The hot deformation behavior and microstructural evolution of Ti-44Al-5V-1Cr alloy were investigated by hot compression tests at temperatures of 1000–1250 ◦C and strain rates of 0.001–1 s−1. It was indicated that the dependence of peak stress on deformation temperature and strain rate could be accurately described by a hyperbolic sine type equation. The activation energy, Q, was estimated to be...

This study was designed to examine the effects of ambient heat on firefighters' physical task performance, and physiological and perceptual responses when sleep restricted during simulated wildfire conditions. Thirty firefighters were randomly allocated to the sleep restricted (n = 17, SR; 19 °C, 4-h sleep opportunity) or hot and sleep restricted (n = 13, HOT + SR; 33 °C, 4-h sleep opportunity)...

Titanium alloys exhibit mechanical and physical properties that fit structural applications demanding light-weight, corrosion resistance and biocompatibility. Ceramic reinforcements can further improve some of these mechanical properties, such as wear resistance, specific stiffness and specific strength. In comparison to continuous reinforced titanium alloys, the particle reinforced alloys (PRT...

We revisit classical sieves for computing primes and analyze their performance in the external-memory model. Most prior sieves are analyzed in the RAM model, where the focus is on minimizing both the total number of operations and the size of the working set. The hope is that if the working set fits in RAM, then the sieve will have good I/O performance, though such an outcome is by no means gua...

The delayed delivery of the AIRBUS A380© demonstrates the challenges to be faced in the field of cross-company collaboration today. On the one hand, available CWE platforms are used insufficiently. On the other hand, they do not yet support collaboration in a completely adequate way. This paper illustrates the current state of CWE practice by way of a sample company, its internal and external c...

tepe sagzabad, a site situated on the qazvin plain of north-central iran, was excavated from 1970 to 1998 by the institute ofarchaeology of tehran university. recent excavations by h. tala’i (1997-1999) yielded some metal artifacts dating to theearly iron age. ten of these copper-based samples were investigated using inductively coupled plasma optical emissionspectroscopy (icp-oes), scanning el...

In forming simulations, flow curves are cardinal inputs to predict features, such as forces and material flow. The laboratory-scale experiments determine them, like compression or tensile tests, affected by deformation heating, restricting direct curve determination. principle, the current analytical inverse methods from these but while assume a simplified temperature profile, require closed-fo...