Determination of the viscoelastic properties of hydrogels based on polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEG-DA) and human articular cartilage
DOI: 10.1504/IJMATEI.2009.024024 | Stefan Gabler, Jurgen Stampfl, Thomas Koch, Sabine Seidler, Georg Schuller, H. Redl, Vladimir Juras, Siegfried Trattnig, Roland Weidisch | In this work, a systematic study of the viscoelastic properties of hydrogels based on polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEG-DA) is presented. In addition to artificial PEG-DA-based hydrogels, natural hydrogels in the form of human articular c... | 3 - 20 |
Nanomechanical behaviour and thermal degradation of nanoclays and supernanoclays enhanced marine gelcoat system
DOI: 10.1504/IJMATEI.2009.024024 | Seng Chai See, Zhong Yi Zhang, Hom Nath Dhakal, M.O.W. Richardson | Novel nanoclay reinforced unsaturated polyester gelcoats for marine vessels are evaluated in terms of their thermal and mechanical performance. In this study, mechanical and thermal tests have been employed to characterise different gelcoat... | 21 - 39 |
Crystallisation kinetics of diopside-Ca-Tschermak based glasses nucleated with Cr2O3 and Fe2O3
DOI: 10.1504/IJMATEI.2009.024024 | Ashutosh Goel, Dilshat U. Tulyaganov, Ishu Kansal, Essam R. Shaaban, Jose M.F. Ferreira | We report on the crystallisation behaviour and non-isothermal crystallisation kinetic studies of two diopside (CaMgSi2O6)-Ca-Tschermak (CaAl2SiO6) b... | 40 - 60 |
Micro-fracture maps in progressively drawn pearlitic steels under triaxial stress states
DOI: 10.1504/IJMATEI.2009.024024 | J. Toribio, F.J. Ayaso | In this paper, the fracture performance of axisymmetric notched samples taken from prestressing steels with different levels of cold drawing is studied. Fractographic analysis of the samples by means of scanning electron microscope (SEM) re... | 61 - 73 |
Utilisation of pulp and paper industry wastes as raw materials in cement clinker production
DOI: 10.1504/IJMATEI.2009.024024 | Fernando Castro, Candida Vilarinho, Delfim Trancoso, Paula Ferreira, Fernando Nunes, Augusto Miragaia | The present work assesses the incorporation of grits and dregs, both wastes from cellulose and paper making industry, in cement clinker production. Industrial trials were developed with conventional raw clinker, used as a reference material... | 74 - 90 |
Production of rubber pads by tyre recycling
DOI: 10.1504/IJMATEI.2009.024024 | Alessandro Guglielmotti, Carmine Lucignano, Fabrizio Quadrini | Tyre recycling is a social problem but it may be a profitable operation if valid industrial applications would be experimented. In this study, the authors suggest that the combination of powder comminution and compression moulding of powder... | 91 - 106 |
Micromachining single crystal materials using a tetrahedral space frame machining centre
DOI: 10.1504/IJMATEI.2009.024024 | M.J. Jackson | Micromachining of semiconductor materials is of critical importance to electronic industries that rely on the removal of material from single crystals. Traditional methods use grinding and polishing techniques to remove material with variab... | 107 - 115 |
Optimisation of porosity of 7075 Al alloy 10% SiC composite produced by stir casting process through Taguchi method
DOI: 10.1504/IJMATEI.2009.024024 | Rajesh Kumar Bhushan, Sudhir Kumar, S. Das | In this paper an attempt has been made to achieve a set of values of stir casting process variables that may yield optimum porosity to the 7075 Al alloy with 10% SiC composite. The effect of selected process variables on the porosity of... | 116 - 129 |
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