This study investigates the impact of carbon on kinetics spark plasma sintering (SPS) nano- and submicron powders WC-10 wt.%Co. Carbon, in form graphite, was introduced into by mixing. The activation energy solid-phase determined for conditions isothermal continuous heating. It has been demonstrated that increasing content leads to a decrease fraction ?-phase particles shift shrinkage curve tow...

The compressive creep and recovery of foam earplugs was studied at various applied stresses leading to different fi nal creep strains. Deformation was determined from digital videos of the earplugs via image processing software. Creep could not be modeled by a single exponential in time; creep approximated a power law in time. Nonlinear viscoelasticity was observed: creep compliance depends on ...

It is well known that classical Coulomb dry friction model does not portrays important physical phenomena occurring in the contact between mating surfaces. Moreover, the discontinuity of force at zero velocity has many drawbacks during numerical simulations. In the attempt of exploring alternatives to Coulomb friction model, this paper present the application of the Dahl friction model in a mul...

All three burning plasma experiments discussed at Snowmass during the summer of 2002, use preloaded structures to resist some component of the operating loads. For the resistive pulsed reactors, it is the preloads which introduce the most noticeable creep responses because these loads are applied for much longer than the operating loads. If the preloads are maintained during shut-down and maint...

In order to characterize the creep behaviors of 2219 aluminum alloy at different temperatures and stress levels, a RWS-50 Electronic Creep Testing Machine (Zhuhai SUST Electrical Equipment Company, Zhuhai, China) was used for creep experiment at temperatures of 353~458 k and experimental stresses of 130~170 MPa. It was discovered that this alloy displayed classical creep curve characteristics i...

Co(II) and Cu(II) promoted base hydrolysis of 2-cyano, 1, lO-phenanthroline was studied. At 298.2°K, Cu(II) reaction is more efficient (by a factor of 20) than either Co(ll) and its analogues Ni(II) in promoting base hydrolysis.

Unlike traditional pressure sensitive adhesives, the natural setal arrays of gecko lizards achieve dry adhesion with stiff, keratinous material. This remarkable property has inspired a new class of adhesive and high friction microstructures composed of stiff materials that, like natural setae, have an elastic modulus greater than 1 GPa. In contrast to softer materials, such as rubber and low mo...

Abstract. In this paper, a nonconforming discretization method for the frictional contact between two bodies subjected to antiplane shear deformation is considered. The method is based on a mixed variational formulation where for the discretization of the Lagrange multiplier dual basis functions are used. Under some regularity assumptions on the solution, an optimal a priori error estimate is o...

ABSTRACT- In this study, texture profile analysis and a creep test were used to determine the textural quality attributes of fish protein isolates and conventional surimi. These isolates were made from raw materials obtained from filleting processes of Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) using acid and alkaline aided treatments. Texture profile analysis was performed in order to obtain ha...