Catalytic oxidation upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate to commodity carboxylic acids by Qinghai Chen, Hao Yan, Kai Zhao, Shuai Wang, Dongrui Zhang, Yaqian Li, Rong Fan, Jie Li, Xiaobo Chen, Xin Zhou, Yibin Liu, Xiang Feng, De Chen, Chaohe Yang

“…Moreover, during the EG oxidation process, the Au-NiO interface, composed of two types of structures, quasi “AuNi alloy” and NiO-Ov, simultaneously promote the C-H bond activation, where Ni in “AuNi alloy” exhibits an oxytropism effect to anchor the C = O bond of the intermediate, while the residual O in NiO-Ov pillages the H in the C-H bond. …”
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Defect prediction and experimental study on investment casting of K4169 superalloy complex thin-walled parts by WANG Xiang, ZHANG Ying, SUI Dashan, CHEN Zhongfeng, DONG Anping, GUO Zhao, QI Fei, YI Chushan, GUI Daxing

“…The average room temperature tensile strength of the standard heat-treated K4169 alloy is 785.0 MPa， the average yield strength is 659.7 MPa， and the average elongation is 13.9%. …”
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MR Angiography of Peripheral Arterial Stents: In Vitro Evaluation of 22 Different Stent Types by Matthias C. Burg, Alexander C. Bunck, Harald Seifarth, Boris Buerke, Harald Kugel, Volker Hesselmann, Michael Köhler, Walter Heindel, David Maintz

“…Materials and Methods. 21 different stents and one stentgraft (10 nitinol, 7 316L, 2 tantalum, 1 cobalt superalloy, 1 PET + cobalt superalloy, and 1 platinum alloy) were examined in a vessel phantom (vessel diameters ranging from 5 to 13 mm) filled with a solution of Gd-DTPA. …”
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Simulation of accelerated strip cooling on the hot rolling mill run-out roller table by E.Makarov, T. Koynov

“…Winding temperature calculation error does not exceed 20°C for 98.5 % of strips of low-carbon and low-alloy steels…”
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An Analytical Approach on Thermally Induced Vibrations of Nonhomogeneous Tapered Plate by Anupam Khanna, Ashish Singhal

“…All the numerical computations have been performed for an alloy of aluminum, that is, duralumin. All the results are presented in the form of graphs.…”
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Production and characterization of Al-xNi in situ composites using hot pressing by Yamanoglu R.

“…In this study, a new metal matrix composite of aluminium was designed with the addition of nickel alloy particles. To produce in situ intermetallic formation, aluminium-nickel powder mixtures with different ratios ranging from 5 to 40 wt% Ni were consolidated at 550ºC for 15 minutes under 40 MPa pressure. …”
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Solidification characteristics of atomized AlCu4Mg1-SiC composite powders by Yamanoglu R., Zeren M., German Randall M.

“…In this study, rapidly solidified metal matrix composite powders have been produced by PREP (Plasma rotating electrode process) atomization. AlCu4Mg1 alloy is used as the matrix material while SiC particles, with about 650 nm average particle size, are used as the reinforcement phase. …”
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Selection of the Composition with High Glass Forming Ability in Zr-Cu-Ni-Al Bulk Metallic Glasses by Yajuan Sun, Yumin Li, Hongjing Wang

“…By suppressing solidification of competing crystalline phases, a new glass forming alloy Zr51Cu24.22Ni14.06Al10.72 with the critical diameter of up to 10 mm is obtained.…”
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Study of Nonlinear Deformation of FCC-AuCuSi under Pressure by the Statistical Moment Method by Nguyen Quang Hoc, Bui Duc Tinh, Nguyen Duc Hien, Gelu Coman

“…In this work, we build the model and derive the theory of nonlinear deformation for substitutional alloy AB with interstitial atom C and face-centered cubic structure under pressure from the statistical moment method. …”
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Initiation of hydrogen induced cracks at secondary phase particles by A. Laureys, M. Pinson, L. Claeys, T. De Seranno, T. Depover, K. Verbeken

“…Four types of steels with strongly varying microstructures are studied for this purpose, i.e. ultra low carbon (ULC) steel, TRIP (transformation induced plasticity) steel, Fe-C-Ti generic alloy, and pressure vessel steel. A strong dependency of the initiation of hydrogen induced cracks on the microstructural features in the materials is observed. …”
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Amperometric Determination of Bismuth Using Gallacetophenone Phenylhydrazone with the Structural Elucidation of Complex by D. Venkataramana Reddy, A. Varada Reddy

“…The method was applied for the determination of bismuth in wood’s alloy. The composition of the complex corresponds to the formula Bi(C14 H14 O3 N2)2. …”
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Calculation for Primary Combustion Characteristics of Boron-Based Fuel-Rich Propellant Based on BP Neural Network by Wu Wan'e, Zhu Zuoming

“…The results show that the calculation error of burning rate is less than ±7.3%; in the formulation range (hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene 28%–32%, ammonium perchlorate 30%–35%, magnalium alloy 4%–8%, catocene 0%–5%, and boron 30%), the variation of the calculation data is consistent with the experimental results.…”
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Influence the loading conditions and the stress concentrators on the spatial-time inhomogeneity due to the yield delay and the jerky flow: study by using the digital image correlat... by Tatyana V. Tretyakova, Valery E. Wildemann

“…The paper deals with the investigation of the temporal instabilities and spatial localization due to the L�ders behavior and the PortevinLe Chatelier effect in the carbon steel C1010 and the aluminummagnesium alloy AA5052, which manifest the unstable plastic flow. …”
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Modification of the Bonora Damage Model for shear failure by Nicola Bonora, Gabriel Testa, Andrew Ruggiero, Gianluca Iannitti, Domenico Gentile

“…For the JIII controlled damage contribution, only two additional material parameters are necessary of easy experimental identification The extended model formulation was verified predicting the failure locus for AL 2024-T351 alloy. Finally, the failure locus for stress state combinations, where the minimum material ductility is expected, was determined…”
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Working conditions at workplaces in finishing operations departments of foundries by A. M. Lazarenkov, M. A. Sadokha, A. A. Novik

“…It has been established that in a comprehensive assessment of the working conditions of foundries working in the department of financial operations, it is necessary to take into account the duration of stay at the working equipment, the equipment and hand tools used, the type of alloy being smelted (steel, cast iron, non‑ferrous metals) and the nature of production.…”
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Increasing the strength of grey cast iron by introducing of dispersed additives into the melt by F. I. Rudnitsky, S. A. Kulikov, V. A. Shumigai

“…The basic mechanisms of increasing the strength of alloys, including methods through the introduction of the melt coherent and incoherent crystallizing structural components of the alloy dispersed particles were considered. …”
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A consistent use of the Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman damage model for the R-curve calculation by Gabriele Cricrì

“…Once determined all the material parameters, an MT fracture test has been simulated by a FE code, to calculate the R-curve in an aeronautical Al-based alloy. The simulation procedure produced results in a very good agreement with the experimental data.…”
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A consistent use of the Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman damage model for the R-curve calculation by Gabriele Cricrì

“…Once determined all the material parameters, an MT fracture test has been simulated by a FE code, to calculate the R-curve in an aeronautical Al-based alloy. The simulation procedure produced results in a very good agreement with the experimental data.…”
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Estimation of fretting fatigue life using a multiaxial stress-based critical distance methodology by F. C. Castro, J. A. Araújo, M. S. T. Pires, L. Susmel

“…Available fretting fatigue data, conducted on a cylinder-plane contact configuration made of Al alloy 4% Cu, were used to assess the methodology. …”
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A study of the stored energy in titanium under deformation and failure using infrared data by A.Yu. Fedorova, M.V. Bannikov, O.A. Plekhov

“…The work is devoted to the experimental study of heat dissipation caused by plastic deformation and failure processes taking place in a titanium alloy Ti-4.2Al-1.6Mn. To investigate the spatial and time evolution of temperature, a set of experiments has been carried out on plane titanium smooth specimens and specimens with pre-grown centered fatigue cracks. …”
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