The complex solidification dynamics and thermal cycling during Selective Laser Melting process is expected to result in non-equilibrium material characteristics. There is an essential need for characterization techniques which are critical towards the estimation of anisotropies. The current investigation is targeted towards establishing tensile testing methodologies and their relation to differ...

In this work, an inverse finite element formulation was modified for considering material anisotropy in obtaining blank shape and forming severity of deep drawn orthotropic parts. In this procedure, geometry of final part and thickness of initial blank sheet were known. After applying ideal forming formulations between material points of initial blank and final shape, an equation system was obt...

Few-layer black phosphorus was recently rediscovered as a narrow-bandgap atomically thin semiconductor, attracting unprecedented attention due to its interesting properties. One feature of this material that sets it apart from other atomically thin crystals is its structural in-plane anisotropy which manifests in strongly anisotropic transport characteristics. However, traditional angle-resolve...

The shearless mixing layer is constructed by combining two cubic simulation domains that each contain isotropic turbulences with different energy levels. The computational domain is a parallelepiped with aspect ratio equal to two (2L × L × L, L = 2π in dimensionless variables). Periodic boundary conditions are imposed in all directions. To satisfy this condition, the domain should host two shea...

This thesis takes a material perspective on designing transformable interfaces. The structure of material and mechanical properties such as stiffness, can determine not only its static performances, but also, with the help of external forces, support dynamic shape change. By encoding structural or stiffness distribution in the actuated materials, we can partially offload the shape-changing cont...

Vector potential formulation and parametric studies of electromagnetic scattering problems of a sphere characterized by the rotationally symmetric anisotropy are studied. Both epsilon and mu tensors are considered herein, and four elementary parameters are utilized to specify the material properties in the structure. The field representations can be obtained in terms of two potentials, and both...

Abstract. In this paper we present a semi-analytical thermal stress solution for directional growth of type III-V compounds with small lateral heat flux and weak anisotropy. Both geometric and material anisotropy are considered and our solution can be applied to crystals grown by various growth techniques such as the Czochralski method. The semi-analytical nature of the solution allows us to co...

Magnetic anisotropy (MA) is one of the most important material properties for modern spintronic devices. Conventional manipulation of the intrinsic MA, i.e., magnetocrystalline anisotropy (MCA), typically depends upon crystal symmetry. Extrinsic control over the MA is usually achieved by introducing shape anisotropy or exchange bias from another magnetically ordered material. Here we demonstrat...

Different computational scheme for calculating surface integrals in anisotropic Brillouin zones are compared. An example of the transport distribution function (plasma frequency) of the thermoelectric material Bi(2)Te(3) near the band edges is discussed. The layered structure of the material together with the rhombohedral symmetry causes a strong anisotropy of the transport distribution functio...