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A Modified Iosipescu Method to Study In-Plane Shear Strength of C/SiC Composites at Elevated Temperatures in Air
Accurate evaluation of life-limiting failure behavior is a prerequisite to ensure the successful design and application of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs).
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The Long-Term Effects of Ethanol and Corticosterone on the Mood-Related Behaviours and the Balance Between Mature BDNF and proBDNF in Mice
In this study, we aimed to establish the effects of chronic corticosterone (CORT) and ethanol administration on mood-related behaviour and the levels of mature brain-derived neurotrophic factor (mBDNF) and its...
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Visco-elastic–Plastic Creep Constitutive Relation of Tunnels in Soft Schist
To study visco-elastic–plastic creep constitutive relation of tunnels in soft schist, a triaxial creep mechanical test was conducted at first. Next, by studying linear and nonlinear visco-elastic–plastic creep...
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Finite Element Modeling of Plain Weave Fabric from an Un-Woven Initial Yarn Configuration
A technique for modeling the tensile behavior and initial shape forming (weaving) process is presented in this paper. This technique uses FEA methods to model straight yarns as they are woven around each other...
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Interatomic potential to predict the glass-forming ability of Ni–Nb–Mo ternary alloys
With the recently proposed formulation, an interatomic n-body potential was first constructed for the Ni–Nb–Mo metal system, and then applied to atomistic simulations to investigate the glass formation of the ...
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Unusual photoelectric behaviors of Mo-doped TiO2 multilayer thin films prepared by RF magnetron co-sputtering: effect of barrier tunneling on internal charge transfer
Mo-doped TiO2 multilayer thin films were prepared by RF magnetron co-sputtering. Microstructures, crystallite parameters and the absorption band were investigated with atomic force microscopy, X-ray diffraction a...
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Structural characterization of a new decavanadate compound with organic molecules and inorganic ions
A new decavanadate compound V10O28[Co(H2O)6]3(C8H18O6N2S2)2 (I) is synthesized and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, FT-IR spectroscopy, and scanning electron microsco...
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Widely tunable fourth harmonic generation of a Ti:sapphire laser based on RBBF crystal
Fourth harmonic generation of a tunable Ti:sapphire laser with a repetition rate of 80 MHz and pulse duration ∼150 fs has been realized in a single pass with an RbBe2BO3F2 crystal for the first time. A high avera...
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Self-seeded multiwavelength Brillouin-erbium laser using NOLM-NALM
In this paper, we demonstrate a new architecture of a self-seeded multiwavelength Brillouin-erbium laser by using a nonlinear optical-loop mirror and a nonlinear amplifying-loop mirror (NOLM-NALM). A stable op...
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Self-seeded multiwavelength Brillouin-erbium laser using NOLM-NALM
In this paper, we demonstrate a new architecture of a self-seeded multiwavelength Brillouin-erbium laser by using a nonlinear optical-loop mirror and a nonlinear amplifying-loop mirror (NOLM-NALM). A stable op...
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Studies of chip** mechanisms for dicing silicon wafers
The purpose of this study was to investigate the chip** modes produced in the die edges of dicing silicon wafer using the thin diamond blades. The effects of dicing directions and different wafer types on th...
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Effects of matrix characteristics on diamond composites
A series of cobalt-matrix diamond composites was fabricated by hot pressing, and their microstructure, physical properties, transverse rupture strength and resulting fracture surface were studied in detail. Se...