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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: 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: INVESTIGATION OF WEATHERING EFFECTS ON PERFORMANCE OF INTUMESCENT COATINGS USED IN FIRE PROTECTION OF WOOD STRUCTURES
Author: Hemmati, Vahid
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: Intumescent coating is one of many passive methods to protect wood structures in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) from fire. \iffalse The mechanism of such coating can be explained in three stages. First, acid release reaction is triggered by th...

Title: Interfacial instabilities in reacting flows
Author: Attal, Nitesh
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Fluid instabilities, particularly interfacial instabilities, have proven to be a powerful mechanism in driving and sustaining combustion processes in several devices of practical interest. Modern combustors are in fact designed to exploit the mixi...

Title: MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRCTURES, EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENT AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION
Author: Wu, Xiaoxia
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Nanotechnology
Description: One-Dimensional (1D) nanostructures are generally defined as having at least one dimension between 1 and 100 nm. Investigations of their mechanical properties are important from both fundamental study and application point of view. Different metho...

Title: Mechanical Characterization of Boron-Based One-Dimensional Nanostructures by Various Techniques
Author: Jiang, Youfei
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science, Nanoscience
Description: One-dimensional (1D) nanostructures, such as nanotubes, nanowires and nanobelts, have attracted considerable interests in the last two decades because of their exceptional physical, chemical, and electrical properties. Engineering applications of ...

Title: Modeling Vector Time Series Data
Author: Liu, Yi
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Statistics
Description: ABSTRACTIn this dissertation, firstly, I study spatial quantile regression estimation of multivariate threshold time series models. Asymptotic normality of the proposed spatial quantile regression estimator is established. Simulations and a real e...

Title: Thermo-Mechanical Performance of Doweled Connections in Tall Timber Buildings
Author: Shabanian, Milad
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Innovations in engineered wood products have led to an increased interest in the design and construction of high-rise timber buildings. However, concerns arise when considering the fire safety of tall timber structures. Similar to other types of s...

Title: Time Domain Simulation with Applications in Compliant Workpiece Milling
Author: Rubeo, Mark
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: High performance application fields, such as the defense, power, and aerospace industries, benefit from the enhanced product quality and reduced cost associated with machining thin-walled, metallic structures over traditional fabrication and assem...