Showing papers in "Materials Today: Proceedings in 2020"

TL;DR: In this article, the main objective of this research is to maximize the hole circularity along with minimum hole taper and dilation by selecting the optimal input parameters, from the results it has been found that discharge current is the most effective parameter for the given conditions.

TL;DR: Current research on the statistical and experimental design techniques for different applications or output responses such as enhancing mechanical properties, build time, part quality, etc are reviewed.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the extensive application of WAAM still demonstrates many challenges, and these may need to be focused and solved in specific ways for different materials to produce an operational system in an acceptable time frame.

TL;DR: The modern approach for the configuration of generating lattices and their behavior is revealed, which aims to attain a product with optimizing features like lightweight, increase in energy absorption and heat transfer, insulation and reduce materials.

TL;DR: In this paper, an aluminium hybrid metal matrix composite is prepared by the nano reinforcement particles, which consists of Titanium Carbide, Aluminium Oxide and Silicon Nitride with the proportion of 94% of the primary material with 6% of reinforcement material.

TL;DR: A plan of experiments based on L27 orthogonal array was established and turning experiments were conducted with prefixed cutting parameters for Aluminium 6082 using tungsten carbide cutting tool.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the sustainable advantage of alkali-activated binders, supplementary cementitious materials, and recycled materials as raw materials in concrete and showed that it is possible to achieve a greener concrete with enhanced properties compared to the conventional concrete with the use of new materials.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a vast overview on natural fiber reinforced composites, various chemical treatments applied and applications of those composites for reducing the overall weight of the vehicle to increase its performance.

TL;DR: Banana, Pineapple and Jute fiber were mixed with different combination of volume percentage by hand layup technique in this paper, and the corresponding thermal analysis such as thermal conductivity and thermal resistance of six combination fiber composites were compared for the good thermal insulator for insulation applications.

TL;DR: A comprehensive overview on powder bed fusion process is presented in this article, where other popular techniques like selective laser melting (SLM), selective laser sintering (SLS), and electron beam melting (EBM) are also reviewed.

TL;DR: This review initially discusses a brief summary of the aforementioned stimuli-responsive smart materials following a complete description of some of the smart materials.

TL;DR: In this article, a multi-objective wale optimization (MOWO) method was used for optimizing the parameter of the plate heat exchanger, in which the thermal and hydraulic drop were considered as the objective function.

TL;DR: Aluminum metal matrix composites (AlMMCs) have been used for many engineering applications and are seen as new generation potential materials as discussed by the authors, and they offer great promise for producing composites with the required properties for certain applications with a wide variety of reinforcing materials.

TL;DR: In this article, the FT-IR, XRF and XRD characterization of commercially available kaolin clay and sodium bentonite clay, potential catalysts for thermo-catalytic pyrolysis in plastic waste valorization was explained.

TL;DR: In this article, the analysis on various geometric forms of connecting rod such as solid type, shell type has been carried out using modelling package such as SOLIDWORKS and ANSYS software.

TL;DR: In this article, the mechanical properties of epoxy resin, reinforced with various natural fiber materials/agricultural by product particles are compared in the present study, and the review intends to provide basic and background information of the natural fibers and their composites to trigger new research activities and facilitate development of new variety polymer composites.

TL;DR: The novel disease epidemiology, major prevention from spreading of Coronavirus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, and the machine and deep learning-based architectures performance that is proposed in the present year for classification of Cor onavirus images such as, X-Ray and computed tomography are assessed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors calculate the flow of stress of deforming metal as a function of temperature, strain and strain rate using a hybrid adaptive genetic algorithm and cuckoo search (ANN-AGCS) model.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of material density, infill density and extrusion temperature on tensile strength of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol (PETG), and Multi-material test pieces were discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, the mechanical properties and wear behavior of AA6061/Silicon Carbide (SiC) composites fabricated through powder metallurgy routine were reported, which showed that increase in hardness and compressive strength of the composite was evidenced with increasing reinforcement level.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of massive laser shock peening (MLSP) on surface integrity of cast dumbbell shaped and cylindrical cast specimens of commercially pure titanium (CP-Ti) and to compare with those of untreated CP-Ti was investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, the optimal parameter of the stair casting process of AMC is selected based on the hardness and strength of the AMC matrix composite, and the FPA is used for optimal parameter selection.

TL;DR: In this article, an experimental investigation was conducted to study the individual and combined effects of admixtures viz., lime and fly ash on the geotechnical characteristics of expansive soil, and the result showed that adding expansive soil with lime alone or with lime and Fly ash in different percentages, the liquid limit, plastic limit and plasticity index, optimum moisture content and differential free swell index decreased, whereas maximum dry unit weight and strength of soil admixtures increased.

TL;DR: A league championship optimization (LCO) technique is proposed for the optimal parameter selection for the MMC preparation and result analysis proves the closeness of the actual and predicted results.

TL;DR: In this paper, the microstructure and mechanical properties of Magnesium (Mg) alloy were studied in this review paper. And the application and properties of Mg alloys are presented for the biomedical field.

TL;DR: In this paper, the source of organic pollutants such as dyes and phenolic compound that are presence in water or wastewater are discussed. But, the authors focus on the sources of dyes.

TL;DR: In this article, a battery thermal management system is used and they having various techniques to cool the battery and maintain the optimum temperature, including air cooling, liquid cooling, phase change materials, cold plates and heat pipes.

TL;DR: In this article, the behavior of fly ash-blast furnace slag-based geopolymer concrete with different percentage of rice husk ash inclusion for its utilization in geopolymers concrete was investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated and compared the characteristics of dissimilar joining of Ti-6Al-4V with AISI 4140 Medium carbon steel using diffusion bonding process and analysis of the temperature distribution and stress intensity with the help of ANSYS software.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of various methods of synthesizing the HAp, which includes dry, wet, thermal, and a combination of these methods is presented, and various parameters were studied to achieve a composition of HAp that is like the HAP in human bone and teeth.