Incipient clot formation in whole blood and fibrin gels was studied by the rheometric techniques of controlled stress parallel superposition (CSPS) and small amplitude oscillatory shear (SAOS). The effects of unidirectional shear stress on incipient clot microstructure, formation kinetics and elasticity are reported in terms of the fractal dimension (df) of the fibrin network, the gel network f...

Regularities of the phase protective layer formation in multicomponent systems involving inhibitors with different mechanism of protective action have been investigated. It was shown that optimization of the composition of the inhibition mixture allows to obtain higher protective efficiency owing to improved microstructure of the phase layer. It was found that mechanism of the film formation in...

Material property evolution during processing is governed by the evolution of the underlying microstructure. We present an efficient technique for tailoring texture development and thus, optimizing properties in forming processes involving polycrystalline materials. The deformation process simulator allows simulation of texture formation using a continuum representation of the orientation distr...

P. Drobnjak, High Technical School “Tehnikum-Tau runum”, Belgrade, Serbia, A. Kovačević, Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia, A.Milosav lje vić, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia, Ž. Radovanović, Faculty of Tech no lo gy and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Ser bia, I. Samardžić, Faculty of Mechanical Engine ering, Slavonski Brod, University o...

Osteoporosis is characterised by trabecular bone loss resulting from increased osteoclast activation and unbalanced coupling between resorption and formation, which induces a thinning of trabeculae and trabecular perforations. Bisphosphonates are the frontline therapy for osteoporosis, which act by reducing bone remodelling, and are thought to prevent perforations and maintain microstructure. H...

Hot-pressing is a powder metallurgy process where loose powder is loaded into a mould, usually of graphite, and sintered by the simultaneous application of high temperature and pressure. In this study elemental titanium and Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy powders are hot-pressed under different conditions in order to study the influence of the processing parameters on the microstructure and mechanical propert...

A phase-field model is developed to study the cubic to monoclinic martensitic phase transformation in nickel–titanium (NiTi) shape memory alloys. Three-dimensional phase-field simulations show the nucleation and growth of monoclinic B190 multivariants that form a polytwinned martensitic microstructure. Parametric studies demonstrate that mechanical constraints and crystallographic orientation g...