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Bani Cipiriano, Takashi Kashiwagi, Srinivasa R. Raghavan, Ying Yang, E A. Grulke, Kazuya Yamammoto, John R. Shields, Jack F. Douglas
The effects of the aspect ratio of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWNT) on viscoelastic properties and flammability properties of PS/MWNT nanocomposites are
S I. Stoliarov, H Zhang, P R. Westmoreland, R Lyon, Marc R. Nyden
Applications presented in this work demonstrate the potential for using quantum mechanics and molecular simulations to determine the mechanisms and rates of the
This is the second manuscript in a series of publications continuing the development and application of a method for investigation of the thermal decomposition
A novel family of siloxy-containing imidazolium ionic liquids was synthesized and their thermal and decomposition properties studied. Three of the four
Jonathan Sylvie, Stephen R. Thomas, Sang-Hoon Lee, Robert E. Chapman
This article is a follow-on publication to Addressing Security in the Early Stages of the Project Life Cycle. It details the development and interpretation of
Michael A. Taylor, Edward Garboczi, S T. Erdogan, D Fowler
This paper discusses some of the properties of irregular particles that are of interest to engineers, including volume, density, & surface area. Numerical and
S T. Erdogan, P N. Quiroga, D Fowler, H A. Saleh, Richard A. Livingston, Edward Garboczi, Peter M. Ketcham, John G. Hagedorn, Steven G. Satterfield
The shape of aggregates used in concrete is an important parameter that helps determine many concrete properties. The mathematical technique of spherical
N Kidner, Z J. Homrighaus, B J. Ingram, T Mason, Edward Garboczi
The reduction of grain size from the microcrystalline regime into the nanocrystalline regime is known to produce significant changes in the transport properties
S Kamali, M Moranville, Edward Garboczi, S Prene, B Gerard
Leaching of concrete by water may severely damage structures like radioactive waste depositories or water supply stations. This paper presents the influence of
Although the wind load provisions of many modern building codes are based on the results of wind tunnel testing, some effects of model scale and pressure tap
F P. Ganneau, F -. Ulm, J Gondzio, Edward Garboczi
An algorithm based on a finite element discretization of the lower bound yield theorem is applied to digital images, which allows the determination of the
Jeonghwan Kim, Sanjit Bhowmick, Herzl Chai, Brian R. Lawn
The role of substrate modulus on critical loads to initiate and propagate radial cracks to failure in curved brittle glass shells on compliant polymeric
Daniel R. Flynn, James H. Yen, James J. Filliben, Robert R. Zarr, E M. Hohlfeld
In the late 1950s, Corning Glass Works measured the heat capacity, thermal diffusivity, and thermal expansion of Pyroceram Code 9606. In the early 1960s the
P Sule, M. Menyhard, L Kotis, J Labar, William F. Egelhoff Jr.
The ion-sputtering induced intermixing is studied by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and by Auger electron spectroscopy depth profiling (AES-SP) analysis in
F S. Aguirre-Tostado, A Herrera-Gomez, Joseph Woicik, R Droopad, Z Yu, D G. Schlom, E Karapetrova, P Zschack
Polarization dependent x-ray absorption fine structure measurements performed at the Ti K edge together with x-ray diffraction have been used to study the local
T Maitland, X Han, Mark D. Vaudin, G R. Fox, M Coy
A polycrystalline Pt thin film deposited on a cut Si single crystal wafer coated with SiO2 and a TiO2 adhesion layer was studied using automated electron
Kate Liao, Carl R. Schultesiz, Donald L. Hunston, L C. Brinson
Pultruded composites are finding increasing use in infrastructure and marine applications where they see prolonged exposure to environmental factors such as
A 3D finite element model is constructed to simulate the local impact and its aftermath.For a given design of the disk structure with known elastic/plastic and
Invited article in Circuits Assembly magazine that discusses how the NEMI Project's extensive characterization of the NEMI Sn-Ag-Cu alloy applies to other
The use of long wavelength UV irradiation (320 to 390 nm) to induce bonding of a perffluoropolyether (PFPEP on CNx disks has been successfully demonstrated
The powerful methods we have for solving the atomic structure of bulk crystals fail for nanostructured materials and there are currently no broadly applicable
Through detection of valence photoelectrons, the technique of x-ray standing waves directly measured the charge asymmetry of the GaAs valence band. Using the
Y S. Lin, R Puthenkovilakam, J P. Chang, C P. Bouldin, Igor Levin, Nhan Van Nguyen, Y Sun, P Pianetta, T Conard, W Vandervorst, V Venturo, S Selbrede
The interfacial properties, thermal stabilities, and the electrical characteristics of ZrO 2/ Si and ZrO 2/SiO 2/Si were investigated and the interfacial layer
Siddarth Sundaresan, M V. Rao, Yong-lai Tian, John A. Schreifels, M. Wood, K Jones, Albert Davydov
Rapid solid-state microwave annealing was performed for the first time on N-, Al-, and B-implanted SiC and the results were compared with the conventional
Geometric and crystallographic measurements of grain boundary thermal grooves and surface faceting behavior as a function of orientation have been used to