concurrent hyperthermia and radiation therapy in treatment of cancer show a strong evidence of a synergistic enhancement. we designed a new self-regulating thermo-brachytherapy seed, which serves as a source of both radiation and heat for concurrent administration of brachytherapy and hyperthermia. the thermo-brachytherapy seed has a core of ferromagnetic material which produces heat when subje...

Dielectric elastomers are a class of solid polymeric materials that sufficiently soft to deform under the application an electric field due interaction quasi-static charges. Their potential undergo large deformations renders them promising candidates for design energy harvesters, sensors and actuators. For their however, influence additional thermal effects should be taken into account as base ...

Piezoelectric materials are widely fabricated and investigated for potential applications in microelectromechanical systems as direct converters between mechanical electrical signals, where some show pyroelectric features involving thermo-electro-mechanical interactions. This study aimed to introduce a novel numerical technique predict the behaviors of piezoelectric structures, based on strong-...

Abstract: Neutron irradiation plays an important role in nuclear-induced degradation for concrete shielding materials, specifically determining the radiation induced volume expansion (RIVE) phenomenon driving its failure. When analyzing at structural level effects of nuclear on concrete, a non-uniformed distribution neutron must be considered. This can done via particle transport calculations p...