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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…
Andreas Primetzhofer, Garbriel Stadler, Gerald Pinter, Florian Grün
To develop parts, made of short glas fibre reinforced (sgfr) polymers for industrial purposes, a comprehensive material knowledge is necessary. Especially the material behaviour under cyclic loads has a great influence on the life time of parts. Parts are oft…
Jianjing Wang, Yonglin Kang, Caishui Yang, Yuexiang Wang
Through studying on the heating process of titanium microalloyed steels, the influence of heating temperature on the austenite grain size and the solid dissolution, precipitation law of Ti microalloying element were analyzed, and the results showed that, the…
Takuya Uehara
Molecular dynamics simulations of the phase transformation from body- centered-cubic (bcc) to face-centered-cubic (fcc) structures were performed. A Morse-type function was applied, and the parameters were determined so that both fcc and bcc structures were s…
Alexander Adam, Dominik Paulkowski, Bernd Mayer
This research paper is about investigating the mechanisms of elastomeric friction at low velocities. To do so, different experimental setups were performed to analyze friction, adhesion and surface energy among others. The tested materials were EPDM samples w…
Shuaishuai Wang, Xiujuan Zhao, Pengtao Liu, Jinzhi Pan, Chunhuan Chen, Ruiming Ren
Through the rolling contact fatigue experiment under the condition of the lubricating oil, this article investigated the relation between contact fatigue property and microstructure on the surface layer of D2 wheel steel. The results showed that although the…
Ling Wang, Renzhi Jiang
Ammonia is toxic, colorless, and harmful to human health. It is important to detect ammonia effectively by gas sensors. In this paper, the mechanism of ammonia sensing on polypyrroles (PPy) films at room temperature has been investigated using a real-time, in…
Jeb M. Stefan, Luz M. Calle, Sven E. Eklund, Mark R. Kolody, Kunal Kupwade-Patil, Eliza L. Montgomery, Henry E. Cardenas
The purpose of this study was to develop an analytical model to predict the time required for cracking of concrete due to corrosion of the iron reinforcement. The concrete and cement specimens used for this study were batched with cover material ranging from…
Evgenia Voulgari, Aggeliki Zacharopoulou, Nikolaos Chousidis, George Batis
Although reinforced concrete structures are able to withstand towards a variety of adverse environmental conditions, reinforcement corrosion could lead to concrete structure deterioration. The present study examines four different ways of using corrosion inhi…
Mutsumi Takahashi, Yogetsu Bando, 1 1
Surface texture of the mouthguard affects the sense of adaptation in the athlete and further affects hygiene. The aim of this study was to investigate the changes over time in surface roughness after finish polishing of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) sheets and…
Marwan Faisal, Eman El-Shenawy, Mohamed A. Taha
Studying the thermo-mechanical behavior of ductile iron is necessary to develop the rolling process for ductile iron sheet/strip production, thus, extending its application by replacing steel in several fields such as machine casing, constructional applicatio…
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