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Pit growth kinetics in aluminum: effects of salt loading and relative humidity
The growth kinetics of localized corrosion, e.g. pits, in corrosive environments often controls the service life of metallic components. Yet, our...
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Model of Short Fatigue Crack Growth Rate and Fatigue Life Estimation of Carbon Steel Specimens
This study proposed a model describing the kinetics of short fatigue crack growth from a smooth surface and from the top of a blunt notch. The...
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Effect of particle size distribution and shear rate on relative viscosity of concentrated suspensions
Suspension rheology is of widespread importance to industry and research. The rheology of spherical silica particle suspensions with different...
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Growth of Ultrathin Metal Films
Driven by the requirement to tailor film properties for many technological applications, our understanding of the atomic processes involved in...
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Interrogating the Effects of Rate and Orientation on the Dynamic Failure Response of α-Quartz under Uniaxial Stress Compression
The catastrophic failure response of brittle solids is governed by the mechanics of crack nucleation and growth, which have been observed to be rate-...
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The Effect of Crystallographic Texture on the Constant-Stress, Constant-Heating-Rate Mechanical Test
The effect of texture on plastic flow during the constant-stress, constant-heating-rate (CSCHR) mechanical test was established using Ti–6Al–4V sheet...
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High-Strain Rate and High-Temperature Properties of Additively Manufactured Nickel-Based Alloy 718
Nickel-based alloys are normally employed for aerospace components that experience high levels of stress at elevated temperaturesTemperature. With...
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Alternative Thermal Cycling Treatment to Produce Abnormal Grain Growth in FeMnAlNi Alloys: Study of Composition Variations and Effects on the Relative Phase Stabilities
An alternative method to obtain abnormal grain growth in Fe–Mn–Al–Ni system is presented. A crucible is used to control the cooling speed of the...
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An Improved Prediction Model on Fatigue Crack Growth Rate under Variable Amplitude Loads for Metallic Materials
Fatigue crack growth and fatigue life prediction always play important roles during the structural service period or safe design. Based on the Forman...
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Non-planar graphene directly synthesized on intracavity optical microresonators for GHz repetition rate mode-locked lasers
Generation of high-speed laser pulses is essential for sustaining today’s global, hyper-connected society. One approach for achieving high spectral...
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Coupled Thermal Solidification Process Simulation of Sapphire Growth
Thermal distribution during the sapphire growth process determines to a great extent the thermal stresses and dislocation density in sapphire. In...
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The heterogeneous nature of mechanically accelerated grain growth
While grain growth is traditionally viewed as a purely thermally driven process, nanocrystalline metals can undergo grain growth under mechanical...
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Effect of CH4 concentration on the early growth stage of patterned diamond using high seeding density and hot filament chemical vapor deposition
A bottom-up method is described to grow patterned polycrystalline diamond on silicon substrates using polymer assisted seeding and photolithography....
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The evolution of pit morphology and growth kinetics in aluminum during atmospheric corrosion
Assessing the lifetimes of alloys in humid, corrosive environments requires growth kinetic information regarding individual instances of damage, e.g....
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High Strain Rate Hardening of Metallic Cellular Metamaterials
Strain rate hardening caused by the changed deformation mode is a fascinating phenomenon in cellular metamaterials where the material’s stiffness and...
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Rate Processes
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Strain Rate-Dependent Tensile and Fracture Properties of Low-Carbon Ferritic Low-Density Steels
The study investigated the tensile properties of two low-carbon ferritic low-density steels at strain rates of 1 × 10 −4 s −1 , 1 × 10 −3 s −1 , and 1 × 10 −2...
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High-speed growth of high-quality polycrystalline diamond films by MPCVD
High-quality diamond films have attracted extensive attentions due to their excellent optical and electrical properties. However, several issues,...
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Unravelling crystal growth of nanoparticles
Crystal growth from nanoscale constituents is a ubiquitous phenomenon in biology, geology and materials science. Numerous studies have focused on...
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Abnormal grain growth with preferred orientation in non-oriented silicon steel: a quasi-in situ study
Abnormal grain growth (AGG) involving orientation selectivity during isothermal annealing in non-oriented silicon steels (NGO) was comparatively...
