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Materials Sciences and Applications (MSA) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in materials. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of material…
Mababa Diagne, Ibrahima Dia, Omar Gueye
This study aims to determine the optimal quantity of fillers to add to hydraulic concrete and to assess the influence of these fillers on its rheological characteristics and mechanical properties. The characterization of the aggregates shows that they meet th…
Ferland Ngoro-Elenga, Atipo Itoua Ngopoh, Hilaire Elenga, Jean-Romuald Mambou, Jude Novelgi Ngakosso Ngolo, Timothée Nsongo
In this work, the authors made aquatic filters according to the formulation “clay stabilized at 4% of cement mixed with 4% of kambala sawdust and 10% of white sand” then heated to 1050°C to decontaminate the waters of gutters and wells. The authors carried ou…
Xu Zhao, Yuxin Zheng, Fangyuan Zhang, Mangmang Gao
Although Ni-W substrate with high W content (>5at.%) substrates have been developed successfully, the quality of cube texture and grain boundary, as well as extensive applications in coated conductors should be further improved. In the present work, once inte…
Sena Peace Hounkpe, Valéry K. Doko, Smith O. Kotchoni, Hui Li, Abbas T. Datchossa
The research of materials with good properties is one of the important concerns of scientists groups, and more again in region where materials are subjected to freeze and thaw cycles. In the case of this paper, it has been a matter of evaluating of the effect…
Rabeya Akter, Budrun Neher, M. A. Gafur, Rakib Hossain, Farid Ahmed
Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have gradually gained wide acceptance as engineering material applications due to their unique advantages including their high strength-to-weight ratio and excellent corrosion resistance. This study was carried out wi…
Maâzou Siragi D. B., Didier Desmecht, Halidou I. Hima, Ousmaila Sanda Mamane, Ibrahim Natatou
Plant matter constitutes an important source for producing carbonaceous materials. This work deals with the preparation of active carbons from shells of Parinari macrophylla (agricultural waste in Niger). Physical, chemical and mixed activations are considere…
Mutsumi Takahashi, Yogetsu Bando
Effectiveness and safety of mouthguards are greatly affected by its thickness. The aim of this study was to clarify the effect of model height and model position on the forming table on the mouthguard thickness in thermoforming using a circular frame. Mouthgu…
Radu Bunea, Ashwin Kumar Saikumar, Kalpathy Sundaram
The Cu 2 O thin films were synthesized by using RF sputtering technique. Comparisons were made with films created by deposition at room temperature followed by thermal annealing between 100°C and 400°C and using different gases, oxygen (O 2 ) (oxidizing and r…
Hirotaka Kato, Wataru Hirokawa, Yoshikazu Todaka, Kazufumi Yasunaga
Slide burnishing process, which is a surface severe plastic deformation technique, offers an attractive post-machining alternative due to its chip-less and relatively simple operations. The purpose of the present work is to investigate effects of initial turn…
Suman Babu Ukyam, Raju P. Mantena, Damian L. Stoddard, Arunachalam M. Rajendran, Robert D. Moser
In work reported here, the dynamic properties and low-velocity impact response of woven carbon/epoxy laminates incorporating a novel 3D interlaminar reinforcement concept with dense layers of Z-axis oriented milled carbon fiber Supercomposite TM prepregs, are…
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