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Recent developments in recycling plants of advanced materials: Health and environmental
(Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX), 2018-10)Recycling has been offering numerous benefits, such as resource conversation (less demand for virgin raw materials), environmental (clean air, soil and water sources), economic returns (value of the recyclates) and new job ... -
Recent progress in extraction/transesterification techniques for the recovery of oil from algae biomass
(Springer Nature, 2021-02-08)Exploration of alternative and sustainable sources of fuel production has become vital for a couple of decades because of the increase in demand, shortages in inexpensive fossil fuel production, and environmental pollution ... -
Recent progress in MoS 2 for solar energy conversion applications
(Higher Education Press, 2019-05-15)In an era of graphene-based nanomaterials as the most widely studied two-dimensional (2D) materials for enhanced performance of devices and systems in solar energy conversion applications, molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ) ... -
Recent progress of graphene-based photoelectrode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells
(Hindawi, Ltd., 2019-03-26)Graphite with a single atomic layer known as graphene shows great capability in energy conversion and storage devices. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted intense interests due to offering high photo-to-electric ... -
Recent progress on conventional and non-conventional electrospinning processes
(Springer Netherlands, 2013-08)Electrospinning is a process of producing micro- and nanoscale fibers using electrostatically charged polymeric solutions under various conditions. Most synthetic and naturally occurring polymers can be electrospun using ... -
Recovery of impact-damaged carbon fiber–reinforced composites using induction heating
(SAGE Publications, 2021-12-09)Carbon fiber–reinforced composites (CFRCs) have been used extensively in structural applications within the aerospace and automotive manufacturing industries. However, several other applications have been recognized. These ... -
Rehabilitation engineering
(CRC Press, 1990)The purpose of this handbook is to bring together information on the special devices and associated systems which have been developed to assist the handicapped in living and vocational pursuits and in clinical use. This ... -
Reinforcing antibacterial hydrogels through electrospun nanofiber layers for soft tissue engineering
(Springer, 2020-11-20)Hydrogels are polymeric substances with hydrophilic features, which make them capable of holding large volume of liquids in their three-dimensional network structures. Hydrogels are finding wide ranges of applications in ... -
Relating alkaline stability to the structure of quaternary phosphonium cations
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018-07-25)Alkali-stable quaternary phosphonium (QP) is a type of cationic group for hydroxide exchange membranes (HEMs). To elucidate the relationship between structure and alkaline stability, we investigated the kinetics and ... -
Reliability analysis and design considering disjointed active failure regions
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016)Failure of practical engineering systems could be induced by several correlated failure modes, and consequently reliability analysis are conducted with multiple disjointed failure regions in the system random input space. ... -
Removal of intra- and extracellular microcystin by submerged ultrafiltration (UF) membrane combined with coagulation/flocculation and powdered activated carbon (PAC) adsorption
(Elsevier, 2018-02-05)In this study, we investigated the performance of conventional (coagulation/flocculation -> powdered activated carbon [PAC] adsorption) and advanced treatment (coagulation/flocculation -> PAC adsorption -> submerged ... -
Repairing of exit-hole in dissimilar Al-Mg friction stir welding: Process and microstructural pattern
(Elsevier, 2020-01)The exit-hole is one major discontinuities in the friction based processes, where all the volume of the tool's probe is missing with a depth that corresponds to the full thickness of the processed component. This letter ... -
Resin flow velocity measurement of carbon fiber/epoxy composites in autoclave processing
(Wichita State University, 2012-05)The resin flow during composite processing affects the mechanical properties and the final dimensions of the part. This study investigates resin flow velocity in autoclave processing. To measure the resin flow velocity ... -
Response of adhesively bonded composite joints to low velocity impact
(2006-12)Adhesively bonded composite joints are widely used in modern lightweight flight and space vehicle structures and will be widely used in the next generation aircrafts such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and Joint Strike ... -
Response of HYBRID-II and FAA HYBRID-III ATDs on oblique- facing aircraft seats under far test-1 and test-2 dynamic conditions
(Wichita State University, 2018-12)There has been a significant increase in demand for commercial and non-commercial airplanes. In the aviation industry, aircraft seats play a vital role in occupant protection during air crash scenarios, and hence they are ... -
A response surface methodology in predicting injuries to out-of-position occupants from frontal airbags
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015)Out-of-position (OOP) occupants, especially smaller females and children, are quite vulnerable to injuries caused by deploying airbags. This study is aimed at investigating the effects of various design parameters of a ... -
Revealing nitrogen-containing species in commercial catalysts used for ammonia electrosynthesis
(Nature Research, 2020-10-26)Stimulated by the growing demand for sustainable and/or economical distributed ammonia synthesis, the electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction has attracted considerable interest. The nitrogen-containing impurities in ... -
Reverse engineering of aerospace components utilizing additive manufacturing technology
(Springer, 2022-01-01)Using conventional manufacturing methods for product development typically involves a relatively long lead time and cost, especially for obsolete, worn-out, or broken parts. Reverse engineering is a preferred solution for ... -
Review of automatic continuous distraction osteogenesis devices for mandibular reconstruction applications
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2020-04-01)Distraction osteogenesis (DO) is an emerging method for bone tissue reconstruction. In oral and maxillofacial reconstruction applications, DO is playing an important role as a technique without the need of bone graft. In ... -
Review of welding residual stress stiffening effect on vibrational characteristics of structures using damage approach and vibratory stress relief implementation
(ASME, 2017)There is a huge amount of research and study on the quality, parameter manipulation, material selection etc. of welding to develop optimized results for specific applications. To have a profound understanding of the process, ...