If strength increases does elongation also increase?

If I prepare a composite where the strength and elongation increases. Since the hardness increases with the increase in strength and increase in hardness led to increase in brittleness. As we see...

11 December 2014 394 8 View

Can I use brittle material theory (max principle stress theory) for selecting brittle material in FEM?

If I use von mises theory (VMT) and max principle stress theory (MPST) for the same geometry the maximum allowable stress obtained from VMT is two times of MPST. Hence if i select the brittle...

11 December 2014 9,830 6 View

How to give the external force in lagrangian dynamic equation formulation in multi body dynamics?

Since the external force depends on the generalized coordinates how to give the torque acting at different point in the system?

09 October 2014 5,363 7 View

Can I predict the Young's modulus and Flexural Modulus of the MWCNT nanocomposites using Halpin Tsai equation?

Can I predict the Young's modulus and Flexural Modulus of the MWCNT nanocomposites using Halpin Tsai equation? or using the single equation by only changing the Modulus value

09 October 2014 2,442 2 View

In Simulink matlab what are the two inputs to be given for atan2?

In Simulink matlab what are the two inputs to be given for finding atan2? My objective is to find taninverse of Y?

08 September 2014 5,044 2 View

How to measure the Young's modulus and tensile strength of MWCNTs?

How to measure the Young's modulus and tensile strength of MWCNTs? I got these values from literature however i am interested to know about the measurement technique

08 September 2014 2,721 0 View

Why does the percentage enhancement of tensile strength, young's modulus and elongation not match with each other in case of nanocomposites ?

Why the percentage enhancement of tensile strength, young's modulus and elongation doesn't match with each other in case of nanocomposites for a particular wt percentage?

07 August 2014 6,378 7 View

What is the background idea, logic and understanding, while solving second order ODE using ode45 in Simulink-Matlab?

What is the background idea, logic and understanding happen while solving second order ODE using ode45 (Simulink-Matlab)?

07 August 2014 3,979 2 View

What is the physical meaning and advantage of giving clock with simout(workspace) in matlab simulink?

07 August 2014 6,527 3 View

What is the difference between arctan and arctan2 in matlab simulink?

See above

07 August 2014 5,947 5 View

I need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles that are in ~100 nm size and do high resolution TEM to look at mesopores. what grids should I use?

Need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles using the TEM. Also, need high resolution TEM images to see the mesoporous structure. Kindly suggest what kind of grids to use. Thanks, Shatadru

02 March 2021 1,787 2 View

Can chitosan alone can act as a reducing agent for Cu(0) nanoparticle sythesis?

[Synthesizing Cu nanoparticles without using chemical reductants]

01 March 2021 8,359 1 View

What are the new 2D nanomaterials were used for Silver nanoparticles stabilization?

In the stabilization of AgNPs are vital in current research interest. However, some of the 2D nano-materials like graphene oxide, MoS2, etc... previously used to stabilize it. But still they shown...

01 March 2021 2,207 3 View

What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

I am a little confuse with the mechanism of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The main point of encapsulating drugs into SLNs is because some drugs have low solubility in water. Therefore, SLNs...

01 March 2021 3,703 3 View

How to check the uv-vis absorption of nanoparticle by surface plasmon resonance?

I try to check the uv-vis absorption of Indium nanoparticle. Now I am measuring in solution, can I measure it in the form of a film?

01 March 2021 930 3 View

Distribution of particles in metal matrix?

How would define the "good" and "poor" distribution of particles within the matrix. Is there a quantitative solution to assess the distribution of the particles, which then having denotation of...

28 February 2021 7,397 8 View

How can I calculate the rdf of water molecules around 'Na' ions that are closest(adsorbed) to the nanoparticle(solute)?

Hi, I want to calculate the radial distribution function for water molecules around the Na+ ions adsorbed on the surface of a spherical nanoparticle using the gromacs trajectory dynamically? For...

28 February 2021 5,650 1 View

LEDs on Vis Light photo degradation of MB water sol via N doped TiO2 in a mini flume?

Good day to all, I have no experience with light emitting diodes. I am building a glass mini flume to demonstrate the photo degradation of Methylene Blue in water running over self cleaning...

26 February 2021 4,026 5 View

Can anyone share his experience regards Smoothing in origin?

I am working on TiO2 composite material and the results of XRD have a lot of small/junk peaks and while I apply a smooth filter in Origin then the other characteristics peaks disappear so anyone...

26 February 2021 8,183 3 View

Why there are two peaks while using the mie plot of Silver nanoparticle?

Hi, I am trying to learn the theoretical modelling of silver nanoparticle using the Mie scattering theory. After that, I discovered a software named Mieplot developed by Philip Laven, where it...

25 February 2021 7,493 6 View