What software would be best to simulate impact environment ?

I am trying to investigate the impact nature of steel balls (4 cm diameter) on steel plates. Which modelling software would be best to study the stress fields generated or any type of failure...

11 December 2019 1,810 4 View

What is the optimum austenization hold/soak time for cast structures?

I am looking for studies related to austenization soaking times and ways to reduce the time to achieve full dissolution of carbides as well as not to obtain austenite grain growth. Grain growth...

10 November 2019 4,647 3 View

Are there any studies regarding fully pearlitic/eutectoid steels with relation to soaking time during austenization ?

I am working on developing fully pearlitic steels with fine interlamellar spacing. I am going to heat up samples to austenization temperature (1000 degC) at a heating rate of 10 degC per second...

09 October 2019 5,192 3 View

Are there any relevant work on impact-abrasion wear testing?

I am working on a project involving studying the impact-abrasive wear during grinding. I am interested to know if there are any relevant papers that has studied or tested impact-abrasive wear of...

08 September 2019 6,836 2 View

Can MATLAB be used to simulate nano or micoindentation by Berkovich or Vickers?

Can 2 dimensional simulation of indentation be done using MATLAB? if yes, I would really appreciate guidance from experienced MATLAB users !! Thank you

10 November 2018 1,930 2 View

What can be the reason for reduction in hardness and toughness of thin films or coatings due to doping with silver (Ag) ?

I have deposited pure Cr and W films by unbalanced magnetron sputtering method and then prepared films by doping them with Ag. The hardness and modulus of these coatings are lower than that of the...

01 February 2018 4,931 10 View

Does the presence of excess lattice oxygen in thin films or coatings signify high surface energy of the films or coatings?

In cerium oxide coatings, I have found that there are excess lattice oxygen when oxygen to metal ratio is quite high. Does it mean that the coatings have higher surface energy when there is excess...

31 December 2017 4,859 3 View

Where can you purchase synthetic/artificial synovial fluid or anything that closely resembles synovial fluid?

I am designing experiments to study the tribological behaviour of coated Ti6Al4V in synovial fluid. Any help would be highly appreciated.

10 November 2017 2,373 2 View

Can anyone kindly suggest me where to start learning simulation/modelling of Nanoindentation?

I would like to learn FEA method for nanoindentation for materials. I would really glad if someone would suggest as to where I should start learning simulation/modelling.

05 June 2017 6,778 4 View

How to calculate the adhesion energy of coatings from progressive load scratch testing?

02 March 2017 5,266 0 View

Looking for Materials with high thermal expansion coefficient and high temperature resistance?

03 March 2021 8,272 1 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

Waters 2707 HPLC autosampler problem?

I am using a 2707 waters HPLC device. When I try to inject a sample, it says missing plate or rack. I changed the needle and calibrated its position but I still get the same problem. I even get...

02 March 2021 1,408 1 View

Which is the most efficient etching solution for nickel based alloys?

Which solution reveals the microstructure and features of nickel-based alloys?

02 March 2021 2,221 3 View

Why almost every element would be metallized in sufficiently high pressure and low temperature?

(This statement is from wikipedia, BTW). What is so special about metallic bond that is limiting high-P low-T state of a matter (as long as individual atoms exist, not white dwarf of neutron star...

02 March 2021 3,309 2 View

Research on Supply Chain Management in Indian context?

Hi, I am planning to apply for the PhD degree in the Supply Chain Mgt. with specific area of "Cold Storage warehouses" during Pandemics and wars. Where lock downs and shut downs are frequent....

02 March 2021 285 2 View

Does anyone know HRM channel in a 2 plex QIAGEN Rotor- Gene Q qPCR can be used as a separate channel?

I am going to have 3 different probes in my qPCR work that I am going to do. But I realized that the machine we have in the lab is a Rotor-Gene Q 2plex HRM Platform, saying it has green, yellow,...

01 March 2021 8,544 1 View

I have designed reflectarray element and feeding it though Horn Antenna on HFSS. After full wave simulation, I am not getting desired results?

I have designed reflectarray element to generate OAM beams at 5.8GHz and feeding it though Horn Antenna on HFSS. After full wave simulation, i am not getting desired results i.e Radiation pattern...

01 March 2021 9,701 5 View

Any research papers for extraction of nutrient deprivation on macroalgae? Analysed by HPLC-UV and GC/MS. Possibly from macroalgae genus Rhizoclonium?

I am doing my thesis on the nutrient deprivation on the macroalgae Rhizoclonium sp. I will be analysing the levels over a period of roughly 5 days by HPLC-UV and GC/MS. I will be using seawater as...

28 February 2021 6,477 1 View

Microstrip antenna design tutorial of HFSS 3D layout module ?

I have designed a 24 GHz rectangular antenna on HFSS 3D model and got desired results while desing the same antenna with same dimensions I am getting resonance frequency at 27 GHz I am...

28 February 2021 4,426 2 View