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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
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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
- 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
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Tungsten and tantalum are neighbors in the Periodic Table of the Elements and, as refractory metals, both have very high melting points (tungsten: 3422
o C, tantalum: 2996o C). 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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...
- Title
- The Influence of Reinforcement Size on the Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of a Nanostructured Aluminum-Based Metal Matrix Composite
- Author
- Behm, Nathan
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Materials science, Nanoscience
- Description
- With increased availability and growing commercial applications, aluminum- based metal matrix composites show promise as high specific strength structural materials. Before they can be implemented however, they require thorough characterization an...