Due to the complex geometry and thermos-mechanical loading, cylinder heads are the most challenging parts among all parts engines. They must endure cyclic thermal and mechanical loading throughout their lifetime. Cast aluminum alloys are normally quenched after solution treatment process to improve aging responses. Rapid quenching can lead to high residual stress. Residual stress is one of the ...

In this report we introduce the procedure for performing a thermo mechanical design and analysis of thermal GaAs-based MEMS devices. It will provide the procedure how thermal analysis should be made and model equations used to describe conduction, convection, radiation and mechanical effects caused by nonhomogenous temperature distribution. This is demonstrated on the design of Micromechanical ...

in this study, a new method for joining aluminum tubes in subsurface structures using steel converting and aluminum welding are presented and reviewed. but near the weld area is under high thermal cycle and will cause residual stresses in heat affected zone. therefore for assessment of proposed connection from the perspective of residual stress by using the finite element method welding of tube...

Thick bonding wires are used in modern power modules as connectors between integrated circuits, carrying current from one circuit to another. They experience high values of current, which generates heat through Joule heating and can lead to various failure mechanisms. Typically used wire materials in industry are aluminum (Al), copper (Cu), and intermetallic compounds of Cu-Al. They are broadly...

In this study the behavioral effects of sectioning the saphenous nerve at the time of application of the loose ligature and the effect of a selective ?1-adrenergic antagonist for two weeks after tying ligatures was examined. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were used in this study. Animals were divided into six groups: Sham-operated, sciatic nerve ligation (CCI), saphenous nerve section (Saph), CCI + S...

Segmented block copolymers of polyisobutylene (PIB) and poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) were made by condensation polymerization of ~,og-di-anhydride telechelic PIB, with 1,4-butanediol and dimethyl terephthalate. The inherent viscosity of the polymers was between 0.35 and 2.0 dl g1. The extractability of the polymers with hexane was studied. The thermal behaviour of these polymers was studi...

DifI'..tial scanning calorimetry (~ and dynamic ~-,!jCaJ thermal analysis (DMTA) were used to characterize the morphology of eolv81t cast hydroXYPl'Opyl ceUuloee (Hpc) films. DSC r-.lta windicative of a aemicryltaUine mat«ial with a melt at 220°C and a ,tran8itioo at 19°C (T1). althoucb an 8dditiCXlal _t wu MIumted by a baseline inftectioo at about ~C (Tt). Cc pcx1din, relaxatiMS wfound by DMTA...

The aim of this paper is to present viscoelastic models to accurately simulate mechanical stresses which result from volume expansion during thermal oxidation or temperature ramps in silicon technology. Comparisons are made with wafer curvature measurements and it is shown that mechanical stresses can explain the "anomalously" fast initial regime during dry oxidation, without involving any addi...

The object of the present paper is to study heat conduction and thermal stresses in a hollow cylinder with nonhomogeneous material properties. The cylinder is subjected to sectional heating at the curved surface. All the material properties except for Poisson’s ratio and density are assumed to be given by a simple power law in the axial direction. A solution of the two-dimensional heat conducti...