Macroscopic superplastic behaviour of metallic or non metallic materials is usually represented by the strain rate sensitivity, and it can be determined by tensile tests at elevated temperature. However, a uniaixal stress state occurs in the test whilst a multiaixal stress state is induced in actual superplastic forming processes. The difference of the stress state might affect the reliability ...

quality grading and nutrition value determination of fish are. nowadays necessary for aquatic processing. the present study was conducted to investigate a new, applied and cheap method of fillet quality grading for common carp (cyprinus carpio) using fish size, based on mathematical equations. for this reason, 61 specimens of cultured market size carp were used and after filleting, their moistu...

A 40-day feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary microalgae Oedocladium sp. or Tribonema ultriculosum supplementation on growth performance, fillet fatty acid composition, skin pigmentation, and immune response yellow catfish Pelteobagrus fulvidraco. Two hundred seventy experimental fish (51.19 ± 1.17 g) were distributed among nine net cages (2 × 2 m3) in a randomized d...

the problem of several finite moving cracks in a functionally graded material is solved by dislocation technique under the condition of anti-plane deformation. by using the fourier transform the stress fields are obtained for a functionallygraded strip containing a screw dislocation. the stress components reveal the familiar cauchy singularity at thelocation of dislocation. the solution is empl...

Fillet welds are one of the most commonly used weld joints but one of the most difficult to weld consistently. This paper presents a technique using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) to identify the key Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) fillet weld parameters and interactions that impact on the resultant geometry, when using a metal cored wire. The input parameters to the model were current, voltage,...

The goal of the present paper is to apply a multiaxial fatigue criterion, formulated in frequency-domain, welded components. In particular, proposed procedure requires (i) evaluate stress field at so-called hotspot and (ii) compute damage. A case study, represented by fillet-welded tubular T-joints under random loading, examined assess validity above estimating crack nucleation position. Finall...

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of chitosan coatings, oregano essential oil, and their combination on microbial quality of chicken fillet during 12 days in refrigerator temperature. Methods: Oregano oil was extracted by water distillation and then different concentrations of oregano oil (1% and 2%) were used for film preparation. Microbiological tests were carri...

________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract The effect on ostrich muscle quality of an additional thoracic stick (TS) to the normal ventral throat slit to bleed ostriches after electrical stunning was evaluated. The additional TS had no negative or positive effect on the drip loss, cooking loss, colour or pH and temperature readings of the fillet (M...