This study presents a unique melting strategy in electron beam-powder bed fusion of Alloy 718 to tailor the grain morphology from typical columnar equiaxed morphology. For this transition, specific combination certain process parameters, including low scanning speeds (400–800 mm/s), wide line offsets (300–500 μm) and high number order (#10) was selected control local solidification conditions e...

The proper fabrication of concrete-embedded tracks is a prerequisite for their long-term durability and their economic efficiency. Frequent defects which are caused either during fabrication or during operation are (partially) debonding between the pre-fabricated sleepers and the site-mixed concrete. This paper deals with the Pulse-ESPI-Technique as a measuring method which enables to detect th...

In this paper we describe a finite-capacity algorithm that can be used for production scheduling in a semiconductor wafer fabrication facility (wafer fab). The algorithm is a beam-search-type algorithm. We describe the basic features of the algorithm. The implementation of the algorithm is based on the ILOG-Solver libraries. We describe the simulation environment, which is used to evaluate the ...

Angular scattering properties of ice crystal particles generated in a laboratory cloud chamber are measured with a lightweight polar nephelometer with a diode laser beam. This cloud chamber produces distinct plate and hollow column ice crystal types for light-scattering experiments and provides a controlled test bed for comparison with results computed from theory. Ice clouds composed predomina...

in this paper, the operation of helix traveling wave tube in interaction region is investigated by using a three dimensional large signal lagrangian model in frequency domain. the complete simulation of these tubes is essential for optimum design and minimum manufacturing cost. this 3d code can compute interception current (or current losses ), beam radius changes in interaction region and the ...

the mode of heat and mass transfer during baking of bakery products is an important factor determining the quality of the final product. the heating rate could alter the starch properties during gelatinization and affect the quality of products after baking and during aging. sangak is a kind of iranian flat bread baked on the hot pebble gravels. the aim of this study was to evaluate the impacts...

Significant evidence emerging in the spinal oncology literature recommends radiosurgery as a primary modality of treatment of spinal metastasis. Improvements in the methods of delivering radiation have increased the ability to provide a higher and more exacting dose of radiation to a tumor bed than previously. Using treatment-planning software, radiation is contoured around a specific lesion wi...