Microstructural effects on damage evolution in shocked copper polycrystals

Effect of sliding velocity on friction-induced microstructural evolution in Copper

Durability of engineering workpieces surfaces is well-known to be strongly related to the microstructural evolutions induced by machining processes. One current challenge is to choose the right process parameters, such as the sliding speed, in order to optimize both the subsurface microstructure and the surface properties. In this paper, a special tribometer, able to simulate contact pressures ...

Microstructural Evolution in OrthotropicElastic Media

We consider the problem of microstructural evolution in binary alloys in two dimensions. The microstructure consists of arbitrarily shaped precipitates embedded in a matrix. Both the precipitates and the matrix are taken to be elastically anisotropic, with different elastic constants. The interfacial energy at the precipitate– matrix interfaces is also taken to be anisotropic. This is an extens...

Microstructural coarsening effects on redox instability and mechanical damage in solid oxide fuel cell anodes

Microstructural Evolution of Copper-Titanium Alloy during In-situ Formation of TiB2 Particles

Bulk Cu-Ti alloy reinforced by TiB2 nano particles was prepared using in-situ reaction between Cu3.4wt.% Ti and Cu-0.7wt.% B along with rapid solidification and subsequent heat treatment for 1-10 hrs at 900oC. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) characterization showed that primary TiB2 nano particles and TiB whiskers were formed by in-situ reaction between Ti and B in the ...

Microstructural brain tissue damage in metabolic syndrome.

OBJECTIVE We investigated the association between metabolic syndrome risk factors and brain tissue integrity, as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS From the Leiden Longevity Study, which is a community-based study of long-lived subjects, their offspring, and partners thereof, 130 subjects (61 men; mean age 66 years) were included. A metabolic syndrome score wa...