The aim of this study was to clarify how the microstructural changes during and after phase transformation determine the age-hardenability of an Au-Ag-Cu-based dental alloy. The rapid increase in hardness in the initial stage was the result of rapid atomic diffusion by spinodal decomposition into metastable Ag-rich’ and Cu-rich’ phases. The constant hardening after apparent initial hardening wa...

A set of geometrically based FCC crystal slip-systems hardening inequalities is analytically investigated in (110) channel die compression for all lateral constraint directions between ð112Þ and ð1 1 1Þ, following previous analyses of the other two distinct orientation ranges in (110) compression. With all critical slip systems active, it is proved that these inequalities uniquely predict initi...

The power and communication networks are highly interdependent and form a part of the critical infrastructure of a country. Similarly, dependencies exist within the networks itself. It is essential to have a model which captures these dependencies precisely. Previous research has proposed certain models but these models have certain limitations. The limitations of the aforementioned models have...

Natural materials such as nacre, bone, collagen and spider silk boast unusual combinations of stiffness, strength and toughness. Behind this performance is a staggered microstructure, which consists of stiff and elongated inclusions embedded in a softer and more deformable matrix. The micromechanics of deformation and failure associated with this microstructure are now well understood at the "u...

This article deals with the enhancement of accuracy in CT by just-in-time correction of artefacts (beam hardening, scattered radiation) caused by the interaction of X-rays with matter. The so called EAR method needs for simulation a registration of the object. Therefore the article presents two different registration concepts.

We use Bai’s conservation equation for cracks, and Rice and Tracey’s equation for the growth of a spherical void in an infinite medium to derive an evolution equation for damage in an anisotropic material. It is then used to delineate the instability strain in a thin anisotropic sheet deformed in a plane stress state of deformation, and obeying Hill’s yield criterion. Assuming that strainand st...

A system of four coupled rate equations for the development of the densities of mobile and redundant dislocations and of mobile and immobile disclinations with time or strain is proposed to describe the microstructure evolution up to large strains. The densities of redundant dislocations and of immobile disclinations are connected to ow stress contributions with the help of Mughrabi's composite...

Buffer overflow vulnerabilities present a common threat. To encounter this issue, operating system support and compile-time security hardening measures have been introduced. Unfortunately, these are not always part of the shipped object code. We present design and implementation of BinProtect, a binary rewriting tool, capable of retrospectively protecting binaries, which have not been sufficien...

Highly stressed components of modern aircraft engines, like fan and compressor blades, have to satisfy stringent requirements regarding durability and reliability. The induction of compressive residual stresses and strain hardening in the surface layer of these components has proven as a very promising method to significantly increase their fatigue resistance. The required surface layer propert...

Aggressive technology scaling has necessitated the development of techniques to ensure resilience to device faults, including soft errors, circuit wear-out, variability, and environmental effects. All error resilience techniques employ some form of redundancy, resulting in added cost such as area or power overhead. Existing selective hardening techniques have been focused on identifying on the ...