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Early Stages of Precipitation In Aluminum Alloys by First-Principles and Machine-Learning Atomistic Simulations

Age hardening induced by the formation of (semi)-coherent precipitate phases is crucial for the processing and final properties of the widely used Al-6000 alloys despite the early stages of precipitation are still far from being fully understood. This cruc ...

EPFL2018

Low-inertia vacuum-powered soft pneumatic actuator coil characterization and design methodology

Jamie Paik, Matthew Aaron Robertson

Recently developed soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) powered by negative pressure have demonstrated great potential in the future of soft robotics for their high strength, intrinsic safety, low weight, and often simple design. The majority of these have only ...

2018

Soft Robotic Grippers

Dario Floreano, Herbert Shea, Jun Shintake, Vito Cacucciolo

Advances in soft robotics, materials science, and stretchable electronics have enabled rapid progress in soft grippers. Here, a critical overview of soft robotic grippers is presented, covering different material sets, physical principles, and device archi ...

2018

Group action effects caused by various operating energy piles

Lyesse Laloui, Alessandro Francesco Rotta Loria

To date, no field data referring to various operating energy piles over time-scales of practical applications had been made available to investigate the thermally induced “group action”. This paper presents the results of a full-scale field test and a thre ...

2018

Functional composites with damage control and repair

Amaël Maximilien Cohades

Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composite structures are subjected during service to low energy impacts or unexpected loads, leading to damage. Microcracks are generally first formed in the matrix and can reach up to several hundred microns in thickness. In ...

EPFL2018

Shape Memory Micro- and Nanowire Libraries for the High-Throughput Investigation of Scaling Effects

Jürgen Brugger, Shenqi Xie, Alfred Ludwig

The scaling behavior of Ti-Ni-Cu shape memory thin-film micro-and nanowires of different geometry is investigated with respect to its influence on the martensitic transformation properties. Two processes for the high throughput fabrication of Ti-Ni-Cu micr ...

ACS Publications2017

Development of anchorage systems for strengthening of steel plates with iron-based shape memory alloy strips

Ardalan Hosseini, Masoud Motavalli, Elyas Ghafoori

The aim of this study is to propose a series of mechanical anchorage system for strengthening of steel plates with iron-based shape memory (Fe-SMA) strips. Four different friction-based mechanical clamps to anchor the Fe-SMA strips to the steel substrate w ...

2017

Variant selection in surface martensite

Roland Logé, Cyril Cayron, Annick Pauline Baur

A significant variant selection is reported in isothermal martensite formed on the surface of an Fe-30% Ni sample. The selection phenomenon is modelled using different descriptions of the martensitic phase transformation. In particular, matrices based on t ...

International Union of Crystallography2017

Feasibility of iron-based shape memory alloy strips for prestressed strengthening of steel plates

Moslem Shahverdi, Ardalan Hosseini, Masoud Motavalli, Elyas Ghafoori

Iron-based shape memory alloys (Fe-SMAs) are advanced materials that can be used as prestressing elements for strengthening and rehabilitation of civil structures. In this paper, the results of a feasibility study on the application of shape memory effect ...

2017

First-principles investigation of phase stability in the Mg-Sc binary alloy

Anirudh Raju Natarajan

The recent discovery of shape memory behavior in Mg-Sc alloys has opened the door to the possibility of lightweight shape memory alloys. Very little is known, however, about martensitic phase transformations or about equilibrium phase stability in this all ...

APS2017

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