In this research, tribological behavior of Ti-Ni-P intermetallic coatings on titanium substrates have been investigated under dry reciprocating conditions. Hardness profile testing results exhibit that high surface hardness has been attained and static indentation result shows that the intermetallic coating has better adhesion strength than the conventional ceramic coatings. In this respect, th...

For the purpose of developing a novel ablation therapy for oral cancer, the heat generation and transfer properties of a Ti-coated carbon steel rod with 20-mm length and 1.8-mm outer diameter were investigated by means of a high-frequency induction technique at 300 kHz. The heat generation measurement performed using water (15 mL) revealed that the difference of the inclination angles (θ = 0°, ...

as a function of s at the k+ 1 points ti, . . . , ti+k. The elements of $k,t are called polynomial splines of order k with knot sequence t. Let τ := (τi) n 1 be a strictly increasing real sequence. As is shown in [12], there exists, for given f , exactly one s ∈ $k,t, such that s(τi) = f(τi), i = 1, . . . , n, if and only if Ni,k(τi) 6= 0, i = 1, . . . , n, i.e., if and only if ti < τi < ti+k, ...

Let δi = 1 if the i time Yi is an observed death and δi = 0 if it was a right-censored event: That is, the individual was alive at time Yi, but was last seen at that time. If Ti (1 ≤ i ≤ n) are the true survival or failure times, then Yi = Ti if δi = 1 and Yi < Ti if δi = 0, in which case the true failure time Ti is unknown. We also assume d-dimensional covariate vectors X1, X2, . . . , Xn for ...

The present paper investigates the role of parent phase topology on a crystallographic variant selection rule. This rule assumes that product nuclei appear at certain grain boundaries in structure, such specific orientation relationship is observed with both grains either side boundary. correspondence considered here Young–Kurdjumow–Sachs (YKS) &lt;112&gt;90° (which exhibits 24 symmetrical equi...