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This paper investigated the property evolutions of Mo thin films that were subjected to post-sputtering heat treatments from 700 degrees C to 1100 degrees C. It was found that, after annealing, the use of Si wafers eliminated crack formations found in prev ...
Additive Manufacturing (AM) in whole and especially Selective Laser Melting (SLM) are already making a revolution in the way parts are designed and manufactured with the ability to produce lightweight parts with unprecedented complex geometries which are o ...
During the last two decades, thin concrete walls have been frequently used to brace mid- to high-rise buildings in some Latin American countries. This structural system differs significantly in terms of wall geometry and reinforcement layout from tradition ...
With the advent of material science, high-performance steel materials have been developed for seismic applications that potentially reduce the earthquake-induced collapse risk of steel frame buildings. The High Yield Point (HYP400) steel is one of those ma ...
Bond behavior and anchorage resistance of prestressed CFRP plates to steel substrate have been investigated in the current study. To do so, a set of single lap-shear and prestress release tests was performed on CFRP-to-steel bonded joints, and the feasibil ...
Carbides constitute a class of materials used for many applications, where excellent mechanical properties, such as stiffness, hardness and fracture toughness, are required. The machining industry is a typical example where carbide are crucial materials. W ...
A new combination of laser scanning confocal microscope (LSCM) and electron backscattering diffraction (EBSD) with a field-emission scanning electron microscope (SEM) is utilized to study the mechanism of bainite transformation in reheated low carbon baini ...
This paper aims to reveal the relationship among low-temperature toughness, microstructure and secondary crack from both microstructural and crystallographic perspectives. Instrumented Charpy tests were carried out in the upper platform, transition tempera ...
The fatigue safety of the reinforced concrete deck slab of a sixty-year-old steel-concrete road viaduct as well as the riveted steel girders of a 130 year old railway bridge was questioned based on the results of conventional assessment consisting in "re-c ...
Introduction The construction industry has an extensive impact on the global environment and will be facing three big challenges in the next decades: reducing its resource consumption, decreasing its energy use, and limiting its waste production. This is e ...