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Pre-Preg Carbon Fiber Composites! Outdated pre-preg carbon fiber composites for low cost soccer shin guard manufacturing
(SAMPE, 2018-09)Carbon fiber composites are extensively used in manufacturing of shin guards and other sportive goods. The purpose of this research was to improve the impact resistance of soccer shin guards which were made of outdated ... -
Experimental investigation of curved electrode actuator dynamics in viscous dielectric media
(AIP Publishing, 2018-08-13)Micromanipulation of biological cells inside a liquid environment requires an actuator that has a small footprint to reduce viscous drag and low actuation voltage to prevent electrolysis and Joule heating. Curved electrode ... -
Synthesis of electrospun polyacrylonitrile-derived carbon fibers and comparison of properties with bulk form
(PLOS, 2018-08-09)This study deals with the fabrication of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers via an electrospinning process followed by stabilizing and carbonization in order to remove all non-carboneous matter and ensure a pure carboneous ... -
Performance evaluation of a curved electrode actuator fabricated without gold/chromium conductive layers
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2018-08)Curved electrode actuators displace on the order of a biological cell diameter at low actuation voltages, making them a potential candidate for probing and micromanipulation of cells in an underwater, closed microenvironment. ... -
Superhydrophobic PAN nanofibers for gas diffusion layers of proton exchange membrane fuel cells for cathodic water management
(Elsevier, 2018-06-21)Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells are considered to be promising alternatives to natural resources for generating electricity and various other powers. Optimal water management in the gas diffusion layer (GDL) is ... -
Thermal diode using controlled capillary in heterogeneous nanopores
(Elsevier, 2018-09)The development of a compact, efficient, reliable thermal diode is crucial to improve advanced thermal management efficiency and controllability, and to enable brand new applications such as thermal logic gates and computers. ... -
A comparative study on the effect of welding parameters of austenitic stainless steels using artificial neural network and Taguchi approaches with ANOVA analysis
(MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland, 2018-05-08)In order to investigate the structure of welds, austenitic stainless steel ( SS) studs with a diameter of 6 mm were welded to austenitic SS plates with a thickness of 5 mm using an arc stud welding (ASW) method. The effects ... -
Modeling of friction-stir butt-welds and its application in automotive bumper impact performance Part 1. Thermo-mechanical weld process modeling
(Springer Nature, 2018-06)The demand for better structural performance in joining of components for road vehicles prompts the implementation of aluminum alloy friction stir welding technology in the automotive industry. The aim of current study is ... -
Pool-boiling enhancement using multilevel modulated wick
(Elsevier, 2018-06-05)Main challenges in saturated pool-boiling heat transfer are limited Critical Heat Flux (CHF) and Heat Transfer Coefficient (HTC), caused by the counterflow of liquid and vapor over the heated surface. Using multilevel ... -
Adsorption and capillary transition in heterogeneous nanostructures using Grand Canonical Monte Carlo simulation
(Elsevier, 2018-08)Recent emerging nanotechnologies allow for demonstrating heterogeneous nanoporous structures. However, studies on the roles of heterogeneous nanostructures on adsorption and capillary transition are rare. Here, we examine ... -
Study of denaturation and composition-dependent poly(ethylene oxide)-soy protein interactions: Structures and dielectric polarization
(Wiley, 2018-08-15)The significance of aggregated protein structures in tuning structures and dielectric polarization of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)/soy protein isolate (SPI) films was studied. The aggregated protein structures, subjected to ... -
Synthesis, stability and selection study of oil-in-water nanoemulsions containing Nigella Sativa L. Essential Oil
(ASME, 2017)Targeted drug delivery has a great importance in cancer treatment and is in interest of many scientists worldwide. Targeted drug delivery renders local treatment of cancerous cells possible without affecting healthy cells. ... -
Investigating the effects of sodium chloride particles on thermoelectric properties of bismuth telluride
(ASME, 2017)Cylindrical pellets of near stoichiometric bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) powder with NaCl particles were made using a cold pressing and pressureless sintering technique. The sodium chloride was leached out from the samples ... -
Enhancing the strengths of adhesion bonds between composite surface and coating via UV treatments
(ASME, 2017)Field of composites is rapidly growing in many industries such as aviation, energy and automotive industries. Composites are known to have a high strength to low weight ratio. Significant improvement in the performance of ... -
Nanostructure-driven thermal switch using molecular simulations
(ASME, 2017)A thermal switch is a basic building block to design various advanced thermal management systems including electronic packaging, waste heat recovery, cryogenic cooling, and new applications, e.g., thermal logic gates. ... -
Predicting the failure probability and reliability based design, optimization for pipelines
(ASME, 2017)A probabilistic model is developed in this study for calculating the failure probability and finding the associated reliability for a given pipeline in a plant affected by the time-dependent failure by corrosion. This is ... -
A study on smart SansEC skin sensing for real-time monitoring of flexible structures
(IEEE, 2018-02-02)The bending deflection of a flexible physical system was investigated during its forced dynamic deformation utilizing electromagnetic resonant SansEC sensing. The dynamic frequency response function (DFRF) was measured ... -
Sensitivity and uncertainty analyses of ex-vessel molten core cooling in a flooded cavity during a severe accident
(Elsevier Ltd., 2018-03)Sensitivity and uncertainty analyses of molten core cooling under the ex-vessel phase of a severe accident of a light water reactor was performed with the COOLAP-I (COOLability Analysis Program-I) model, a parametric model ... -
On the limitations of volume-averaged descriptions of gas diffusion layers in the modeling of polymer electrolyte fuel cells
(Electrochemical Society, Inc., 2017)Understanding of the coupled transport processes that occur in thin gas diffusion layers (GDLs) is necessary to develop improved designs. The traditional technique used to model GDLs is the volume-averaged approximation. ... -
A comprehensive survey of the analytical, numerical and experimental methodologies for dynamics of multibody mechanical systems with clearance or imperfect joints
(Elsevier, 2018-04)A comprehensive survey of the literature of the most relevant analytical, numerical, and experimental approaches for the kinematic and dynamic analyses of multibody mechanical systems with clearance joints is presented in ...
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