomali
HIGHLY EFFICIENT ELECTRODE MATERIALS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN SOLAR CELLS , Wei Wei
In-situ synthesis of NiMoO4 on Ni foam as a binder-free electrode for supercapacitor , Tawei Chiu
MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF Zn-Ti ALLOYS FOR BIODEGRADABLE STENT APPLICATIONS , Zhiyong Yin
NONLINEAR DIELECTRIC BEHAVIOR OF FIELD-INDUCED ANTIFERROELECTRIC/PARAELECTRIC-TO-FERROELECTRIC PHASE TRANSITION FOR HIGH ENERGY DENSITY CAPACITOR APPLICATION , Mingyang Li
Plating Wastewater Treatment , Yuzhe Zhang
STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CORROSION BEHAVIOR OF BIO-DEGRADABLE ZN-LI ALLOYS IN STENT APPLICATION , Shan Zhao
THE INFLUENCE OF PRIOR NATURAL AGING ON ARTIFICIAL AGE HARDENING IN AL-MG-SI ALLOYS , Alex Poznak
TIGHTENING THE LOOP ON THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY: DISTRIBUTED PLASTIC RECYCLING WITH AN OPEN SOURCE RECYCLEBOT , Shan Zhong
Utilizing RepRap Style 3D Printers for the Manufacturing of Composite Heat Exchangers , John Laureto
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2016 2016
Design for Low-Cost Gas Metal Arc Weld-Based Aluminum 3-D Printing , Amberlee S. Haselhuhn
DYNAMIC ATOMISTIC STUDY OF TUNNEL FUNCTIONS IN NANOSTRUCTURED TRANSITIONAL METAL OXIDES , Yifei Yuan
Experimental Investigations of Fused Filament Fabrication for Applications to Affordable Scientific Hardware , Bas Wijnen
Formation of Copper Gasars at Subatmospheric Pressures , Helen J. Rau
HIGHLY EFFICIENT TEMPERATURE-INDUCED VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION , Bing Han
INCREASING SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY IN HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES WITH PLASMONIC PERFECT META – ABSORBERS , Jephias Gwamuri
INVESTIGATION AND MODELING OF Al3(Sc, Zr) PRECIPITATION STRENGTHENING IN THE PRESENCE OF ENHANCED SUPERSATURATION AND WITHIN Al-Cu BINARY ALLOYS , Kyle Deane
Mechanically Induced Structural Changes in Molybdenum Disulfide , Prasad Pramod Soman
MODIFICATION OF ACTIVATED CARBON FOR SUPERCAPACITOR , Yan Xu
NANOSPHERE LITHOGRAPHY AND ITS APPLICATION IN RAPID AND ECONOMIC FABRICATION OF PLASMONIC HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES , Chenlong Zhang
Nd2Fe14B: (Nd1-x Dyx)2 Fe14B CORE-SHELL STRUCTURE FORMATION BY HOT PRESS LIQUID PHASE SINTERING , Li Chen
THE EFFECT OF SOLIDIFICATION RATE AND SOLUTIONIZING QUENCH RATE ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND HARDENING RESPONSE OF ALUMINUM ALLOYS: A QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON , Rafael Gil-Figueroa
Thermomechanical Processing of Aluminum Micro-alloyed with Sc, Zr, Ti, B, and C , Cameron McNamara
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2015 2015
BIOCORROSION RATE AND MECHANISM OF METALLIC MAGNESIUM IN MODEL ARTERIAL ENVIRONMENTS , Patrick Bowen
COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF MICROSTRUCTURE-PROPERTYMECHANISM RELATIONS IN FERROIC COMPOSITES , Fengde D. Ma
Failure Analysis of Blistered Organic Coatings on Gray Iron Castings , Matthew Tianen
Materials for Energy, Drug, and Information Storage , Peifu Cheng
MICROWAVE ASSISTED COMMUNITION OF SULFIDE ORE , Matthew D. Andriese
MODELING AND SIMULATION OF MICROSTRUCTURES, MECHANISMS, AND DIFFRACTION EFFECTS IN ENERGY MATERIALS: FERROELECTRICS AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY CATHODE MATERIALS , Jie Zhou
STRUCTURES, PROPERTIES AND FUNCTIONALITIES OF MAGNETIC DOMAIN WALLS IN THIN FILMS, NANOWIRES AND ATOMIC CHAINS: MICROMAGNETIC AND AB INITIO STUDIES , Liwei D. Geng
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014
DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS FOR REPRAP STYLE 3-D PRINTERS IN ENGINEERING , Benjamin T. Wittbrodt
DEVELOPMENT OF PRECIPITATION HARDENABLE AL-SC-ZR-HF QUATERNARY ALLOYS THROUGH THERMODYNAMIC MODELING, AND ROOM-TEMPERATURE AND ELEVATED TEMPERATURE HARDNESS , Matthew J. Wong
MICROWAVE ABSORPTION PROPERTIES OF TIRES , Yuzhe Zhang
Nano-engineering of composite material via reactive mechanical alloying/milling (RMA/M) , Edward Andrew Laitila
SOLUTE-DERIVED THERMAL STABILITY OF NANOCRYSTALLINE ALUMINUM AND PROCESSING FACTOR INFLUENCE ON THE FORMATION OF AL6MN QUASICRYSTALS IN MELT-SPINNING , Andrew H. Baker
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013
Dysprosium transport in Nd-Fe-B pellets , Parawee Pumwongpitak
Faulted Structures in Li Ion Exchanged NaMO2 (M=Ni(0.25)Mn(0.75)) , Aaron M. DeWahl
Intergranular Corrosion and Stress Corrosion Cracking of Extruded AA6005A , David James Seguin
NICKEL-COBALT SOLID SOLUTION AND ITS APPLICATIONS AS CATALYSTS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE REFORMING OF METHANE , Sanchai Kuboon
PARAMETRIC STUDY OF REAXFF SIMULATION PARAMETERS FOR MOLECULAR DYNAMICS MODELING OF REACTIVE CARBON GASES , Benjamin David Jensen
PROPERTIES AND STRUCTURES OF Li-N BASED HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIALS , Junqing Zhang
SYNTHESIS OF GRAPHENE AND ITS APPLICATIONS FOR DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS , Hui Wang
The Processing of Aluminum Gasarites via Thermal Decomposition of Interstitial Hydrides , Joseph James Licavoli
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012
DIFFUSE-INTERFACE FIELD APPROACH TO MODELING SELF-ASSEMBLY OF HETEROGENEOUS COLLOIDAL SYSTEMS AND RELATED DIPOLE-DIPOLE INTERACTION PHENOMENA , Tianle Cheng
Effect of external electric field on hydrogen adsorption over activated carbon separated by dielectric materials , Zheng Zhang
Heat transfer in microwave heating , Zhiwei Peng
Microwave-assisted wet chemical (MAWC) synthesis of lithium iron phosphate , Shangzhao Shi
Molecular modeling of EPON 862-DETDA polymer , Ananyo Bandyopadhyay
Synthesis of novel solid materials from carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide , Yan Huo
THE USE OF LIFE-CYCLE ANALYSIS TO REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF MATERIALS IN MANUFACTURING , Megan A. Kreiger
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011
Effects of silicon content and cooling rate on mechanical properties of heavy section ductile cast iron , Meghan Haycock
High temperature, low cycle fatigue of a hybrid particulate/fiber aluminum metal-matrix composite , Justin Clark
Optical hysteresis of ridge waveguide magnetic garnet films and cavities in two-dimensional magneto-photonic crystal slabs , Ding Chu
Processing and mechanical properties of cast aluminum containing scandium, zirconium, and ytterbium , Nicholas D. Johnson
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stability of linicoal-oxide electrode material under high-temperature ceramic fuel cell conditions, wei zhang. pdf. synthesis and characterization of three-dimensional hydrogenated graphene, yuhuan fei. theses/dissertations/reports from 2022 pdf. additive manufacturing of functional polymer composites, masoud kasraie. pdf
The lay-up and forming of advanced composite materials for useful parts is a time and cost intensive process. Aspects of composite forming examined in this thesis were motivated not only by the desire to increase the general knowledge base of composite material part designers and manufacturing engineers, but also by specific industrial
composite, the 3D printed composite is more like a dual-function material provided by two distinct phases. In this study, two types of the composite are developed and analyzed. The type I composite consists of a 3D printed brittle frame filled with a hyperelastic material, aimed for enhanced structural toughness. The type II composite consists ...
Introduction. Laminated composite materials are extensively used in aerospace, defense, marine, automobile, and many other industries. They are generally lighter and stiffer than other structural materials. laminated composite material consists of several layers of a composite mixture consisting of. matrix and fibers.
FIBER REINFORCED EPOXY COMPOSITES A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF Bachelor of Technology In Mechanical Engineering By SUJEET KUMAR ... Overview of Composites material 1-5 Chapter 2 2.1. Literature Survey 6-9 2.2. Objectives of the Current Research Work 9 Chapter 3 MATERIALS AND METHODS 10-14
For the bulletproof vest is made up of Kevlar-Epoxy and S2 glass composite material for the analysis front area of vest is considered as rectangular shape with dimension 500mm X 300mm X 4 mm. and the dimension of bullet as shown in fig. below. According to this dimension front of vest and bullet is modeled on pro-e.
3 Al,SiCp Composites 5 4 Processing of Metal Matrix Composites 6 4.1 Liquid-State Process 6 4.2 Solid-State Process 6 4.3 In Situ Processes 7 5 Advantages of Nonconventional Machining over conventional machining for MMCs 7 Chapter 2: State of Art and Problem Statement 10-24 2.1 Introduction 10 2.2 Al,SiCp Metal Matrix Composite 10
Thesis submitted to the . College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at . West Virginia University in . partial fulfillment of the requirements . for the degree of . ... models and others to characterize the effect of environmental changes on static composite material properties, but experimental work in both of these areas can be difficult ...
Based on the length-scale and time-scale in hand, continuum modeling, e.g., finite element modeling (FEM) is extensively used in simulating composite materials. In ''Computational Modeling of the Mechanical Behavior of 3D Hybrid Organic-Inor-ganic Nanocomposites,'' Mohammad Maghsoudi-Ganjeh et al. have used FEM to model 3D hybrid ...
We offer the opportunity to write an interdisciplinary Master Thesis on the modelling and simulation of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs). The project is a cooperation between the Advanced Ceramics Group and the Bremen Institute of Mechanical Engineering (bime) within the Faculty of Production Engineering at the University of Bremen.
composite material subjected to impact load tensile load. General purposed commercial finite element code was employed to develop the computational model. Fiber glass reinforced composite, one of the commonly used structural composites, was chosen for the test material. Computational model was constructed 2-D axis-symmetric finite elements.
1.3 Fabrication of Thermoplastic Composites: An Overview. The first step in the design of a thermoplastic composite material is an appropriate choice of a fabrication method. There are several widely used methods to prepare thermoplastic composite materials, several of which are outlined below. 1.3.0 Solution Impregnation.
874 Ahmad A. Khalaf et al. et al. [ 7] investigated the microstructural and mechanical. properties of composite materials containing Coconut, Jute, and E-glass fibers. When comparing findings ...
This thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment of requirements for PhD degree in Technical University of Denmark (DTU). ... The effect of combined mechanical-electrical stresses during fatigue on glass fiber composite materials has been investigated throughout this work, on small and large-scale specimens. ...
The growth of the composites market can be attributed to increased uses in the. aerospace, defence, and transportation applications. The global composite materials. market is expected to reach an ...
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phd thesis: interfacial adhesion in natural and synthetic fibre composites: a physical-chemical-mechanical approach February 2014 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.36823.52647
AE-681 Composite Materials Instructor : Dr. PM Mohite Office:AE-11,Aerospace Engineering Email: [email protected] Ph: 6024 Course Credits: 4 LTPD: 3-0-0-0 Course Content: • Introduction, Definition, classification, behaviors of unidirectional composites •Analysis of lamina; constitutive classical laminate theory, thermal stresses, • Design consideration, analysis of laminates after ...
CNT -based ceramic nanocomposites. are utilized in aerospace and sports goods, composite mirrors, and automotive spares, and are also useful for at-panel displays, gas storage devices, toxic gas ...
The original contribution of this thesis is the systematic presentation of three different hybridisation processes aiming to improve the impact properties of laminated composite materials through the introduction of an additional phase or reinforcement within the composite structure and, at the same time, to enable important non-structural ...
Composite materials are the material where two different materials are combined together to newlinedevelop a new material which can be better compared to its individual constituent material. newlineMetal matrix composite is an example of composite material where the base or primary material newlineis reinforced with secondary materials such as ...
Replacing steel components with composite components can save 60 to 80% in component weight, and 20 to 50% weight by replacing aluminum parts. Schematic of squeezes casting process. a) Fritsch ...
M.Tech mini project report-converted - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. This document provides a project report on the design of a filament winding machine for composite fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) butt joints. The report describes the filament winding process, various winding patterns, materials used to make FRP composites, and applications of FRP ...