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Defect Structures Produced in Silicon and MgO by Nanoindentation

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
B Hockey
TEM has been used to characterize residual defect structures produced in 111} Si and 001] MgO by Berkovich nanoindentation at loads ranging from 5 mN to 0.1 mN. The plane-section observations provide a description of the primary defects, found to be

Delamination of Organo-Modified Layered Double Hydroxides in Polyamide 6 by Melt Processing

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Mauro Zammarano, S Bellayer, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Massimiliano Franceschi, Frederick Beyer, Richard H. Harris Jr., Meriani Sergio
Layered double hydroxide/polyamide 6 nanocomposites (LDH/PA6) were prepared from organo-modified LDH by melt processing. The anionic exchange capacity of LDH was varied in order to investigate its influence on the degree of exfoliation. LDH were dispersed

Determining Crystal Habits From Oberservations of Planar Sections

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
D M. Saylor, G S. Rohrer
A Method is described for reconstructing the crystal habit from the observations of many random planar sections of known orientation. We have generated simulated observations based on five different assumed crystal habits and found that it is possible to

Development of a Real-Time Control System Architecture for Automated Steel Construction

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Kamel S. Saidi, Robert W. Bunch, Alan M. Lytle, Frederick M. Proctor
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is developing a real-time control system for a robotic crane (the NIST RoboCrane) that will perform automated structural steel pick-and-place operations. The control system architecture is based on

Development of Database-Assisted Design for Wind Loads: Current and Future Research

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Emil Simiu, Fahim H. Sadek, S M. Diniz, Michael A. Riley, S Jang, L W. Lu
Following Irminger s 1894 aerodynamic tests, Flachsbart s pioneering boundary-layer wind tunnel experiments in 1932, and University of Western Ontario (UWO) 1970 s tests, considerable progress has been achieved in low-rise building design for wind. Owing

Development of High Throughput Methods for Polymer Flammability Property Characterization

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Jeffrey W. Gilman, Rick D. Davis, John R. Shields, D Wentz, L D. Brassell, A B. Morgan, R Lyon, J E. Zanetto
Recently we have developed several new high throughput (HT) methods to quantitatively evaluate the flammability of flame retarded (FR) polymers. The most recent results are due to the efforts of the High Throughput Methods for Materials Flammability

Dielectric and Structural Studies of Ba 2 ReNb 3 Ti 2 O 15 (BReNTO 15 ,Re=Bi 3+ ,La 3+ ,Nd 3+ ,Sm 3+ ,Gd 3+ ) Tetragonal Tungsten Bronze Structured Ceramics

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Igor Levin, M Stennett, I Reaney, G Miles, D I. Woodward, C Kirk, A R. West
The structure and dielectric properties of a new family of tetragonal tungsten bronze structured ceramics with the general formula, Ba 2ReNb 3Ti 2O 15 (BReNTO 15,Re=Bi 3+,La 3+,Nd 3+,Sm 3+,Gd 3+) have been investigated. BLNTO15 Tmax -100 C) and BBNTO15

Dielectric Spectroscopy During Extrusion Processing of Polyamide-6 Nanocomposites

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Rick D. Davis, Anthony J. Bur, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Young Jong Lee, P R. Start
During extrusion processing dielectric spectroscopy was conducted on polyamide-6 (PA6) and organoclay/polyamide-6 nanocomposites. Off-line curve fitting of the on-line dielectric data generated dielectric dispersion parameters that appear sensitive to

Domain Pinning in Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
J Blendell, Grady S. White
Atomic force microscopy measurements of the piezoelectric response of a lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thin film detect domain pinning sites along grain boundaries. The locations of these sites are reproducible and 180 degrees domains appear to extend from

Duality of Dislocation Content of Grain Boundaries

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
John W. Cahn, Yuri Mishin, A Suzuki
The Frank-Bilby equation (FBE) can give many solutions for the dislocation content of a grain boundary (GB); most of them are considered to have little physical reality except in limited ranges of the angles which characterize low-angle GBs. We explore two

Effect of Carbon Nanofiber Network Formation on Flammability of Flexible Polyurethane Foams

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Mauro Zammarano, Roland H. Kraemer, Richard H. Harris Jr., Thomas J. Ohlemiller, John R. Shields, Sameer Rahatekar, Jeffrey W. Gilman
Polyurethane flexible foams (PUFs) are used extensively as upholstery and bedding materials. Untreated PUFs are prone to rapid fire growth due to their low density and thermal conductivity. Furthermore, the low viscosity of the decomposition products

Effect of Colloidal Probe Random Surface Features on Adhesion

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Seung H. Yang, Stephen M. Hsu
We have uncovered the fact that colloidal probes often have random surface features which when not properly accounted for, can significantly affect the magnitudes of the measured adhesive forces using atomic force microscopes (AFM). Colloidal probes have

Effect of Wear Track Diameter on Tribological Behavior

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
S Jahanmir
Wear tests were conducted using a pin-on-disk tribometer to evaluate the effect of disk track diameter on the tribological behavior. High purity alumina balls were used as pins sliding against glass-ceramic (IPS empress 2) disks under distilled water

Effects of Large Grains on Transgranular Fracture Toughness

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Stephen W. Freiman
This paper addresses issues of fracture for materials in which large grains, exist in a matrix of much smaller grains. Materials used for optical components, such as ZnS and ZnSe frequently fall into this category. For materials of this sort failure can
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