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Chemical inertness and corrosion resistance make ceramic materials appropriate for Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) when aiming for sensing applications at high temperature or in harsh environment. Besides the usual fabrication techniques, such as p ...
Dense tubular self-supporting La0.7Ca0.3Fe0.85 Co0.15O3-δperovskite membranes were prepared by thermoplastic extrusion. The rheological behavior of the ceramic mixture was studied. Non-deformed tubes o ...
Ductile fracture in steels is essentially due to cavity nucleation, growth and coalescence. Once voids are initiated in the metallic matrix, and the deformation continues to increase, voids grow in size and finally coalescence to fracture. This dissertatio ...
The influence of the mould material on the build-up of internal stresses during autoclave cure of a unidirectional carbon fibre composite material was investigated using embedded optical fibre Bragg gratings. Four flat moulds (i.e. aluminium, steel, carbon ...
The purpose of this thesis is to characterize internal strains in polymeric materials due to consolidation. In view of this, optical Fiber Bragg Grating sensors are an excellent non-destructive tool for internal strain characterization and damage detection ...
Temperature-dependent material properties of glass fiber-reinforced polymer composites were derived from tests performed on the material itself, from references concerned with similar polymer materials and from observations during full-scale fire experimen ...
We report absorption spectra for Ag7, Ag9, and Ag11 in an argon matrix grown at a temperature of 28 K and compare them with previous spectra of the same species measured in matrices of argon grown at lower temperatures as well as in neon matrices. We discu ...
Porous coating production, e.g. for medical implant, involves depositing first mono-layer(s) of temporary particles on surface, depositing coating(s) on particles, eliminating temporary particles forming pores, and coating fixation step NOVELTY - Producing ...
Interface delamination during indentation of micron-scale ceramic coatings on metal substrates is modeled using discrete dislocation (DD) plasticity to elucidate the relationships between delamination, substrate plasticity, interface adhesion, elastic mism ...
Bone is a complex porous composite structure with specific characteristics such as viscoelasticity and anisotropy, both in morphology and mechanical properties. Bone defects are regularly filled with artificial tissue grafts, which should ideally have prop ...