Verónica L. Mucci¹, M. E. Victoria Hormaiztegui², Mirta I. Aranguren^1,*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.8, No.6, pp. 579-601, 2020, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2020.09455

Abstract The increasing pressure from consumers and policy makers to reduce the use of synthetic polymers, whose production contributes to the depletion of non-renewable resources and are usually non- biodegradable, has prompted the efforts to find suitable bio-based sources for the production of polymers. Vegetable oils have been a frequently spotted in this search because they are versatile, highly available and a low cost liquid biosource, which can be used in the synthesis of a wide plethora of different polymers and reactive monomers. Following the same idea of reducing the environmental stress, the traditional polyurethanes that are soluble in organic solvents… More >

Ramos G¹, RH Lira¹, RD Peralta², GY Cortez², A Cárdenas¹

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.83, pp. 139-143, 2014, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2014.83.139

Abstract Tomato fruits are perishable products that require treatments such as coating films to extend their shelf life. Because of this and to avoid use of synthetic chemicals to prevent physical deterioration during postharvest, we evaluated the effects of an edible coating polymer latex poly (vinyl acetate-co-vinyl alcohol), P (VAc-co-VA), at three concentrations (0, 50 and 100%) in tomato fruits. The trial was conducted at room temperature conditions (31 ± 4 °C; with RH of 30 ± 5%) and temperature-controlled (12 ± 1 °C; with RH of 75 ± 5%). Fruits coated with P (VAc-co-VA) at 100 and 50% showed significantly… More >

R. Ghelichi¹, S. Bagherifard¹, I. Fernandez Parienete², M.Guagliano^1,3, Simone Vezzù⁴

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.6, No.1, pp. 17-30, 2010, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2010.006.017

Abstract Coating deposition processes such as cold spraying are commonly employed to increase wear and fatigue resistance and consequently to enhance longevity of engineering components. Such processes typically introduce residual stresses into the coated surface, which in turn affect efficiency of coatings and play an important role in coating durability. In fact residual stresses are the key parameter to obtain compact and well-adherent coatings. They can modify several coating properties such as adhesion, structure, toughness, hardness reflecting on the macroscopic chemical and mechanical behavior of the coating.
Present study describes alteration of residual stress state of two types of aluminum coatings… More >

S. Baragetti¹, F. Tordini²

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.3, No.3, pp. 165-176, 2007, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2007.003.165

Abstract The effect of a TiN PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) coating on the fatigue behaviour of the titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V was investigated. Fatigue tests were performed on coated and uncoated, both smooth and 120° V-notched, specimens in order to evaluate the influence of the coating on the substrate fatigue resistance. Numerical analyses were carried out in order to determine the stress distributions below the specimen surface and on the coating. Several coating elastic moduli were used in such calculations. The residual stress gradient induced by the coating process deposition and the substrate plasticization were also taken into account with FEM. The… More >

F. Namavar¹, J. D. Jackson², J. G. Sharp³, S. Varma¹, H. Haider¹, C. Feschuk¹, K. L. Garvin¹

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.3, No.4, pp. 171-172, 2006, DOI:10.32604/mcb.2006.003.171

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Dan Givoli¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.5, No.6, pp. 497-514, 2004, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2004.005.497

Abstract Very thin layers with material properties which significantly differ from those of the surrounding medium appear in a variety of applications. Traditionally there are two extreme ways of handling such layers in finite element analysis: either they are fully modelled or they are totally ignored. The former option is often very expensive computationally, while the latter may lead to significant inaccuracies. Here a special technique of modeling thin layers is devised within the framework of the finite element method. This technique constitutes a prudent compromise between the two extremes mentioned above. The layer is replaced by an interface, namely a… More >

Li Jicheng, Lin Li, Wu Di, Li Ximeng

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.17, No.2, pp. 43-44, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.017.043

Abstract Two kinds of plasma sprayed Cr2O3 coating specimens are tested with electro-mechanical impedance (EMI) method. Quantitative investigation on the relationship between PZT excitation voltage and sensitivity of EMI method is performed in the frequency range of 100-110 kHz, with WK 6500B precision impedance analyzer and high excitation voltage electric impedance measurement system (HEVEIMS). A series of excitation voltage are designed from 0.01 to 15 V. Root mean square deviation (RMSD) of the PZT electric impedance signatures is used as an evaluation indicator. The results show that in the frequency range of 100-110 kHz, the RMSD values are not monotone with… More >

Lin Li, Li Jicheng, Wu Di, Li Ximeng

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.17, No.2, pp. 39-40, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.017.039

Abstract Two kinds of plasma sprayed Cr2O3 coatings are tested with electro-mechanical impedance (EMI) method. The influence of frequency band on the testing sensitivity of EMI method is investigated in kHz and MHz frequency ranges. The frequency shifts and root mean square deviation (RMSD) of the PZT electric impedance signatures are used as evaluation indicator. The variation of EMI sensitivity is investigated on 8 frequency bands with high mode density in the frequency ranges of 0.1-600 kHz and 1-10 MHz. The results show that in the low frequency range, the frequency shifts increase and the RMSD values first increase and then… More >

LIN Xiao-Ping, LEI Zhen-Kun, LIU Zeng-Hua, WU Zhan-Jun

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.17, No.1, pp. 29-30, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.017.029

Abstract Recently, a technology named ultrasonic guided wave has a rapid development and wide application. It is more and more popular for the advantage compared with traditional detection. An enormous amount of work has contributed to our current understanding of wave propagation. The case of a hollow cylinder loaded by the outside liquid has been considered by Rose et al. Kwun investigated the propagation of guided waves in water filled pipes. C. Aristegui discussed propagation of guided waves in fluid-filled pipe surrounded by different fluids. Lafleur and Shields have studied the propagation of low frequency modes in a liquid-filled tube.

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T. Fu, C.P. Wang, B. Hou, X.D. Zhu, Z.F. Zhou, K.Y. Li, J. Lu

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.20, No.3, pp. 91-92, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.020.091

Abstract Structural steels are widely used in engineering fields. Generally, they have the advantage of lower prices due to less precious alloy elements contained; however, their properties, especially the surface properties are inferior to high alloy steels. Surface engineering are of importance in improving surface properties of steels, and even a 'new' surface layer with high performances can be produced by surface technologies on low cost structural steels with ordinary properties.
The researches of last decade have shown that surface nanocrystallization (SNC) can markedly improve surface mechanical properties of metallic materials and accelerate thermal diffusion of N, Cr, etc atoms. In… More >