We propose a type of thermal interface materials incorporating insulating nanowires with partially metallic coating in polymer matrix. Large conductivity can be obtained due to percolation while the electrical insulation is maintained by controlling CM?<?ce and ?>?cth, where ? volume fraction fillers, CM fraction, ?ce ?cth are thresholds, respectively. The such composite further r...

Metal piping in industrial plants is subject to corrosion under insulation, which reduces the wall thickness and limits service life operating conditions. The Pulsed Eddy Current (PEC) technique can be effective inspection of isolated metallic materials. However, changes magnetic permeability make its use difficult ferromagnetic steels. In this work, we used Neodymium magnets magnetize material...

Moisture inside the footwear can considerably affect the thermal insulation. In this study with a thermal foot model there was simulated three sweat rates (3, 5 and 10 g/h). Five types of footwear with various insulation levels (dry insulation from 0.19 to 0.50 m2. K/W) were tested. The footwear insulation reduction was calculated for 1.5 hour period. The reduction in insulation was related to ...

Phase change material (PCM), placed in an exterior wall, alters the temperature profile within the wall and thus influences the heat transport through the wall. This may reduce the net energy transport through the wall via interactions with diurnal temperature swings in the external environment or reduce the electricity needed to meet the net load through the wall by shifting the time of the pe...

A possibility that the CP violation in our world is caused by the existence of other wall without any messenger bulk fields is investigated in the context of the brane world scenario. We estimate the amount of the CP violation on our wall, and find that it becomes exponentially small as the distance between the walls increases. An interesting case where CP is violated due to the coexistence of ...

The sound insulations were measured of a range of single, double and triple leaf partitions. For the single leaf partitions, a staggered stud configuration was used. For the double and triple leaf partitions, the configuration of the boards was different from that in the conventional Camdens. At low frequencies, the partitions tested generally had higher sound insulations than comparable metal-...

Venous stenosis is a significant problem in arteriovenous fistulae, likely due to anatomical configuration and wall shear stress profiles. To identify linkages between wall shear stress and the magnitude and pattern of vascular stenosis, we produced curved and straight fistulae in a pig model. A complete wall stress profile was calculated for the curved configuration and correlated with luminal...