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Title: A Novel Fluorescence Based Method of Assessing Subsurface Damage in Optical Materials
Author: Williams, Wesley
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science, Optics
Description: Lapping and polishing are loose abrasive finishing processes that have been used to achieve critical surface parameters in optical materials for centuries. These processes remove material from the surface through a variety of mechanical and chemic...

Title: A comprehensive study of the microstructure and mechanical behavior of HCP-based multilayered nanofilms
Author: Lu, Yuanyuan
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science
Description: Metallic multilayer films with the individual layer thickness h decreased to submicron or even less have attracted a great deal of attention over the past decades because of their impressive mechanical properties, especially the high strength. Mos...

Title: Additive Manufacturing of 3D Printed SiC Composites: Strengthening and Densification through Surface Modification and Use of Mineral Binders
Author: Chandrasekaran, Sujithra
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Materials science, Mechanical engineering
Description: Manufacturing of dense SiC composites counts mainly on the thermal oxidation of the carbide into silica. The irregularity of the silica layer and its limited thickness weaken the bond between particles and diminish the good thermo-mechanical prope...

Title: BORON CARBIDE NANOWIRES: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION
Author: Guan, Zhe
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Materials science
Description: Bulk boron carbide has been widely used in ballistic armored vest and the property characterization has been heavily focused on mechanical properties. Even though boron carbides have also been projected as a promising class of high temperature the...

Title: Bioactive ceramic coating on orthopedic implants for enhanced bone tissue integration
Author: Aniket, .
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Nanoscience, Biomedical engineering
Description: Tissue integration between bone and orthopedic implant is essential for implant fixation and longevity. An immunological response leads to fibrous encapsulation of metallic implants leading to implant instability and failure. Bioactive ceramics ha...

Title: COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF IMPURITIES ON THE DUCTILITY OF TANTALUM AND TUNGSTEN BASED ON ATOMISTIC AND FIRST PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS
Author: Pan, Zhiliang
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science
Description: Tungsten and tantalum are neighbors in the Periodic Table of the Elements and, as refractory metals, both have very high melting points (tungsten: 3422oC, tantalum: 2996oC). However, the ductility of the two metals is quite different especially at...

Title: COMPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OF BULK METALLIC GLASS UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS - COUPLED EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE AND STRAIN RATE
Author: Yin, Weihua
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science
Description: Metallic glass was rst reported in 1960 by rapid quenching of Au-Si alloys. But, due to the size limitation, this material did not attract remarkable interest until the development of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) with specimen sizes in excess of 1...

Title: CONTROLLED GROWTH AND PROPERTY STUDY OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL LAYERED NANOSTRUCTURES OF MOLYBDENUM OXIDE
Author: Razmyar, Soheil
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Engineering, Nanotechnology
Description: Molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) is a versatile semiconductor material with a wide range of potential applications in photocatalysis, electrochromism/photochromism, sensing, and energy storage. Its highly anisotropic layered structure with weak van der ...

Title: Correction of the post-necking True Stress-Strain data using Instrumented Nanoindentation
Author: Romero Fonseca, Ivan
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science
Description: The study of large plastic deformations has been the focus of numerous studies particularly in the metal forming processes and fracture mechanics fields. A good understanding of the plastic flow properties of metallic alloys and the true stresses ...

Title: DUCTILE MACHINING OF CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS WITH VARIABLE RAKE SINGLE POINT DIAMOND MACHINING
Author: Griffin, Adam
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science
Description: The effect of a variable rake machining process such as Fast Tool Servo (FTS) on optical IR crystalline materials isn’t well understood and can be difficult to test. This thesis proposes and develops the concept of using a 'starburst' cut geometry...

Title: Development of injectable bioceramic drug delivery system for solid tumor treatment
Author: Haig, James
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Engineering, Biomedical engineering
Description: According to the national cancer institute "In 2016, an estimated 1,685,210 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and 595,690 people will die from the disease" and "The number of people living beyond a cancer diagnosis reached...

Title: EFFECT OF BIOCERAMIC FUNCTIONAL GROUPS ON DRUG BINDING AND RELEASE KINETICS
Author: Trujillo, Christopher
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Engineering, Biomedical engineering
Description: Bioceramics have been studied extensively as drug delivery systems (DDS). Those studies have aimed to tailor the drug binding and release kinetics to successfully treat infections and other diseases. This research suggests that the drug binding an...

Title: Effect of confined rolling on structure-property relationships of Mg-Al alloys.
Author: Krishnan, Pavitra
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Materials science
Description: High performance, light weight alloys are need-of-the particularly in the defense, automotive and aerospace sectors. Magnesium is a prime candidate since it is the lightest structural metal having a mass density of 1.74g/cm3 and is the sixth most ...

Title: Exploration of Structure-Property Relationship and Growth Mechanism of 1D Nanowires Using Transmission Electron Microscopy
Author: Akter, Manira
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Materials science
Description: One-dimensional (1D) nanostructured materials, e.g., nanowires (NWs) have fascinating properties and applications in various fields including electronic and energy conversion devices. Despite tremendous progress in the NW research field, a thoroug...

Title: Fracture properties of graphene-like two-dimensional materials and topology optimization through neural networks for coupled thermo-mechanical problems
Author: Shishir, Md Imrul Reza
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Materials science
Description: Part I: Study of fracture properties of graphene--like two--dimensional materials using molecular dynamics (MD) simulationsGraphene is a monoatomic thick sheet of sp2-hybridized carbon atoms tightly packed in a honeycomb lattice structure. It has ...

Title: MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR AND DEFORMATION MECHANISM IN LIGHT METALS AT DIFFERENT STRAIN RATES
Author: Shen, Jianghua
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Materials science
Description: ABSTRACTJIANGHUA SHEN. Mechanical behavior and deformation mechanism in light metals at different strain rates. (Under the direction of Dr. QIUMING WEI)Developing light metals that have desirable mechanical properties is always the object of the e...

Title: MECHANICAL BUCKLING OF INDIVIDUAL SILICON NANORIBBONS ON A COMPLIANT SUBSTRATE
Author: Chang, Siang Yee
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Materials science
Description: About a decade ago, mechanical buckling evolves as a promising metrology to rapidly measure the elastic moduli of thin films and one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures. This form of metrology translates the geometrical measurements of the buckling pr...

Title: MICROSTRUCTURAL MODELING DURING MULTI-PASS ROLLING OF A NICKEL-BASE SUPERALLOY
Author: Subramanian, Kannan
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science
Description: Microstructure present at the end of rolling and cooling operations controls the product properties. Therefore, control of grain size is an important characteristic in any hot-working. The narrow temperature range for hot working of Alloy 718 make...

Title: Moisture sorption behavior, stability, and protein formulation characteristics of a trehalose choline chloride eutectic composition
Author: Burgin, Tiffany
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science, Biochemistry
Description: Protein based drugs and therapeutics are an important treatment for many life-threatening diseases but they can also be extremely expensive. The unique 3-dimensional structure of a protein is responsible for its function but also contributes to it...

Title: Processing and properties of materials with or without adiabatic shear susceptibility
Author: Chen, Xiaoxue
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science
Description: In this dissertation, two topic areas related to adiabatic shear banding (ASB) phenomenon were studied. Body centered cubic (BCC) metals and alloys may exhibit ASB under uniaxial high strain rate compression if the grain size is refined into the u...