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Showing papers in "Materials Today: Proceedings in 2017"


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TL;DR: An overview of inherent mechanical and metallurgical characteristics of titanium and its alloys which makes it an ideal for the aircraft applications is presented in this article, where a brief summary of induced stresses in aircraft critical components with advantages of titanium to manufacture these components is also discussed.

187 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, a well-planned orthogonal array L 27 was used in the electrical discharge drilling of mild steel sheet and the results obtained by the multi-objective optimization result obtained by genetic algorithm, show improvements in both of the quality characteristics.

166 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review on the method employed in stir casting such as, how the base metal is melted, at what temperature and state it is to be maintained, what conditions the particulates are added and how the stirring time and stirring speed affect the final composite material.

132 citations


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TL;DR: A detailed review of the development, classification, applications of Nickel based superalloys is presented in this paper, which also presents processing of Nickel-based superalloy including microstructure, tool materials, and effect of cutting parameters, and use of coolant supply and the integrity of machined surface.

129 citations


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TL;DR: The cuckoos behaviour & their egg laying strategy in the nests of other host birds is explained and a proper strategy for tuning the cuckoo search parameters is defined.

127 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the fabrication and characterisation of AA 6061/Al2O3 AMMC which was fabricated using stir casting process was studied using scanning electron microscopy, where the particles were observed to refine the grains and were distributed homogeneously in the aluminium matrix.

116 citations


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TL;DR: A comprehensive review of high performance plastic materials and their applications in the area of automotive comfort and safety is given in this article, where a wide variety of plastic materials are used in vehicles.

115 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, an outline of the results presented on the incorporation of natural fiber with glass fiber reinforced polymer composites is presented. And the authors focus on the physical and mechanical characteristics of hybrid composites.

110 citations


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TL;DR: A summary of work reported on Aluminium metal matrix composites with particulate reinforcement is presented in this article, which reveals that decrease in particle size and increase in percentage addition of reinforcement increase hardness and tensile strength of the composite.

95 citations


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TL;DR: A review on fabrication of scaffolds through solvent casting particle leaching method has been done in this article, where the addition of different biodegradable based and ceramic based composite has been covered for bone tissue replacement or repairing.

92 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the spinel CuFe 2 O 4, ZnFe 2O 4 and NiFe 2 o 4 were synthesized by simple solution combustion synthesis (SCS) and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), UV-Visible Spectrogram and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM).

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TL;DR: A brief review of recent trends in research on bearing defects, sources of vibration and vibration measurement techniques in time domain, frequency domain and time frequency domain can be found in this article.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the fabrication methods and mechanical properties of Al alloy/SiCp based metal matrix nano composites (Al-MMNCs) have been reviewed and the Scanning electron micrographs indicate that the nano SiCp reinforcing particles are uniformly distributed in the matrix alloy.

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TL;DR: In this article, a review of composition, physico-chemical properties, advantages, applications and practical use of individual vegetable oils as metal working fluid in environmental conscious machining to make the process environmental friendly and less toxic for operators.

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TL;DR: In this article, the formation of nanoparticles was observed by visualizing color changes and it was confirmed by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), UV-Vis spectrophotometer and Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FT-IR).

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TL;DR: Different manufacturing processes are optimized by Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) algorithm as discussed by the authors, and the main focus of this review paper is on the optimization of the various manufacturing processes that have been optimized by TOPSIS method.

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TL;DR: The removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater using agricultural waste is based upon metal biosorption. as discussed by the authors compared removal efficiency of different adsorbents and showed that modification in these adsorbants enhance the adsorption capacity.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the mechanical properties of flyash based geopolymer concrete (GPC) were studied and a regression model analysis was carried out to study the relationship between the Compressive strength and Split tensile strength.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a short review has been carried out to make use of natural fibers (such as abaca, banana, bamboo, cotton, coir, hemp, jute, pineapple, sisal etc) which is abundantly available in India.

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TL;DR: In this article, the mechanical properties of the natural fiber reinforced polymer based composites which are partially biodegradable were investigated and compared with treated and non-treated NFR composites.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a brief review has been presented to provide an update on the synthesis of nanoparticles and preparation of stationary nanofluids, which is a matter of concern since the properties of the nanoparticles are dependent on the stability of the suspensions.

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the plastic injection molding process conditions and the effect of different factors studied on the basis of processing parameters, and the processing conditions satisfied quality based product manufacturing.

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TL;DR: How haptic technology works, its devices, applications, and disadvantages are described and a description on some of its future applications and a few limitations of this technology is provided.

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TL;DR: In this paper, historical background of mesoporous silica materials and methods which are used to synthesize these materials such as sol-gel method, microwave assisted technique, chemical etching technique, templating approach are discussed.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have discussed the role of different type of nanoparticles in cement and concrete and used them to enhance the understanding of concrete behavior, to engineer its properties and to lower production and ecological cost of construction materials.

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TL;DR: In this article, the current state of knowledge on the several thermal conductivity measurement techniques employed by the researchers along with the factors affecting the thermal conductivities of nano fluids have been presented.

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TL;DR: In this article, the impact test, FTIR test and Rockwell hardness test were carried out on the composite of jute fiber, coir fiber, and bamboo-coir epoxy resin composite.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a hybrid AA6351 aluminum matrix composites which incorporates stir casting route was used for fabrication and the microstructure and the mechanical behavior of the parent alloy and the produced composites were studied.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of various types methods such as ATIG (Activated Fluid TIG), FBTIG (Flux Bounded TIG) and PCTIG (Pulsed Current Tungsten Inert Gas) welding was discussed.

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TL;DR: An overview of the mechanical properties like tensile, flexural, impact, fracture surface observations and corresponding modulus of elasticity of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites is presented in this article.