Influence of Aluminum, Gallium, Indium- Doping on the Boron-Nitride Nanotubes (BNNTs) investigated with density functional theory (DFT) and Hartreefock (HF) methods. For this purpose, the chemical shift of difference atomic nucleus was studied using the gauge included atomic orbital (GIAO) approch. In the following, structural parameter values, electrostatic potential, thermodynamic parameters,...

The aim of the current work was to analyse impact salt bath nitriding on behavior tribological characteristics and surface microstructures AISI 316L stainless steels. Nitriding carried out at 580°C for 10 h. tribological, structural before after compared. microstructures, characteristics, as well its hardness, were investigated using optical microscopy (OM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), profilom...

A human can perceive the hardness of an object by tapping its surface. We compared the ranked subjective hardness values and physical properties of objects, including their stiffness, viscosity, density, and Shore hardness, and the frequencies and time constants of the natural vibrations caused by tapping. The stiffness, frequency, and viscosity exhibited a relatively strong positive correlatio...

In a very recent article (Torrent-Sucarrat et al., J Comput Chem 2007, 28, 574), we have shown how to evaluate the global hardness for polyatomic molecules using a hardness kernel approximation. We present here an extension of this previous work by improving the model used to evaluate the hardness kernel and the Fukui function. In addition, the concept of the local hardness is analyzed in detai...

PURPOSE Light units used for polymerization of resin composites are subject to deterioration with age, and frequent maintenance is required to maintain optimal efficacy. This study examined the efficacy of quartz-tungsten-halogen light units in private dental offices in Toronto for polymerization of resin composites. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred dental offices met all selection criteria ...

The paper focuses exclusively on the manual arc hardfaced layers of railtrack repairing. study is conducted in two stages- structural analysis and mechanical characteristic(hardness) study. Two types technologies for defective areas rebuilding are developed. first one hardfacing without a buffer layer, second with layer. process carried out using electrodes particularly appropriate this purpose...

Induction hardening is widely used in the industry as a surface heat treatment that improves and subsurface hardness of components greatly. The hardened case, which usually few mm, highly impacts structural integrity component. In this work, we simulate scanning induction process by means finite element modeling. computed hardness, microstructure, residual stress profile are compared with exper...

OBJECTIVES To establish if there is an association between ground hardness and injury risk in junior cricket. DESIGN Nested case-series of players who played matches on specific grounds with objective ground hardness measures, within a prospective cohort study of junior community club cricket players. METHODS Monitoring of injuries and playing exposure occurred during 434 matches over the 2...

Nanoindentation measurements were obtained on eight commercially-produced DP980 dual-phase steels to quantify the hardness of the individual constituents, ferrite and martensite, in each steel. Each microstructure was also evaluated to determine grain size, martensite volume fraction (MVF), and retained austenite content. Nanoindentation hardnesses and quantitative microstructural measurements ...