Abstract: There is a requirement in real-time, routing information systems to identify the “optimal” route based on the multiple objectives and the individual decision-making rules of the users. While a number of utility theory-based ...

Abstract: In an attempt to strengthen the surface of materials, the potential of using a cavitating jet to form compressive residual stress has been investigated. Introducing compressive residual stress ...

Abstract: The removal of high heat fluxes from BeO ceramic and GaN-on-SiC semiconductor dies using hierarchically branched-microchannel coolers is investigated, in order to examine the impact of the number ...

Abstract: The present work introduces a new type of numerical analyzing method: the contact element method with two relative coordinates (CEM). The main characteristic of the procedure is elements meshing ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the influence of stress state on the equivalent plastic fracture strain in 2024-T351 aluminum alloy. Eighteen unique stress states at failure—with triaxialities ranging from 0.388 (compressive) to ...