The article presents pr ocess application of the rapi d prototyping (RP) for manufacturing of blades of aircraft turbine in monocrystallization and also directional crystallization of casting process. It is describing the method of modelling of the chosen elements of casting model kit with the usage of RP and RT system s. The article presents the analysis of additive rapid prototyping methods (...

Natural and artificial materials including rocks and cement-based materials such as concrete and cement mortar are affected both physically and chemically by various natural factors known as weathering factors. The freeze-thaw process, as a weathering factor, considerably affects the properties of rocks and concrete. Therefore, the effect of the freeze-thaw process on the physical and mechanica...

A hierarchical decomposition of a simple polygon is introduced. The hierarchy has depth O(log n), linear size, and its regions have at most three neighbors. Using this hierarchy, circular ray shooting queries in a simple polygon can be answered in O(log n) query time and O(n log n) space. If the radius of the circle is xed, the query time can be improved to O(log n) and the space to O(n).

This work provides approaches to designing and fabricating soft fluidic elastomer robots. That is, three viable actuator morphologies composed entirely from soft silicone rubber are explored, and these morphologies are differentiated by their internal channel structure, namely, ribbed, cylindrical, and pleated. Additionally, three distinct casting-based fabrication processes are explored: lamin...

Abstract Suitable electrothermal materials with high heating rates at low electric power are highly desirable for de-icing and thermal management applications. Herein, 3D epoxy resin/Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene composites synthesised shown to be promising candidates heaters where the serves as a nanoheater resin spreads heat. A unidirectional freeze-casting technique was used prepare an anisotropic Ti a...