Experimental Determination of the Heat Transfer Coefficient of Wire Samples in an Industrial Lead Bath by Jan Hof, Alexander Reinicke, Dominik Büschgens, Christian Wuppermann

“…The experimental setup, the evaluation method, and the resulting heat transfer coefficients are presented. …”
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Microscopy image fusion algorithm based on saliency analysis and adaptive m-pulse-coupled neural network in non-subsampled contourlet transform domain by Tao Yan, Fengxian Liu, Bin Chen

“…Experimental results reveal that the proposed algorithm achieves better fused image quality than other traditional representative ones in the aspects of objective evaluation and subjective visual.…”
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Mechanical characterization and analysis of tensile fracture modes of ultrasonically stir cast Al6082 composites reinforced with Cu powder premixed Metakaolin particles by Renjin J Bright, P. Hariharasakthisudhan

“…The composites with Cu powder premixed Metakaolin particles showed improvement in tensile strength, ductility, compressive strength and hardness. The microstructure evaluation of the composites was performed by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Optical Microscope (OM). …”
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Quantum magnetization exchange through transient hydrogen bond matrix defines magnetic resonance signal relaxation and anisotropy in central nervous system by Dmitriy A. Yablonskiy, Alexander L. Sukstanskii

“…Abstract The integrity of cellular membranes (lipid bilayers) and myelin sheaths covering axons is a crucial feature controlling normal brain structural and functional networks. Yet, in vivo evaluation of this integrity at the nanoscale level of the cellular membranes organization is challenging. …”
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Effect of Re-steaming Treatment and Secondary Retrogradation on the Quality of Liuzhou Luosifen Rice Noodles by LIU Rong, WANG Dan, LI Yue, HUANG Yongchun

“…In order to explore the effects of the treatment with re-steaming and secondary retrogradation on the quality of Liuzhou Luosifen rice noodles, rice noodles were subjected to re-steaming and secondary retrogradation after initial retrogradation for 2 or 4 h and evaluated for cooking quality, texture characteristics, color, thermodynamic characteristics and microstructure. …”
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Texture multi-polarization and its impact on mechanical anisotropy in Mg-10Gd alloy by Dongsheng Han, Cai Chen, Benoit Beausir, Zhonghua Du, Sen Yang, Mingchuan Wang, Rui Ren, Fengjian Shi, Yuli Zhou, Wei Chen, Werner Skrotzki, Zhangzhi Shi, Laszlo S. Toth

“…A multipolar texture distribution was successfully achieved through the ES process, including basal textures (<10-10> or <2-1-10> || extrusion direction (ED)), shear-induced B fiber texture (basal plane || shear plane), C-texture (<0001> || ED) and “Rare Earth” texture (c-axis || shear direction). The evolution of microstructure and mechanical properties of the processed samples under tension and compression were thoroughly investigated. …”
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A critical review of laser welding of steel with titanium alloys for biomedical applications: challenges, developments, and properties by Amit Ratan Biswas, Nirvik Banerjee, Prosun Mondal, Saikat Ranjan Maity, Binayak Sen, Abhijit Bhowmik, Muhammad Imam Ammarullah

“…This study provides insight into the evolution of welding defects, strategies for their mitigation, and the underlying metallurgical transformations during laser joining. …”
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Effect of Plasma Pretreatment on Thermal Durability of Thermal Barrier Coatings in Cyclic Thermal Exposure by Sang-Won Myoung, Zhe Lu, Yeon-Gil Jung, Byung-Koog Jang, Young-Soo Yoo, Seong-Moon Seo, Baig-Gyu Choi, Chang-Yong Jo

“…The relationship between microstructure evolution and thermomechanical characteristics of TBCs with plasma pretreatment was discussed in cyclic thermal exposure.…”
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Comprehensive studies of the snow-firn layer in the area of the Russian Antarctic Vostok Station by Aleksei V. Bolshunov, Sergei A. Ignatev, Gleb D. Gorelik, Nikita S. Krikun, Dmitrii A. Vasilev, Ilya V. Rakitin, Vyacheslav S. Shadrin

“…The findings will allow for future improvements to the firn densification model, which is required to understand the evolution of ice grains during the early stages of metamorphism. …”
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Research progress on wire arc additive manufactured Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys: Metallurgical defects, refining grains, enhancing mechanical properties by Yichen Liu, Feng Guo, Jie Li, Kun Liu, Juan Wang, Artem Okulov, Tushar Sonar

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The Effect of α-Al(MnCr)Si Dispersoids on Activation Energy and Workability of Al-Mg-Si-Cu Alloys during Hot Deformation by Xiaoguo Wang, Jian Qin, Hiromi Nagaumi, Ruirui Wu, Qiushu Li

“…The hyperbolic-sine constitutive equation was employed to determine the materials constants and activation energies of both studied alloys. The evolution of the activation energies of two alloys was investigated on a revised Sellars’ constitutive equation. …”
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Thermal Cycling Life Prediction of Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu Solder Joint Using Type-I Censored Data by Jinhua Mi, Yan-Feng Li, Yuan-Jian Yang, Weiwen Peng, Hong-Zhong Huang

“…At last, failure analysis and microstructure evolution of lead-free solders are carried out to provide useful guidance for the regular maintenance, replacement of substructure, and subsequent processing of electronic products.…”
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Review of Tribological and Wear Behavior of Alloys Fabricated via Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing by Nika Zakerin, Khashayar Morshed-Behbahani, Donald Paul Bishop, Ali Nasiri

“…Due to the nature of the DED process, components undergo extreme heating and cooling cycles, leading to microstructural evolution, process-induced defects, and variations in properties. …”
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Thermo-mechanical-metallurgical and damage modeling for hot stamping and warm-cutting of boron steel by Yongfeng Li, Hui Zhang, Shuhui Li

“…To achieve accurate simulation of warm-cutting process, a coupling model of thermal, mechanical, metallurgical and damage evolution is proposed. A robust numerical implementation method of the proposed model is developed. …”
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Effect of pore shape on uniaxial compressive behaviour of porous rock-like materials: DEM simulation by Chuanfeng Fang, Tieyong Zhao, Weijian Yu, Ping Wang, Zizheng Zhang, Baifu An, Genshui Wu, Shunkai Liu

“…Moreover, higher angularity or aspect ratio not only leads to cracks initiation at sharp corners and causes the crack paths to deviate from the axial loading direction, but also results in an increase in both the total crack length and the number of fragments. Finally, the evolution of the microstructure, including contact forces and the spatial distribution of stress, was analyzed to assess the influence of pore shape on microscopic characteristics.…”
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Nucleic acid aptamers in orthopedic diseases: promising therapeutic agents for bone disorders by Zhenhong He, Qingping Peng, Wenying Bin, Luyao Zhao, Yihuang Chen, Yuanqun Zhang, Weihu Yang, Xingchen Yan, Huan Liu

“…These oligonucleotide fragments, selected through the Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment process, exhibit high affinity and specificity toward their targets, such as DNA, RNA, proteins, and other biomolecules. …”
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Experimental Investigation of the Interplay Between Al-, B-, and Ti-Nitrides in Microalloyed Steel and Thermodynamic Analysis by Markus Führer, Sabine Zamberger, Christoph Seubert, Erwin Povoden-Karadeniz

“…The primary objective of this study is to correctly describe the microstructural evolution in the Fe-Al-B-Ti-C-N system using the Calphad approach, with special emphasis on correctly predicting the dissolution temperatures of nitrides. …”
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Construction and regulation of heterogeneous structure in medium Mn steel with critical annealing − quenching and partitioning process by Di Zhang, Xuchao Du, Yinzhao Liu, Huilan Sun, Yaxu Zheng, Shufeng Yang, Cheng Ma, Bo Wang

“…The heterogeneous structure formation, evolution and strengthening mechanism have not been clearly understood, especially its potential in the microstructure design of medium manganese steel (MMS) has not been explored. …”
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Simultaneous enhancement of mechanical properties at room and elevated temperatures in Mg-RE alloy via twin-induced recrystallization and LPSO precipitation by Jiawen Zhou, Xiaoru Zhang, Daqing Fang, Hongxiang Zong, Xiangdong Ding, Jun Sun

“…Understanding the microstructure evolution of long period stacking ordered (LPSO) phases in deformation-twinned Mg-RE alloys and its impact on mechanical performance remains limited. …”
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High temperature steam corrosion of LuPO4 and high-entropy rare earth phosphates in the presence of Al(OH)3 and Si(OH)4 impurities by Bishnu Pada Majee, Keith Bryce, Liping Huang, Jie Lian

“…Their high temperature steam corrosion resistance was investigated at 1400 °C for 60 h in the presence of Al(OH)3 and Si(OH)4 contamination, with the focus on microstructural evolution, new phase formation, reaction layer thickness, and mass loss. …”
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