Laser beam machining (LBM) is one of the most widely used thermal energy based non-contact type advance machining process. In recent years, researchers have explored a number of ways to improve the LBM process performance by analyzing different factors that affect the quality characteristics of LBM process such as kerf width, kerf taper, surface finish etc. It is revealed from the literature th...

The aim of this paper was to study the effects of die life through shot peening treatments on AISI H13 steel, and tests were performed to study the influential parameters of the shot peening process. To evaluate the effects of microstructure and the die life of AISI H13 steel after steel shot peening processes, we conducted and evaluated roughness tests, micro hardness and wear tests, and SEM m...

This paper reported the results of research into effect Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) temperature and 1-h annealing on mechanical properties, stress-relaxation resistance, corrosion resistance austenitic steel AISI 321L with strongly elongated thin δ-ferrite particles in its microstructure. The formation α′-martensite fragmentation austenite grains takes place during ECAP. Ultrafine-gra...

Soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has been used to study the influence of Si ion implantation on the passive layer of AISI 304 stainless steel, as well as on its high-temperature oxidation behaviour. Ion implantation is a usual technique to improve the corrosion and oxidation resistance of steels. To study the effects of ion implantation on the room temperature corrosion behavior of AISI...

Fe-based amorphous/nanocrystalline coatings were prepared on the AISI 321 steel substrate by the high-velocity oxygen-fuel (HVOF) thermal spraying technology. The effect of selected parameters (oxygen flow, kerosene flow and spray distance) on the cavitation erosion resistance (denoted as Rc) of the coating were investigated by using the Taguchi method. Statistical tools such as design of exper...

Directed fusion of transmitter-laden vesicles enables rapid intercellular signaling in the central nervous system and occurs at synapses within gray matter. Here we show that action potentials also induce the release of glutamate from axons in the corpus callosum, a white matter region responsible for interhemispheric communication. Callosal axons release glutamate by vesicular fusion, which in...

The strength of sheathed wall systems is substantially greater than unsheathed walls with the same studs. Testing on studs sheathed on both sides with dry gypsum board demonstrate strength increases as large as 70% over unsheathed studs (Miller and Peköz 1993, Miller and Peköz 1994). The current AISI Specification for sheathed wall stud systems are complicated, only apply when the sheathing is ...

National curricula need to change drastically to comply with the competences needed for the 21 century. In this paper eight frameworks describing 21 century competences were analysed. A comprehensive search for information about 21 century competences was conducted across the official websites of the selected frameworks, resulting in 32 documents that were analysed in detail. Travers and Westbu...

Giriş: Hafif astım, persistan rinit ve astım-rinit birlikteliği olan hastalarda ekshale soluk havasında malondialdehid ve total protein düzeyleri incelenerek alt hava yolu inflamasyonu değerlendirilmiştir. Hastalar ve Metod: Hafif astım, en az bir yıldır semptomatik olan persistan rinitli hastalar ve sağlıklı bireyler çalışmaya dahil edildi. Astımlı ve rinitli hastalar yeni tanı almış olup, kor...