A majority of high-strength constructional elements of titanium alloys are manufactured by hot plastic working methods, chiefly by open die forging or die forging. Most often, β α + two-phase titanium alloys are used, which are characterized by high relative strength, good hightemperature creep resistance (up to 450°C), high fatigue strength under corrosive conditions, corrosion resistance in m...

The optimization of blank design is the key to implementation a green innovation strategy. process determines more than 80% resource consumption and environmental emissions during processing. Unfortunately, traditional method based on function quality not suitable for today’s sustainable development concept. In order solve this problem, research low-carbon low-cost route proposed. Aiming at pro...

A global-to-local modelling strategy is presented based on a sub-modelling approach to predict the formation of macroscale defects in bi-axial non-crimp fabric (NCF) during double diaphragm forming (DDF). full-scale global simulation initially performed using coarse membrane element mesh (5 mm edge length) locate areas containing potential defects. Refined local simulations are subsequently hig...

Progressive cavity pumps are used in industry for the circulation of high viscosity fluids, such as crude oil and petroleum products, sewage sludge, oils, salt water, wastewater. Also known single screw pumps, these composed a rotor which has shape rounded screw, moves inside rubber stator. The stator an double helical internal surface which, together with rotor, creates that along rotor. movem...

Random-dot stereograms were generated with a blank area placed in part of the right-hand image so making a patchwork of monocular and binocular areas. The perceived depth and shape of the monocular region, where depth was not explicitly marked, depended in part on the depth and surface orientation of adjacent binocular areas. Thus a monocular rectangle flanked by two binocular rectangles which ...

Aftereffects are perceptual illusions caused by visual adaptation to one or more stimulus attribute, such as orientation, motion, or shape. Neurophysiological studies seeking to understand the basis of visual adaptation have observed firing rate reduction and changes in tuning of stimulus-selective neurons following periods of prolonged visual stimulation. In the domain of shape, recent psychop...

Our experiments explore whether contour processing of closed shapes is altered by healthy aging. Contour processing was measured using a closed contour (circle or ellipse) constructed of Gabor elements. The contour was presented either on a blank background or embedded in noise (identical Gabor elements of random orientation). Twenty-one older (age range: 61-80 years) and 21 younger (age range:...