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Granular matter submitted to external perturbations exhibits various behaviors depending on the vibration intensity: when strongly vibrated, the granular system has a fluid aspect, whereas under low intensity perturbations, it is in a quasi-solid phase. In ...
As for most of the topics in the field of solidification, Mert Flemings has always pioneered new ideas. While much of the understanding of hot tearing formation was already known about 30 years ago, he devised with Metz an interesting apparatus for studyin ...
We consider a binary hypoeutectic alloy casting which solidifies in dendritic form in an unreinforced engineering casting and seek to predict its microstructure in a metal matrix composite. We focus on the case where the reinforcement is fixed in space and ...
The high-pressure freezing (HPF) technique was applied to the cryo-immobilization of alginate gels and the quality of the freezing analyzed on a TEM by comparison of the segregation pattern of samples of decreasing thickness. Dynamic simulations of heat tr ...
A possible anomaly in the temperature dependence of nonlinear dielectric susceptibility chi(nl) of relaxor ferroelectrics related with the freezing phase transition was investigated. First, based on the phenomenological approach, the anomaly in the chi(nl) ...
As for most of the topics in the field of solidification, Mert Flemings has always pioneered new ideas. While much of the understanding of hot tearing formation was already known about 30 years ago, he devised with Metz an interesting apparatus for studyin ...
Direct evidence for freezing in two relaxer ferroelectrics, PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3 and PbSc1/2Ta1/2O3, at a certain temperature T-f not equal 0K was obtained from the temperature dependence of the maximum relaxation time, tau(max), It was shown that tau(max)(T) fo ...
A new approach to the modelling of grain structure formation in solidification processes is proposed. Based upon a two-dimensional cellular automata technique, the model includes the mechanisms of heterogeneous nucleation and of grain growth. Nucleation oc ...
Fundamentals of materials processes wherein a reinforcing phase is combined with bulk molten metal are reviewed. Capillary phenomena which govern the incorporation of the reinforcement into the matrix are discussed first, with focus on thermodynamics, mech ...
The relaxor ferroelectric PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3 (PMN) is investigated by means of dielectric and Fourier transform far infrared transmission spectroscopy in ,the frequency range from 10 kHz to 15 THz at temperatures between 20 and 900 K using mostly thin films on ...
