Effects of Welded Mechanical Heterogeneity on Interface Crack Propagation in Dissimilar Weld Joints by Fu-qiang Yang, He Xue, Ling-yan Zhao, Xiu-rong Fang

“…The different interface cracks in the dissimilar metal weld joints of the reactor pressure vessel used in NPPs tend to deviate from the initial direction into alloy 182, and the interface crack propagation path fluctuation is small.…”
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Sensitivity Analysis of the Artificial Neural Network Outputs in Friction Stir Lap Joining of Aluminum to Brass by Mohammad Hasan Shojaeefard, Mostafa Akbari, Mojtaba Tahani, Foad Farhani

“…Al-Mg and CuZn34 alloys were lap joined using friction stir welding while the aluminum alloy sheet was placed on the CuZn34. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Impact of the Stirrer Design in the Stir Casting Route to Produce Metal Matrix Composites by Farooq Muhammad, Shawnam Jalal

“…Stir casting is typically achieved in a closed crucible with an invisible flow pattern to produce aluminum alloy matrix composites. Researchers employed a hybrid method to optimize the stir casting parameters. …”
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Research and application of multi-frequency electromagnetic technology in real-time online characterization of steel microstructures and mechanical properties by Chen Zhang, Jialong Shen, Zhengbing Meng, Guangmu Liu, Lei Zhou

“…However, in steel process there is a lack of effective online monitoring and characterized methods for steel microstructures and mechanical properties, giving rise to issues of low steel quality and high alloy costs (to ensure mechanical strength). In order to ensure the mechanical performance of steels, advanced characterization methods and measurement instruments are necessary for real-time online monitoring of the production process. …”
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A Study on the Dynamic Transmission Law of Spiral Drum Cutting Coal Rock Based on ANSYS/LS-DYNA Simulation by Lijuan Zhao, Hongmei Liu, Wenchao Zhou

“…The maximum stress acting on the alloy head was 1209.26 MPa. This study has provided a basis for the design and optimization of the drum with regard to reliability.…”
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Improving mechanical properties and electrical conductivity of Al-Cu-Mg matrix composites by GNPs and sc additions by Li Yuan, Fengguo Liu, Chun Wu, Changsheng Lou

“…In comparison with the 2024 aluminum alloy matrix, enhancements of 39%, 255%, 51% and 51.21% were witnessed in tensile strength, elongation, electrical conductivity, and hardness respectively. …”
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Structure and Electrochemical Properties of a Mechanochemically Processed Silicon and Oxide-Based Nanoscale Composite as an Active Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries by Norihiro Shimoi, Kazuyuki Tohji

“…The composite was produced by grinding using a planetary ball mill machine, which allowed for homogenous dispersion of nanoscale Cu3Si as Si–Cu alloy grains and nanoscale Si grains in each poly-Si particle produced. …”
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Preparation of Au-Ag Bimetals and Large-Size Porous Gold Nanostructured Materials by Xuewen Chen

“…Gold (Au) and silver (Ag) have similar lattice constants, which provide important theoretical basis for obtaining the binary bimetallic nanostructure of the two metals by coreduction at room temperature. Ag–Au alloy was prepared at different molar ratios of Ag+/AuIII, and the bimetallic nanomaterials obtained had similar Ag/Au ratios to the molar ratio at reaction. …”
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Investigation of Mechanical and Wear Properties of LM24/Silicate/Fly Ash Hybrid Composite Using Vortex Technique by B. R. Senthil Kumar, M. Thiagarajan, K. Chandrasekaran

“…Silicate particles with fly ash materials were incorporated into aluminum alloy matrix to accomplish reduction in wear resistance and improve the mechanical properties. …”
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Optimization of aluminum 6061 surface integrity on dry-running machining CNC milling using Taguchi methods by Rifky Maulana Yusron, Mohamad Imron Mustajib, Imam Hanafi

“…Aluminum 6061 is an aluminum alloy, which contains aluminum as main entails, then magnesium and silicon are mixed as alloying elements. …”
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Surface crack growth subject to bending and biaxial tension-compression by V. Shlyannikov, A. Tumanov, A. Zakharov, A. Gerasimenko

“…Fatigue surface crack growth and the in-plane and out-of-plane constraint effects are studied through experiments and computations for aluminium alloy D16T. Subjects for studies are cruciform specimens under different biaxial loading and bending central notched specimens with external semi-elliptical surface crack. …”
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Ab-initio combined the Calphad approach to the phase equilibria in the ternary Ti-Mo-N system by Daclan R.A., Mena M.G., Vasquez M.R., Gierlotka W.

“…Knowledge of the phase equilibria, phase transformations, and phase stabilities of this alloy is important to realizeits potential applications. …”
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Investigation of impact energy absorption of AA6061 and its composites: role of post-aging cooling methods by G. V. Krishna Reddy, B. K. Naveen Kumar, G. Hareesha, A. M. Rajesh, Saleemsab Doddamani

“…Furnace cooling demonstrated the highest impact energy absorption capacity compared to the other cooling methods, exhibiting a 28% increase relative to the monolithic aluminium alloy. Furthermore, it was observed that the impact energy absorption capacity of the composites did not improve with an increase in the weight fraction of SiC particles, while the addition of graphite negatively impacted the absorption capacity…”
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Research of the Laser Cladding and Wear-resistance of Worn Surface of Heavy Load Gear of Mining Machine by Zhao Ning, Tao Li, Guo Hui, Zhang Mengqi

“…The green re-manufacturing scheme in this study adopted high efficiency,rectangular spot laser technology combined with nickel based self-fluxing alloy produced comparatively flatter coating/substrate interface to conduct the study of re-manufacturing process. …”
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Experimental investigation of effect of specimen thickness on fracture toughness of Al-TiC composites by M. S. Raviraj, C. M. Sharanaprabhu, G. C. Mohankumar

“…In this paper, the macro and micro-mechanical fracture behavior was studied for aluminum (Al6061) alloy matrix, reinforced with various proportions of TiC particles such as 3wt%, 5wt% and 7wt%. …”
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Electrochemical Performance of Ti-Based Commercial Biomaterials by E. Porcayo-Palafox, S. I. Carrera-Chavez, S. R. Casolco, J. Porcayo-Calderon, V. M. Salinas-Bravo

“…The results showed that the chemical composition of the biomaterials corresponds to commercially pure Ti or to the alloy Ti6Al4V. In addition, although all the biomaterials showed a high resistance to corrosion, notable differences were observed in their performance. …”
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3D Analyses of crack propagation in torsion by D. Shiozawa, I. Serrano-Munoz, S. Dancette, C. Verdu, J. Lachambre, J.-Y. Buffiere

“…The initiation and propagation of fatigue cracks during cyclic torsion loading was studied in a cast Al alloy (A357) with a relatively large (~500 μm) grain size. 2D observations, revealed that multi site crack initiation occur on the {111} slip planes exhibiting the highest slip activity (iso-strain Taylor analysis), preferentially on planes nearly perpendicular to the sample axis. …”
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Study on the correlation of toughness with chemical composition and tensile test results in microalloyed API pipeline steels by Pouraliakbar H., Khalaj G., Jandaghi M.R., Khalaj M.J.

“…In this investigation, an artificial neural network model with feed forward topology and back propagation algorithm was developed to predict the toughness (area underneath of stress-strain curve) of high strength low alloy steels. The inputs of the neural network included the weight percentage of 15 alloying elements and the tensile test results such as yield strength, ultimate tensile strength and elongation. …”
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Microstructure Formation and Fracturing Characteristics of Grey Cast Iron Repaired Using Laser by Peng Yi, Pengyun Xu, Changfeng Fan, Guanghui Yang, Dan Liu, Yongjun Shi

“…A laser repairing protocol was developed using Fe-based alloy powders as material. The microstructure and fracturing feature of the repaired zone (RZ) were analyzed. …”
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Application of computational modeling to the kinetics of precipitation of aluminum nitride in steels by e Silva Costa A., Nakamura L., Rizzo F.

“…In this work, a computational tool for simulating multiparticle precipitation kinetics of diffusion-controlled processes in multi-component and multi-phase alloy systems is employed in an attempt to describe these precipitation processes. …”
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