Several surface augmentation techniques were examined in an investigation of enhancement of critical heat flux (CHF) from a simulated electronic chip to a fluorocarbon (FC-72) liquid in a vertical channel. A parametric comparison of boiling performances is presented for a smooth surface and for surfaces with low-profile microgrooves, low-profile microstuds, and high-profile pin fins. Critical h...

In this research, the incremental slitting method was employed to determine throughthickness residual stress profile of a carbon/epoxy laminate. The method involves measuring strains at the back surface of the stressed specimen, while a narrow slit is cut by a CNC milling machine progressively from the top surface of the specimen. "Pulse Method" was selected as the computational approach for th...

The range distributions of low-energy nitrogen and oxygen (2-3 keV) ions is silicon are measured and compared with these available in theories. The nitrogen distribution is very close to a Gaussian distribution as predicted by theory. The oxygen profile however, indicates a surface localized peak along with a shoulder and a long tail into the sample. The surface peak is beleived to he the resul...

Using fractal in studying tribology is becoming more important. Although digitizing and processing the surface topography image of a friction surface and wear particle are the means for calculating of the respective fractal dimensions, they are extremely troublesome. To establish a method for calculating and analyzing the fractal phenomena of a surface, the use of computer software and hardware...