Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology: Recent submissions
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The Beer Can as a Shock Absorber
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1973)Static and dynamic testing performed on steel beer and soda cans has indicated that the cans, when loaded along the longitudinal axis, possess mechanical properties ideal for shock absorption. ... -
Impact Loading of Single Lap Joints of Dissimilar Lightweight Adherends Bonded With a Crash Resistant Epoxy Adhesive
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The use of lightweight materials in the automotive industry for structural parts has been increasing in recent years in order to reduce the overall vehicle's weight. New innovative lighter materials are being developed ... -
High Ampacity Overhead Power Lines With Carbon Nanostructure–Epoxy Composites
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Design of highperformance power lines with advanced materials is indispensable to effectively eliminate losses in electrical power transmission and distribution (T&D) lines. In this study, aluminum conductor composite ... -
Effects of Silicon Content on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Cobalt Based Tribaloy Alloys
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Cobaltbased Tribaloy alloys are strengthened mainly by a hard, intermetallic Laves phase consisting of Co3Mo2Si or/and CoMoSi; therefore, silicon content plays a large role in the microstructure and performance of these ... -
Dynamic Fracture of Layered Plates Subjected to In Plane Bending
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Layered structures typically used in applications such as windshields, thermal protection systems, heavy armor, etc., have property jumps at the layer interfaces. Present study focuses on understanding crack initiation and ... -
Simulations of Anisotropic Texture Evolution on Paramagnetic and Diamagnetic Materials Subject to a Magnetic Field Using Q State Monte Carlo
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The present work incorporates a modified Qstate Monte Carlo (Potts) model to evaluate twodimensional annealing of representative paramagnetic and diamagnetic polycrystalline materials in the presence of a magnetic field. ... -
Fatigue Tests on Aluminum Specimens Subjected to Constant and Random Amplitude Loadings
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Increasing interest in using aluminum as the structural component of lightweight structures, mechanical devices, and ships necessitates further investigations on fatigue life of aluminum alloys. The investigation reported ... -
Thin Film Gauges Using Carbon Nanotubes as Composite Layers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Measurement of transient temperature and heat flux has attained enormous importance with the recent advancement in technology. Certain situations demand transient measurements to be performed for extremely short durations ... -
A Mesoscale Model of Plasticity: Dislocation Dynamics and Patterning (One Dimensional)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)In this study, we developed a physically based mesoscale model for dislocation dynamics systems to predict the deformation and spontaneous formation of spatiotemporal dislocation patterns over microscopic space and time. ... -
Stacking Fault Energy Maps of Fe–Mn–Al–C–Si Steels: Effect of Temperature, Grain Size, and Variations in Compositions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A subregular solution thermodynamic model was employed to calculate the stacking fault energy (SFE) in Fe–Mn–Al–C–Si steels with contents of carbon 0.2–1.6 wt.%, manganese 1–35 wt.%, aluminum 1–10 wt.%, ... -
Peridynamic Modeling of Granular Fracture in Polycrystalline Materials
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A new peridynamic (PD) formulation is developed for cubic polycrystalline materials. The new approach can be a good alternative to traditional techniques such as finite element method (FEM) and boundary element method ... -
A Microstructure Sensitive Model for Simulating the Impact Response of a High Manganese Austenitic Steel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Microstructurally informed macroscopic impact response of a highmanganese austenitic steel was modeled through incorporation of the viscoplastic selfconsistent (VPSC) crystal plasticity model into the ansys lsdyna nonlinear ... -
The Effect of Pulse Electric Current on the Mechanical Properties and Fracture Behaviors of Aluminum Alloy AA5754
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The influences of pulse electric currents at energy density levels of 0.105 J/mm3 and 0.150 J/mm3 on AA5754's flow stress and elongation are investigated. Different combinations of current density and pulse duration ... -
Development of Noninteraction Material Models With Cyclic Hardening
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Simulation plays a critical role in the development and evaluation of critical components that are regularly subjected to mechanical loads at elevated temperatures. The cost, applicability, and accuracy of either numerical ... -
Large Deflection of Circular Auxetic Membranes Under Uniform Load
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Currently, available results for the large deflection of circular isotropic membranes are valid for Poisson's ratio of 0.2, 0.3, and 0.4 only. This paper explores the deflection of circular membranes when the membrane ... -
Characterization on Surface Properties of Ti–6Al–4V After Multiple Shot Peening Treatments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)As an important surface treatment method, shot peening (SP) can improve the surface properties effectively. In this work, after multiple SP treatments, the uniformity of the residual stress distribution and the domain size ... -
Electromagnetic Shielding Effectiveness of a Hybrid Carbon Nanotube/Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A relatively lowtemperature carbon nanotube (CNT) synthesis technique, graphitic structure by design (GSD), was utilized to grow CNTs over glass fibers. Composite laminates based on the hybrid CNTs–glass fibers were ... -
Estimation of Residual Stresses in Laminated Composites by Slitting Method Utilizing Eigen Strains
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The manufacturing parameters such as curing process cause residual stresses in polymeric laminated composites. Therefore, an accurate method of measurement of residual stresses is essential for the design and analysis of ... -
Influence of Porosity in the Fatigue Behavior of the High Pressure Die Casting AZ91 Magnesium Alloys
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The fatigue properties of highpressure diecasting (HPDC) magnesium (Mg) alloys AZ91 exhibit a high variability, due primarily to the porosity that is inherent in the injection process. In the 94% of the studied samples, ... -
Plastic Forming of AZ91 Alloy Using the KOBO Method
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The desirability of using the KOBO extrusion process for AZ91 magnesium alloy preceding its further plastic processing has been experimentally verified. Importantly, during the conducted experiments, heat treatment (e.g., ...