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The interdendritic-melt solidification control (IMSC) and its effects on the porosity and phase change of a Ni-based superalloy (2013)
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Zheng, L., Zhang, G., Xiao, C., Lee, T. L., Han, B., Li, Z., …Mi, J. (2014). The interdendritic-melt solidification control (IMSC) and its effects on the porosity and phase change of a Ni-based superalloy. Scripta materialia, 74, 84-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2013.11.001

A novel interdendritic-melt solidification control (IMSC) technique is developed to manufacture equiaxed Ni-based superalloy with much reduced porosity. The basic concept of IMSC is illustrated. The effects of IMSC on the porosity and phases of IN792... Read More about The interdendritic-melt solidification control (IMSC) and its effects on the porosity and phase change of a Ni-based superalloy.

Phase field study of the tip operating state of a freely growing dendrite against convection using a novel parallel multigrid approach (2013)
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Guo, Z., Mi, J., Xiong, S., & Grant, P. (2014). Phase field study of the tip operating state of a freely growing dendrite against convection using a novel parallel multigrid approach. Journal of Computational Physics, 257(A), 278-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2013.10.004

Alloy dendrite growth during solidification with coupled thermal-solute-convection fields has been studied by phase field modeling and simulation. The coupled transport equations were solved using a novel parallel-multigrid numerical approach with hi... Read More about Phase field study of the tip operating state of a freely growing dendrite against convection using a novel parallel multigrid approach.

Rich tomography techniques for the analysis of microstructure and deformation (2013)
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Baimpas, N., Xie, M., Song, X., Hofmann, F., Abbey, B., Marrow, J., …Korsunsky, A. M. (2014). Rich tomography techniques for the analysis of microstructure and deformation. International Journal of Computational Methods, 11(3), Article 1343006. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219876213430068

Until very recently, the three-dimensionality of the material world presented numerous challenges in terms of characterization, data handling, visualization, and modeling. For this reason, 2D representation of sections, projections, or surfaces remai... Read More about Rich tomography techniques for the analysis of microstructure and deformation.

Neural network predictions of acoustical parameters in multi-purpose performance halls (2013)
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Cheung, L. Y., & Tang, S. K. (2013). Neural network predictions of acoustical parameters in multi-purpose performance halls. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(3), 2049-2065. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4817880

A detailed binaural sound measurement was carried out in two multi-purpose performance halls of different seating capacities and designs in Hong Kong in the present study. The effectiveness of using neural network in the predictions of the acoustical... Read More about Neural network predictions of acoustical parameters in multi-purpose performance halls.

Inorganic constituents formed during small-scale gasification of poultry litter: A model based study (2013)
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Font Palma, C., & Martin, A. D. (2013). Inorganic constituents formed during small-scale gasification of poultry litter: A model based study. Fuel Processing Technology, 116, 300-307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2013.07.018

Europe's vast poultry industry requires a proper waste management in order to comply with environmental regulations. As a result, poultry litter represents a potential fuel candidate for thermal conversion technologies since it is an available source... Read More about Inorganic constituents formed during small-scale gasification of poultry litter: A model based study.

An ultrasonic transducer transient compensator design based on a simplified Variable Structure Control algorithm (2013)
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Ma, S., Wilkinson, A. J., & Paulson, K. S. (2014). An ultrasonic transducer transient compensator design based on a simplified Variable Structure Control algorithm. Ultrasonics, 54(2), 502-515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2013.07.017

A non-linear control method, known as Variable Structure Control (VSC), is employed to reduce the duration of ultrasonic (US) transducer transients. A physically realizable system using a simplified form of the VSC algorithm is proposed for standard... Read More about An ultrasonic transducer transient compensator design based on a simplified Variable Structure Control algorithm.

Sound absorption properties of porous composites fabricated by a hydrogel templating technique (2013)
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Rutkevicius, M., Mehl, G. H., Paunov, V. N., Qin, Q., Rubini, P. A., Stoyanov, S. D., & Petkov, J. (2013). Sound absorption properties of porous composites fabricated by a hydrogel templating technique. Journal of Materials Research, 28(17), 2409-2414. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2013.194

We have used a hydrogel templating technique followed by the subsequent evaporation of water present to fabricate porous cement and porous PDMS composites, and we have analyzed their sound absorption properties. All experiments were carried out with... Read More about Sound absorption properties of porous composites fabricated by a hydrogel templating technique.

The effects of annealing on the microstructure and the dynamic mechanical strength of a ZrCuNiAl bulk metallic glass (2013)
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Huang, Y., Zheng, W., Fan, H., Wang, D., Shen, J., & Mi, J. (2013). The effects of annealing on the microstructure and the dynamic mechanical strength of a ZrCuNiAl bulk metallic glass. Intermetallics, 42, 192-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intermet.2013.07.001

Isothermal annealing has been applied to a bulk metallic glass alloy, Zr50.7Cu28Ni9Al12.3. Nanocrystalline precipitates, mainly consisting of Ni3Zr and Ni42Zr 58 phases, appear from the amorphous matrix when annealed at 743 K for different times, and... Read More about The effects of annealing on the microstructure and the dynamic mechanical strength of a ZrCuNiAl bulk metallic glass.

Phase field simulation of binary alloy dendrite growth under thermal- and forced-flow fields: An implementation of the parallel-multigrid approach (2013)
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Guo, Z., Mi, J., Xiong, S., & Grant, P. S. (2013). Phase field simulation of binary alloy dendrite growth under thermal- and forced-flow fields: An implementation of the parallel-multigrid approach. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 44(4), 924-937. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-013-9861-5

Dendrite growth and morphology evolution during solidification have been studied using a phase field model incorporating melt convection effects, which was solved using a robust and efficient parallel, multigrid computing approach. Single dendrite gr... Read More about Phase field simulation of binary alloy dendrite growth under thermal- and forced-flow fields: An implementation of the parallel-multigrid approach.

Model based evaluation of six energy integration schemes applied to a small-scale gasification process for power generation (2013)
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Font Palma, C., & Martin, A. D. (2013). Model based evaluation of six energy integration schemes applied to a small-scale gasification process for power generation. Biomass & bioenergy, 54, 201-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.03.024

This work considers the use of spent poultry litter as a fuel for on-site power generation. On-site use eliminates the need for the transportation of biomass to centralised plants and the associated bio-security issues. This work utilised process sim... Read More about Model based evaluation of six energy integration schemes applied to a small-scale gasification process for power generation.

Model for biomass gasification including tar formation and evolution (2013)
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Palma, C. F. (2013). Model for biomass gasification including tar formation and evolution. Energy and Fuels, 27(5), 2693-2702. https://doi.org/10.1021/ef4004297

Since tar elimination from the product gas is necessary to make gasification an attractive option, the presence of tar was included in a kinetic model. Lignin was assumed as the main precursor of tars due to its aromatic nature; therefore, the lignin... Read More about Model for biomass gasification including tar formation and evolution.

In situ study of the evolution of atomic strain of bulk metallic glass and its effects on shear band formation (2013)
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Huang, Y. J., Khong, J. C., Connolley, T., & Mi, J. (2013). In situ study of the evolution of atomic strain of bulk metallic glass and its effects on shear band formation. Scripta materialia, 69(3), 207-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2013.03.016

The tensile behavior of TiZrNiCuBe metallic glass was studied using synchrotron X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. Shear band formation was carefully controlled by the introduction of a stress gradient due to a semi-circular notch. M... Read More about In situ study of the evolution of atomic strain of bulk metallic glass and its effects on shear band formation.

Plenum window insertion loss in the presence of a line source - A scale model study (2013)
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Tong, Y. G., & Tang, S. K. (2013). Plenum window insertion loss in the presence of a line source - A scale model study. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133(3), 1458-1467. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4788996

The acoustical insertion losses of plenum windows installed on a building facade in the presence of a non-parallel line source are studied by using a 1:4 scaled down model in a semi-anechoic chamber in the present investigation. Two types of insertio... Read More about Plenum window insertion loss in the presence of a line source - A scale model study.

Aeroacoustics of T-junction merging flow (2013)
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Lam, G. C., Leung, R. C., & Tang, S. K. (2013). Aeroacoustics of T-junction merging flow. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133(2), 697-708. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4773351

This paper reports a numerical study of the aeroacoustics of merging flow at T-junction. The primary focus is to elucidate the acoustic generation by the flow unsteadiness. The study is conducted by performing direct aeroacoustic simulation approach,... Read More about Aeroacoustics of T-junction merging flow.