Showing papers in "Materials Today: Proceedings in 2015"

TL;DR: A review on the mechanical properties of natural-glass fiber reinforced polymer composites is presented in this article, where a brief review has been carried out to make use of natural fibres (such as abaca, banana, bamboo, cotton, coir, hemp, jute, pineapple, sisal etc).

TL;DR: The applications of aluminium matrix composite materials are growing continuously in the field of automotive and aerospace because of their superior physical, mechanical and tribological properties as compared to base alloy as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize SiO2 nanoparticles from tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) as a precursor and PVP as a surfactant by employing sol-gel method.

TL;DR: In this paper, a brief overview on tool condition monitoring is provided, which is of particular importance in metal cutting owing to its direct impact on the surface quality of the machined surface and its dimensional accuracy, and consequently the economics of machining operations.

TL;DR: In this paper, a state-of-the-art review of these characterizations is presented, which is based on the analysis of the properties of the fiber reinforced composites (FRCs).

TL;DR: Titanium dioxide nanoparticles are used as fuel additive in a compressed ignition engine Concentration of nanoparticles to be added for a stable dispersion is optimized experimentally Density, fire point, viscosity, and calorific value of nanoparticle dispersion in diesel are experimentally determined as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, the precursor materials were Mg(NO 3 ) 2 and fresh Neem leaves extract acting as a reducing agent in the reaction and the particles thereby obtained were characterized by different analytical techniques.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss optimization studies on process parameters for fused deposition modeling (FDM), including layer thickness, Orientation angle, and fill angle, which are the process variables considered for optimization.

TL;DR: In this article, a simple and economical approach to synthesize Graphene Nanosheets via the exfoliation and intercalation of natural graphite flake material into graphene oxide (GO) following a γ-irradiation process is demonstrated.

TL;DR: In this paper, attempts were made to produce aluminium hybrid metal matrix composite (LM 25+ Activated Carbon+ Mica) by stir casting method and compare the properties with conventional composites.

TL;DR: Genetic algorithm is a multi-path algorithm that searches many peaks in parallel, hence reducing the possibility of local minimum trapping and solve the multi-objective optimization problems.

TL;DR: In this paper, the first observation of the martensitic transformation and shape memory in TiZrHfCoNiCu HEA family was made, which can be described as B2↔B19' type.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focused on the manufacturing of gear with AMMC material using stir casting process and various tests have been conducted on AMMC materials to know the various properties (Tensile strength and hardness) and it was observed that there is an increase in strength by 10 percent compared to Al6061.

TL;DR: In this paper, the tensile, flexural and impact properties of epoxy and randomly oriented short jute fibre reinforced epoxy composite were investigated using hand lay-up method with 30% of jute fiber in various lengths of 5, 10, 15 and 20 mm.

TL;DR: Leistritz have developed an isothermal forging process for blades made of TiAl alloys during the past 18 years as discussed by the authors, and the optimal process window was determined as 1100°C to 1250°C with extremely low strain rates.

TL;DR: In this article, an attempt has been made to fabricate Aluminium Matrix Composites (AA6061) reinforced with Boron Carbide (B 4 C) of average particle size 25μm with different weight percentages using indigenously developed stir casting method.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focused on achieving green manufacturing by using various techniques that has impact on reduction in waste and environmental pollution and found a large amount of energy is also wasted in many forms.

TL;DR: In this paper, the CarbonIspired 2.0 consortium presented the prototypes being developed with in the consortium, given with them examples of practical applications, security issues and market challenges in order to an effective collaboration between the academies, research centers and the industrial sector.

TL;DR: In this article, AA 5083 alloy-SiC composites have been fabricated by Ultrasonic assisted Stir Casting and different weight % of SiC (3, 5, 8 and 10 wt %) were used for synthesis of composites.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented the heat transfer study of TiO 2 /water Nanofluids with various volume concentrations of 0.1, 0.25,0.5%, 0.5% and 0.75%.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a review of natural fibres, their physical properties, fiber fabric types, fabrication methods, stacking sequence and failure criteria, and a ply drop-off laminate is also modelled and analysed using ANSYS to understand the behaviour of FRPs under axial load.

TL;DR: In this article, a brief description on fabrication techniques particularly ball milling which aims to achieve homogeneous distribution of CNT in the matrix is given, and the analysis presented here would be instrumental in the future design of high strength CNT/Al matrix composites.

TL;DR: The applications of PSO include optimal weight design of a gear train, Simultaneous Optimization of Design and Machining Tolerances, Process Parameter Optimization in Casting, and Machine Scheduling Problem.

TL;DR: A comprehensive review of recent research on CAD/CAM RP&M systems to improve the capability of rapid product development for a large number of small and medium sized enterprises.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors syntheiszed and synthetically synthetically synthesized nickel ferrite nanoparticles using urea as a fuel using XRD, SEM, TGA, FTIR and UV-visible techniques.

TL;DR: In this article, the structure of α−martensite was described with the aid of the analysis and the DIFFaX simulation of X-ray diffraction patterns, electron back-scatter diffraction and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy.

TL;DR: In this paper, the dynamic mechanical properties (storage modulus, loss modulus and damping parameter) and water absorption characteristic parameters (sorption, diffusion and permeability coefficient) of hybrid sisal and jute fiber reinforced epoxy composite were studied.

TL;DR: In this article, Rice husk and fly ash particles are added in Aluminium Alloy Matrix at 20% by weight with different proportion using Stir casting method and the fabricated cast specimens are characterized with Optical and Scanning Electron Microscopes.

TL;DR: In this article, the tensile, flexural and impact properties of the randomly oriented short sisal reinforced epoxy composite were examined. And the composites were prepared by hand lay-up method with various fibre length (5, 10, 15 and 20mm) but constant 30 weight percent of sisal fibre content.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have discussed about EDM process, its parameters and role in machining of aluminium based metal matrix composite materials (AMMC) and the current research work going in this field was also discussed in this paper.