Materials Engineering (MatEng): Recent submissions
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Evolution Of Texture And MIcrostructure During Processing Of Pure Magnesium And The Magnesium Alloy AM30
(2011-07-01)Magnesium is the lightest metal that can be used for structural applications. For the reasons of weight saving, there has been an increasing demand for magnesium from the automotive industry. However, poor formability at ... -
Creep, Wear And Corrosion Behaviour Of Novel Magnesium Alloys And Composites
(2011-04-01)In the present investigation, MMCs have been fabricated using the creep-resistant AE42 magnesium alloy as matrix and reinforcing it with saffil short fibres (essentially δ-Al2O2) and SiC particles in various combinations. ... -
Study Of Gas-Liquid Flow Behaviour In Raceway Zone Under Pulverised Coal Injection
(2011-02-09)Gas, liquid and powder flow in the lower part of a blast furnace is complex phenomena. In order to understand the aerodynamics of the blast furnace properly, these phenomena must be included in their advanced form. Previous ... -
Grain Boundary Processes In High Temperature Densification And Deformation Of Nanocrystalline Zirconia
(2011-02-08)Grain boundary processes play a major role in controlling different rate processes in yttria stabilized tetragonal zirconia. The present study concentrated on rate processes in tetragonal zirconia, which were significantly ... -
Effect Of Atomic Mobility In The Precipitate Phase On Coarsening : A Phase Field Study
(2010-10-28)In this thesis, we have used a phase field model for studying the effect of atomic mobility inside the precipitate phase on coarsening behaviour in two dimensional (2D) systems. In all the available coarsening theories, ... -
Reactive Hot Pressing Of ZrB2-Based Ultra High Temperature Ceramic Composites
(2010-10-08)Zirconium- and titanium- based compounds (borides, carbides and nitrides) are of importance because of their attractive properties including: high melting temperature, high-temperature strength, high hardness, high elastic ... -
Study Of Evaluation Of Texture And Microstructure During Different Modes Of Rolling And Annealing Of Two Phase α-β Brass
(2010-09-28)It is well known that texture and microstructure play a crucial role in determining properties of metallic materials. The evolution of microstructure and texture during deformation and annealing of copper and some copper ... -
Studies On Preparation Of Poly(Vinyl Pyrrolidone) And Poly (Methacrylic Acid) Microcaopsules For Drug Delivery
(2010-09-13)There has been growing interest in designing and development of suitable micro or nano drug delivery system with the ability to target site specifically and release the payload in a predetermined fashion. Recently a new ... -
Processing Of Zirconia Based Honeycombs And Evaluation Of Thermo Mechanical Properties
(2010-08-16)Ceramic cellular solids, mainly honeycombs and foams, are a novel class of composite materials where one phase is an interconnected network of solid struts or plates and the other one an empty phase or possibly a fluid. ... -
First Principles Study Of Structure And Stacking Fault Energies In Some Metallic Systems
(2010-08-05)Plastic deformation in crystalline materials largely depends on the properties of dislocations, in particular their mobility. While continuum description of deformation of a crystalline metal can be made reasonably well ... -
Studies On Dissimilar Metal Welding
(2010-07-23)The area of research dealing with joining of dissimilar metals has been active in recent time. Although fusion and non-fusion techniques of joining have been effectively used for manufacturing components, a comprehensive ... -
Studies Of Glass Formation In Al-La-Ni And Mg-TM-RE Alloys With A Structure Mapping Approach
(2010-07-14)The glass-forming composition ranges in Al-La-Ni and Mg-TM (Cu, Zn)-Y alloys were predicted using Miedema’s model. Glass-forming abilities of Al-La-Ni alloys and Mg-Cu-RE alloys were studied in terms of reduced glass ... -
Effect Of Free-Volume On The Fracture And Fatigue Of Amorphous Alloys
(2010-07-01)Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) are a new class of structural materials and exhibit unique combinations of mechanical properties. As a result, their mechanical behavior has been an active area of scientific pursuit in the ... -
Multi-Scale Approaches For Understanding Deformation And Fracture Mechanisms In Amorphous Alloys
(2010-03-09)Amorphous alloys possess attractive combinations of mechanical properties (high elastic limit, ~2%, high fracture toughness, 20-50 MPa.m1/2, etc.) and exhibit mechanical behavior that is different, in many ways, from that ... -
Tensile And Low Cycle Fatigue Behavior Of A Ni-Base Superalloy
(2009-12-14)Background and Objective: Nickel-base superalloys, strengthened by a high volume fraction of Ni3Al precipitates, have been the undisputed choice for turbine discs in gas turbines as they exhibit the best available combination ... -
Microstructure Development During Laser And Electron Beam Welding Of Ti/Ni Dissimilar Joints
(2009-09-02)Fusion welding of dissimilar metals constitutes a crucial processing stage in a variety of applications, and the use of high energy beams (HEB) like lasers and electron beams for such welding applications has several ... -
Studies On Acid Production Potential Of Some Sulphide Minerals And Bioremediation Of Acid Mine Drainage
(2009-08-19)Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a worldwide environmental problem associated with the mining wastes, generated from active and inactive mining sites from mineral processing activities. AMD is defined as the drainage that occurs ... -
Evolution Of Multivariant Microstuctures With Anisotropic Misfit
(2009-06-17)Many technologically important alloys such as Ni base superalloys and Ti-Al base alloys benefit from the precipitation of an ordered β phase from a disordered α matrix. When the crystallographic symmetry of the β phase is ... -
Superplastic Deformation Behaviour Of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy
(2009-05-29)Superplastic deformation behaviour of AZ31 magnesium alloy having initial grain sizes 8, 11 and 17μm alloy was investigated at 673 K with initial strain rates ranging from 1x10-2 to 1x10-4 s-1. Mechanical data on fine ... -
Study Of Fracture Properties Of NiAl Bond Coats On Nickel Superalloy By Three Point Bending Of Microbeams
(2009-05-13)The continuing quest for higher performance levels of modern gas turbine engines has been accompanied by the demand for higher engine operating temperatures. The use of Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs) enabled gas turbines ...