A gas-gun technique to radially expand cylinders of a chosen material, based on a technique developed in 1979, has recently been re-established. Stainless steel 304 cylinders of length 160 mm, internal diameter 67 mm and thickness either 0.5 or 1.5 mm have been expanded using a 70 mm bore single-stage gas-gun. Microstructural analysis of the recovered specimens was performed using optical micro...

The newer techniques of cementing aim to improve interlock between cement and bone around a femoral stem by combining high pressure and reduced viscosity. This may produce increased embolisation of fat and marrow leading to hypotension, impaired pulmonary gas exchange and death. For this reason the use of high pressures has been questioned. We compared finger-packing with the use of a cement gu...

The purpose of introducing a combined cycle with gas turbine in power plants is to reduce losses of energy, by effectively using exhaust gases from the gas turbine to produce additional electricity or process. The efficiency of a combined power plant with the gas turbine increases, exceeding 50%, while the efficiency of traditional steam turbine plants is approximately 35% to 40%. Up to the pre...

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The dynamic fracture of a body is a late-stage phenomenon typically studied under simplified conditions, in which a sample is deformed under uniform stress and strain rate. This can be produced by evenly loading the inner surface of a cylinder. Due to the axial symmetry, as the cylinder expands the wall is placed into a tensile hoop stress that is uniform around the circumference. While there a...

In this paper, we describe a velocity interferometer system based entirely on single-mode fiber optics. This paper includes a description of principles used in developing the single-mode velocity interferometry system (SMV). The SMV design is based on polarization-insensitive components. Polarization adjusters are included to eliminate the effects of residual birefringence and polarization depe...