A survey done recently showed that almost 30 percent of the accidents occurred during oral implant surgery were concerned with the mandibular canal in the trabecular bone region and most of them were related to the dr...
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The purity of the brazing alloys applied is necessary to be improved with the increasing cleanness of steel. Calcium is easily brought into the widely ased brazing alloy, Ag-Cu-Zn, during the producing process. This p...
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The purity of the brazing alloys applied is necessary to be improved with the increasing cleanness of steel. Calcium is easily brought into the widely ased brazing alloy, Ag-Cu-Zn, during the producing process. This paper aims at revealing the effect of calcium on the melting behavior of the brazing alloy. The thermal analysis kinetics of silver alloy with trace calcium was studied by using differential scanning calorimetry ( DSC ) , and the enthalpy peaks were analyzed by differential methods. The rate constant of phase transformation in the probable brazing temperature range goes up with increasing calcium content, according to the values of the apparent activation energy, E, and the frequeney constant, A. It is concluded that the calcium addition could improve the melting performance of Ag-Cu-Zn brazing alloy.
Proteins are biological polymers that underlie all cellular functions. The first high-resolution protein structures were determined by x-ray crystallography in the 1960s. Since then, there has been continued interest ...
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A facet-selective atomic layer deposition method is developed to fabricate oxide nanofence structure to stabilize Pt nanoparticles. CeO is selectively deposited on Pt nanoparticles' (111) facets and naturally expo...
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A facet-selective atomic layer deposition method is developed to fabricate oxide nanofence structure to stabilize Pt nanoparticles. CeO is selectively deposited on Pt nanoparticles' (111) facets and naturally exposes Pt (100) facets. The facet selectivity is realized through different binding energies of Ce precursor fragments chemisorbed on Pt (111) and Pt (100), which is supported by in situ mass gain experiment and corroborated by density functional theory simulations. Such nanofence structure not only has exposed Pt active facets for carbon monoxide oxidation but also forms ceria-metal interfaces that are beneficial for activity enhancement. The composite catalysts show excellent sintering resistance up to 700 °C calcination. CeO anchors Pt nanoparticles with a strong metal oxide interaction, and nanofence structure around Pt nanoparticles provides physical blocking that suppresses particles migration. The study reveals that forming oxide nanofence structure to encapsulate precious metal nanoparticles is an effective way to simultaneously enhance catalytic activity and thermal stability.
In recent years there are growing interest in fabrication of bulk nanostructured metals and alloys by using severe plastic deformation (SPD) techniques as new alternative in producing bulk nanocrystalline materials. T...
In recent years there are growing interest in fabrication of bulk nanostructured metals and alloys by using severe plastic deformation (SPD) techniques as new alternative in producing bulk nanocrystalline materials. These techniques allows for processing of bulk, fully dense workpiece with ultrafine grains. Metal undergoes SPD processing in certain techniques such as high pressure torsion (HPT), equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) or multi-directional forging (MDF) are subjected to extensive hydrostatic pressure that may be used to impart a very high strain to the bulk solid without the introduction of any significant change in overall dimension of the sample. The change in the structure (small grain size and high-volume fraction of grain boundaries) of the material may result in the corrosion behavior different from that of the coarse-grained material. Electrochemical measurements were done to understand the corrosion behavior of TiNi alloys before and after HPT deformation. The experiment was carried out using standard three electrode setup (a sample as working electrode; a platinum wire as a counter electrode and a saturated calomel electrode in saturated KCl as a reference electrode) with the surface area of 26.42 mm2 exposed to the EMEM+10% FBS cell culture medium. The measurements were performed in an incubator with controlled environment at 37 °C and 5% CO2, simulating the cell culture condition. The potential of the specimen was monitored over 1 hour, and the stabilized potential was used as the open-circuit potential (EOCP). Potentiodynamic curves were scanned in the potential range from −0.5 V to 1.5 V relative to the EOCP, at a rate of 0.5 mV/s. The result of OCP-time measurement done in the cell culture medium shows that the OCP of HPT-deformed samples shifts towards to the more positive rather than that of BHPT samples. The OCP of deformed samples were ennobled to more than +70 mV for Ti-50mol%. The shift of OCP towards the nobler direction indicates
In this paper, we present a novel pose estimation and obstacle avoidance approach for tendon-driven multi-segment continuum manipulators moving in dynamic environments. A novel multi-stage implementation of an Extende...
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(纸本)9781509037636
In this paper, we present a novel pose estimation and obstacle avoidance approach for tendon-driven multi-segment continuum manipulators moving in dynamic environments. A novel multi-stage implementation of an Extended Kalman Filter is used to estimate the pose of every point along the manipulator's body using only the position information of each segment tip. Combined with a potential field, the overall algorithm will guide the manipulator tip to a desired target location and, at the same time, keep the manipulator body safe from collisions with obstacles. The results show that the approach works well in a real-time simulation environment that contains moving obstacles in the vicinity of the manipulator.
Authors elaborated a five component material using specific magnesium master alloys with several elements resulting a potential biocompatible and biodegradable alloy. The main goal of the present paper is to investiga...
Authors elaborated a five component material using specific magnesium master alloys with several elements resulting a potential biocompatible and biodegradable alloy. The main goal of the present paper is to investigate the properties of some master Mg-2Ca-0.2Mn-0.5Zr-1Y alloy. The surface morphology was characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). After the XRD analysis, it have been identified the following compounds, such as Mg, Mg2Ca, Mg24Y5, respectively MgY. These compounds have the hexagonal crystallographic structure for Mg and Mg2Ca type, respectively cubic form for Mg-Y and Mg24Y5. The microstructure presents a uniform morphology and an undisclosed zirconium. Also, manganese is embedded in magnesium and Ca forms a lamellar eutectic mixture of Mg2Ca type. In conclusion, Mg-2Ca-0.2Mn-0.5Zr-1Y alloy shows similar characteristics from the microstructure point of view with other biodegradable materials, these alloy could be used as biodegradable implant.
Currently, a three-staged, risk-based approach given in the Energy Institute (EI) guidelines is employed to identify fatigue critical locations on topside piping. EI guidelines provide guidance for various stages of t...
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(纸本)9781467380676
Currently, a three-staged, risk-based approach given in the Energy Institute (EI) guidelines is employed to identify fatigue critical locations on topside piping. EI guidelines provide guidance for various stages of the risk assessment. However, authors feel that the qualitative methodology employed during stage 1 for identifying fatigue critical system is cumbersome. The paper thus proposes an alternative methodology to prioritize inspection of Potential Fatigue Critical Locations (PFCLs) on topside piping based on the Composite Priority Weights (CPWs) obtained from Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). An illustrative case study is performed, within which the hierarchy tree structure is developed. Thereafter, the CPWs of piping locations in different units are obtained. Thereby, the locations with high CPWs are prioritized for the quantitative assessment during the stage 2 of the risk assessment.
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