The purpose of this paper is to use the hybridized optimization method in order to find mathematical structures for analysis of experimental data. The heuristic optimization method will be hybridized with deterministi...
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Vibrational spectroscopic characteristics of melamine, cyanuric acid, and melamine cyanurate were measured using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) coupled with gold nanosubstrates. Trace amounts of melamine a...
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This study centers its attention on communication among ALS patients with severe symptoms, which is essential to daily life and the part that remains a difficulty. Also, communication is important to promote social pa...
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A method for students to gain insight into geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) by using virtual measurement techniques is discussed. Several families of parts with intentionally distorted geometry were c...
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A method for students to gain insight into geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) by using virtual measurement techniques is discussed. Several families of parts with intentionally distorted geometry were created in order to let students understand the meaning of manufacturing variation. Students are required to build CAD fixtures, to measure variation in each part and compare it to the GD&T specifications. Collaboration between students is encouraged, as it is well known to be an effective learning strategy.
Biomass, the feedstock for conversion into bioenergy, can come from forestry, agricultural, urban, industrial, or animal environments. Energy from biomass can be produced by direct combustion or, converted into biofue...
Biomass, the feedstock for conversion into bioenergy, can come from forestry, agricultural, urban, industrial, or animal environments. Energy from biomass can be produced by direct combustion or, converted into biofuels through bioconversion or thermoconversion processes, such as biogases (methane, hydrogen), bioethanol, biodiesel, and others. This study aimed to provide a bibliometric and systematic literature analysis of low-carbon hydrogen and bioenergy systems. A combination of the keywords "biomass," "renewable," "anaerobic digestion" or "biodigestion," and "H2" or "hydrogen" were used. The study covered the period from 2002 to 2022. After applying filters and considering the topic's relevance in current discussions, 49 works were selected and analyzed in detail. The scientific community has shown increasing interest in this field in recent years, with efforts focused on bioenergy, energy sources renewables, and climate change. Several studies, from theoretical models to experimental, were conducted at both laboratory and industrial scales, and agricultural or urban settings. In addition to anaerobic digestion, other conversion processes were explored, such as coupled or isolated dark fermentation and photo-fermentation, particularly when using algal biomass as feedstock. Co-digestion with animals, vegetable, or algae substrates was also discussed. In terms of bibliometrics, the growth trend of research has been since 2017. The increase in articles featuring practical, methodological, and technological innovations led to diverse technological and biomass arrangements. The integration of cascade bioprocesses represents a significant step toward optimizing bioenergy production. This work highlights the trends in low-carbon hydrogen production, particularly through the techniques, technologies, and substrates in various production setup combinations. However, there is still a need for research on the financial and economic aspects of investments and operations in
Sapphire wafers are widely used as the substrates for fabricating GaN light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The quality of LEDs depends directly on the quality of the sapphire wafers. A series of machining processes is requir...
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Sapphire wafers are widely used as the substrates for fabricating GaN light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The quality of LEDs depends directly on the quality of the sapphire wafers. A series of machining processes is required to turn sapphire barstock into wafers with the desired geometry and surface quality. This paper reviews the literature on various machining processes for sapphire wafers: slicing (including outer diameter cut-off grinding, inner diameter cut-off grinding, loose abrasive multi-wire sawing, fixed abrasive slicing, and fixed abrasive multi-wire sawing), flattening (including lapping and grinding), and surface finishing (including mechanical polishing and chemical mechanical polishing). New machining technologies are also introduced.
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Suelen GasparinJulien BergerDenys DutykhNathan MendesThermal Systems Laboratory
Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná Rua Imaculada Concei??o 1155 Curitiba - Paraná 80215-901 Brazil LAMA
UMR 5127 CNRS Université Savoie Mont Blanc Campus Scientifique 73376 Le Bourget-du-Lac Cedex France Université Savoie Mont Blanc
CNRS LOCIE F-73000 Chambéry France LAMA
UMR 5127 CNRS Université Savoie Mont Blanc Campus Scientifique 73376 Le Bourget-du-Lac Cedex France Thermal Systems Laboratory
Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná Rua Imaculada Concei??o 1155 Curitiba - Paraná 80215-901 Brazil
Implicit schemes require important sub-iterations when dealing with highly nonlinear problems such as the combined heat and moisture transfer through porous building elements. The computational cost rises significantl...
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Implicit schemes require important sub-iterations when dealing with highly nonlinear problems such as the combined heat and moisture transfer through porous building elements. The computational cost rises significantly when the whole-building is simulated, especially when there is important coupling among the building elements themselves with neighbouring zones and with HVAC (heating ventilation and air conditioning) systems. On the other hand, the classical Euler explicit scheme is generally not used because its stability condition imposes very fine time discretisation. Hence, this paper explores the use of an improved explicit approach—the DuFort–Frankel scheme—to overcome the disadvantage of the classical explicit one and to bring benefits that cannot be obtained by implicit methods. The DuFort–Frankel approach is first compared to the classical Euler implicit and explicit schemes to compute the solution of nonlinear heat and moisture transfer through porous materials. Then, the analysis of the DuFort–Frankel unconditionally stable explicit scheme is extended to the coupled heat and moisture balances on the scale of a one- and a two-zone building models. The DuFort–Frankel scheme has the benefits of being unconditionally stable, second-order accurate in time O(Δt2) and to compute explicitly the solution at each time step, avoiding costly sub-iterations. This approach may reduce the computational cost by twenty as wel as it may enable perfect synchronism for whole-building simulation and co-simulation.
In this study, unidirectional carbon fiber prepregs that contain long carbon nanofiber (CNF) z-threads as a through-thickness (z-directional) reinforcement were manufactured. The CNF z-threads are long enough to threa...
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(纸本)9781934551301
In this study, unidirectional carbon fiber prepregs that contain long carbon nanofiber (CNF) z-threads as a through-thickness (z-directional) reinforcement were manufactured. The CNF z-threads are long enough to thread through multiple carbon fiber (CF) arrays, which creates a multi-scale CNF/CF/resin-composite. The CNF z-threaded prepregs were manufactured using an electric-field aligned flow-transferring process. It was hypothesized that the CNF z-threads with the zig-zag threading pattern reinforces the interlaminar and intralaminar regions of the CFRP laminate thus improve the compressive strength by reducing the chance of carbon fiber buckling. Compressive testing was performed per modified version of ASTM D695 (i.e., SACMA SRM 1R-94) to evaluate the compressive strength of the CNF z-threaded CFRP (ZT-CFRP) laminates. The samples were manufactured using AS4 carbon fibers, EPON 862/Epikure-W resin and a 1wt% CNF content. ZT-CFRP testing results were compared with unaligned CNF-modified CFRP (UA-CFRP) and unmodified CFRP samples to investigate the impact of the CNF z-threads on the compressive strength. Results showed an increase of ~15% for the compressive strength of ZT-CFRPs, whereas the UA-CFRPs experienced a decrease of ~8% when compared to unmodified CFRPs. It was concluded that CNF/carbon fiber interlocking stops and delays crack growth, and helps to stabilize carbon fibers from further buckling. Copyright 2019 by Sebastian Kirmse et al. Published by Society for the Advancement of Material and Process engineering with permission.
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