Ke Long I-Chun Cheng Alexis Kattamis Helena Gleskova Sigurd Wagner James C. Sturm Abstract — A process temperature of ~300°C produces amorphous-silicon (a-Si) thin-film transistors (TFTs) with the best performance and long-term stability. Clear organic polymers (plastics) are the most versatile substrate materials for flexible displays. However, clear plastics with a glass-transition temperatur...

the universal thermal climate index (utci) addresses these shortcomings by using an advanced thermo-physiological model. the aim of this study was to investigate and prepare zoning of thermal comfort condition using utci. meteorological data including temperature, wind speed, cloudiness and relative humidity were obtained on a daily time scale from 10 synoptic stations during (2004-2013) period...

The present work evaluated two high-density polyethylene (HDPE) geomembranes exhumed from mining facility constructions in Brazil. MIN sample was a pond for water use the iron ore process after 7.92 years of exposure. MIN2 spillway channel ferronickel tailing dam 10.08 service. physical evaluations showed high depletion antioxidants that temperature range 200 °C. samples presented brittle tensi...

Ceramic coatings deposited on metal substrates generally develop significant compressive stresses when cooled from the temperature at which they are processed as a result of thermal expansion mismatch. One of the main failure modes for these coatings is edge delamination. For an ideally brittle interface, the edge delamination of a compressed thin film involves mode II interface cracking. The c...

this report shows the survey of reliability of 3D IC manufactory and its robustness. Firstly, we consider the reliability of the manufactory of 3D IC. The process-induced thermal stresses around TSVs raise serious reliability issues such as Si cracking and performance degradation of devices. Finite element analysis (FEA) combined with analytical methods is introduced to investigate this issue, ...

We experimentally investigated the effects of thermal aging and cold work on microstructure, mechanical properties, primary water stress corrosion cracking (PWSCC) initiation time for Alloy 182 welds. The PWSCC were modeled based plastic energy concept data this study previous reports by considering censored data. Based results, it is estimated that resistance weld firstly increases then decrea...

Micro-deformation mechanisms involved in thermoforming of alumina trihydrate (ATH) reinforced poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) was investigated in a new experimental method replicating industrial heavy-gage thermoforming procedure. Uniaxial tension tests under non-steady thermal conditions were carried out at different forming rates and forming temperatures. Stress–strain curves and load–displa...

Multilayer thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) deposited on superalloy turbine blades provide protection from combustion temperatures in excess of 1500 1C. One of the dominant failure modes comprises cracking from undulation growth, or rumpling, of the highly compressed oxide layer that grows between the ceramic top coat and the intermetallic bond coat. In this paper, a mechanistic model providing ...

Standard asphalt mixtures for road infrastructures consist of natural aggregate and bitumen. A number of research efforts have successfully investigated the possibility of replacing the conventional aggregate skeleton with industrial by-products such as slag originating from steel production process. However, little is known on the effect of steel slag on the mixtures functional performance and...

Biomass is one of the most important sources of renewable energy. One aim of Biomass gasification is to convert a solid feedstock into a valuable syngas for electricity or liquid fuel production. Actual industrial auto-thermal gasification processes achieve a production of syngas mainly polluted by products such as dust, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and tars. Tars remain, one of the main dra...