Continuous-fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composites (CMC) have been proposed as candidates for high-temperature applications. Their architecture and network of porosity have a strong effect on the mechanical behavior. X-ray tomography is a non-destructive technique that allows studying the volume mesostructure of these porous materials. The volume porosity, the open porosity fraction, the con...

In this study, laboratory experiments are conducted to investigate the rapid decompression and desorption induced energetic failure in coal using a shock tube apparatus. Coal specimens are recovered from Colorado at a depth of 610 m. The coal specimens are saturated with the strong sorbing gas CO2 for a certain period and then the rupture disc is suddenly broken on top of the shock tube to gene...

The onset of double diffusive convection in a binary viscoelastic fluid saturated porous layer, which is heated and salted from below in the presence of Soret effect is studied using both linear and nonlinear stability analyses. The linear theory is being related to the normal mode method. The modified Darcy law for the viscoelastic fluid of the Oldroyd type is used to model the momentum equati...

In a recent work, we introduced a numerical approach that combines the mixed-finite-element (MFE) and the discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods for compositional modeling in homogeneous and heterogeneous porous media. In this work, we extend our numerical approach to 2D fractured media. We use the discrete-fracture model (crossflow equilibrium) to approximate the two-phase flow with mass transfer...

Mechanical and chemical processes experienced by carbonate rocks result in a complex network of natural fractures dissolution features that have direct implications on porosity, permeability, connectivity reservoirs. Characterization is best done core; however, it can be time-consuming due to the large amounts individual present long list attributes typically collected for each feature. Additio...

Growth experiments have been carried out to characterize the occurrence and development of porosity in Bridgman and flux grown Al-Pd-Mn icosahedral quasicrystals. The porosity level has been observed to fluctuate between values of 0.0 and 3.75 percent along the length of Bridgman single crystals implying that the development of porosity is affected by the local growth conditions. Experiments we...

BACKGROUND Osteoblasts and osteoclasts are known to express Ang II type I (AT1) receptor in cell cultures, suggesting the existence of local renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in bone. This study was designed to investigate the effects of losartan as AT1 receptor blocker on ovariectomized rats' femur. METHODS Losartan (5 mg/kg/day) was administered via oral gavage for 8 weeks. Bone mineral densit...

In the context of groundwater remediation, an increasing interest was found towards nanoscale and microscale zero-valent iron particles (NZVI and MZVI, respectively). However, MZVI and NZVI are not stable when dispersed in water, due to fast aggregation and sedimentation. Consequently, the use of shear thinning solutions of green biopolymers have been recently studied as viscous carrier fluids ...

‎we present an application of the dual gabor frames to image‎ ‎processing‎. ‎our algorithm is based on finding some dual gabor‎ ‎frame generators which reconstructs accurately the elements of the‎ ‎underlying hilbert space‎. ‎the advantages of these duals‎ ‎constructed by a polynomial of gabor frame generators are compared‎ ‎with their canonical dual‎.