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Mechanical and corrosion characteristics of TiC reinforced Ni-P based nanocomposite coatings
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)The requirement for effective corrosion protection and better mechanical properties in various industries employing metal components has led to the growth of nickel (Ni)-based metallic coatings. The electroless-synthesized ... -
Mechanical and Fatigue Behavior of Cellular Structure Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Femoral Stems: A Finite Element Analysis
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)Repetitive loads acting on the hip joint fluctuate according to the type of activities produced by the human body. Repetitive loading is one of the factors that leads to fatigue failure of the implanted stems. The objective ... -
Mechanical and microstructure characterization of hard nanostructured N-bearing thin coating
( Associazione Italiana di Metallurgia , 2015 , Article)Tools for machining are made of hard steels and cemented carbide (WC-Co). For specialized applications, such as aluminium machining, diamond or polycrystalline cubic boron nitride are also used. The main problem with ... -
Mechanical and physical behavior of newly developed functionally graded materials and composites of stainless steel 316L with calcium silicate and hydroxyapatite
( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)This study aimed to investigate the structural, physical and mechanical behavior of composites and functionally graded materials (FGMs) made of stainless steel (SS-316L)/hydroxyapatite (HA) and SS-316L/calcium silicate ... -
Mechanical and Thermal Analysis of Classical Functionally Graded Coated Beam
( EDP Sciences , 2018 , Conference Paper)The governing equation of a classical rectangular coated beam made of two layers subjected to thermal and uniformly distributed mechanical loads are derived by using the principle of virtual displacements and based on ... -
Mechanical and thermal stresses in a functionally graded rotating disk with variable thickness due to radially symmetry loads
( Elsevier Ltd , 2008 , Article)Rotating disks have many applications in the aerospace industry such as gas turbines and gears. These disks normally work under thermo mechanical loads. Minimizing the weight of such components can help reduce the overall ... -
Mechanical behavior of resin pin-reinforced composite sandwich panels under quasi-static indentation and three-point bending loading conditions
( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2021 , Article)This paper reports the mechanical behavior of resin pin-reinforced composite sandwich panels made from polyvinyl chloride core and glass/epoxy face sheets under indentation of a hemispherical indenter and three-point bending ... -
Mechanical Characterization of AA 6061-T6 MIG Welded Aluminum Alloys Using a Robotic Arm
( Trans Tech Publications Ltd , 2022 , Book chapter)Aluminum alloys are of particular interest in the design of lightweight structures in different applications. Accordingly, welding aluminum alloys (AA) is a critical issue; for example, welding defects could arise during ... -
Mechanical properties of human hepatic tissues to develop liver-mimicking phantoms for medical applications
( Springer , 2023 , Article Review)Using liver phantoms for mimicking human tissue in clinical training, disease diagnosis, and treatment planning is a common practice. The fabrication material of the liver phantom should exhibit mechanical properties similar ... -
Mechanical properties, thermal stability and corrosion behavior of electrodeposited Ni-B/AlN nanocomposite coating
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)The present study focuses on the development of Ni-B alloy AlN nanocomposite coating employing a novel electrodeposition technique from citrate bath. The influence of incorporation of AlN particles on structure, thermal ... -
Meta-heuristics for aircraft arrival and departure scheduling on multiple runways
( Institute of Industrial Engineers , 2012 , Conference Paper)The problem of scheduling aircrafts on multiple runways can be modeled as an identical parallel machine scheduling with release times, target times and deadlines. To schedule arriving and departing aircrafts as close as ... -
Methodological Approach to Assessing the Current State of Organizations for AI-Based Digital Transformation
( MDPI , 2024 , Article)In an era defined by technological disruption, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into business processes is both strategic and challenging. As AI continues to disrupt and reshape industries and revolutionize ... -
Micro and nanotechnologies in heart valve tissue engineering
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article Review)Due to the increased morbidity and mortality resulting from heart valve diseases, there is a growing demand for off-the-shelf implantable tissue engineered heart valves (TEHVs). Despite the significant progress in recent ... -
Microstructure and mechanical properties of aluminum matrix composites with bimodal-sized hybrid NbC-B4C reinforcements
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Aluminum (Al) is an earth-abundant metal recognized with superior properties for vital applications in the aerospace and transportation industries. Structural components of Al exhibit poor performance due to its inherent ... -
Microstructure, thermal and mechanical response of AZ51/Al2O3 nanocomposite with 2 wt.% Ca addition
( Elsevier, Ltd , 2013 , Article)In the present study, new AZ51/Al2O3–2Ca magnesium nanocomposite was successfully synthesized by simultaneously adding 2wt.% aluminum, 2wt.% Ca and 1.5vol.% nanosized Al2O3 (50nm) into AZ31 matrix using a disintegrated ... -
Microton irradiation induced tuning of dielectric properties of nano ZnO-natural rubber disks
( Springer Verlag , 2017 , Article)The effect of electron beam irradiation of dielectric and conductivity properties of nano ZnO-natural rubber (NR) disks was investigated here. It is revealed that electric properties such as AC conductivity, dielectric ... -
Microtron Irradiation Induced Tuning of Band Gap and Photoresponse of Al-ZnO Thin Films Synthesized by mSILAR
( Springer New York LLC , 2016 , Article)Al-doped polycrystalline nano ZnO (Al-ZnO) thin films with different doping concentrations were successfully prepared by the microwave-assisted successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (mSILAR) technique. The structural ... -
Minimizing the total completion time in a two-machine flowshop problem with time delays
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2016 , Article)This article proposes to solve the problem of minimizing the total completion time in a two-machine permutation flowshop environment in which time delays between the machines are considered. For this purpose, an enumeration ... -
MIP models for minimizing total tardiness in a two-machine flow shop
( Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. , 2013 , Article)We propose compact mixed-integer programming models for the NP-hard problem of minimizing tardiness in a two-machine flow shop. Also, we propose valid inequalities that aim at tightening the models' representations. We ... -
Mitigation of urban voids in traditional neighborhoods: The case of the Al-Najada zone in Doha, Qatar
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Urban voids and leftover spaces challenge the urban development of cities and result in land vacancy and other spatial planning issues. Such spaces have great potential for innovative intervention through piece-by-piece ...