Education and Research for the Future
Engineering as an Illustrative Case
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Education for the Future
There is considerable discussion on education for the twenty-first century covering all levels, from K-12 to higher education.
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Postgraduate Engineering Education for the Future
Undergraduate engineering education provides the foundation for the different engineering disciplines at a level adequate to enter the workforce. Over time, engineers need to upgrade their knowledge and skills...
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Technology
Technology has played a very dominant role in our evolution as people and as a society. It is a core component of the human experience.
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Elastic properties of powders during compaction. Part 1: Pseudo-isotropic moduli
The elastic moduli of powdered materials undergoing uniaxial compaction was investigated, paying particular attention to effects of solid phase material properties and initial particle shape. Elastic propertie...
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Elastic properties of powders during compaction. Part 2: elastic anisotropy
Isotropy in the elastic properties of powders undergoing uniaxial compaction in a cylindrical die was evaluated from in situ measurements of elastic wave speed. Shear and bulk longitudinal wave speeds were mea...
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Elastic properties of powders during compaction. Part 3: Evaluation of models
General approaches for develo** models to describe the elastic properties of granular and porous materials are discussed, with emphasis on their application to predicting the elastic properties of powders un...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Flow Visualisation in Dense Phase Pneumatic Conveying of Alumina
Pipeline wear is a very complex problem and at present there is limited understanding of the wear mechanisms responsible for the reduction of pipe wall thickness in critical wear areas. The ability to determin...
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Hot shock compaction of nanocrystalline alumina
An experimental investigation of hot shock compaction of a nanocrystalline alumina powder was performed. The effects of variations in shock pressure and compaction temperature on the properties of the compacte...
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Effects of graphite particle addition upon the abrasive wear of polymer surfaces
The abrasive wear performance of vinyl ester resins modified with various volume fractions (5, 10, 15, 20 and 30%) of graphite powder has been measured. Using a conveyor belt driven testing machine developed l...
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Elastic properties of compacted metal powders
This paper describes a study of the unloading characteristics of compacts made from the uniaxial compression of metal powders in a cylindrical die. Spherical, irregular and dendritic copper powders and spheric...
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Microprojectile velocities in a gas driven launcher
Microprojectile methods of genetic engineering sometimes employ a macroprojectile which launches the microprojectiles when it hits a stop** plate. A study has been made of the relationship between the veloci...
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Particle morphology and packing effects on the shock loading of powders
A physically based model for the shock Hugoniot of a powdered material is described which allows separate identification of the cold and thermal contributions to pressure and specific internal energy. Special ...
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A novel technique for the preparation of metal powders for transmission electron microscopy
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The Russian Doll effect by mechanical alloying
