The TA2 phonon dispersion curves of Ni-Mn-Ga alloys with different compositions which transform to different martensitic structures have been measured over a broad temperature range covering both paramagnetic and ferromagnetic phases. The branches show an anomaly (dip) at a wave number that depends on the particular martensitic structure, and there is softening of these anomalous phonons with d...

1. I n t r o d u c t i o n N-body simulations employing particle-mesh codes have nowadays become a very powerful tool for investigating the dynamics of disc galaxies. In particular, two-dimensional N-body models in which the stars and the cold interstellar gas are treated as two different components have successfully been applied in studies of spiral structure (e.g., Salo 1991; Thomasson 1991)....

Experiments were carried out in which the dependence of the fractional softening on temperature, time and strain rate was determined in a 304H stainless steel. Three prestrain ranges were identified pertaining to three different post-deformation softening behaviors: 1) prestraining to below the DRX critical strain: strongly strain dependent softening by SRX alone with softening kinetics control...

The static response of an electrostatic micro-catilever beam has been obtained by using Galerkin’s method. To make the system bi-stable, a controller has been added and the static response profile is presented using a multi-mode model for the beam. The number of mode shapes leading to convergence has been studied. The softening effect of adding more mode shapes has been investigated along with ...

The present experimental research investigates the feasibility of partial substitution of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) with ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) for the modification of bitumen and porous asphalt mixtures. The control asphalt mixture and the seven modified porous asphalt mixtures have been analyzed separately and their performance was compared. Modified bitumen and asp...

Plastic (Polyethylene Terephthalate, PET) is now used as packaging material for a whole range of consumer products in addition to carbonated beverages. Although plastics are very useful product, but the disposal of these wastes has become a problem and is of great concern, particularly in our country. One of the solutions to the disposal of plastic wastes is recycling it...