The cold metal rolling industry needs reliable and accurate models to improve predictions of surface finish and friction and thus increase productivity and improve quality. These models are used in setup programs for schedule optimisation, for on-line control algorithms and to help determine process improvements. In most cold rolling operations, lubricant is used to reduce frictional forces, to...

We present the first sensing system for metal ions based on the combination of separation/preconcentration by a permeation liquid membrane (PLM) and fluorescence detection with an optical fiber. As a model, a system for the detection of Cu(II) ions was developed. The wall of a polypropylene hollow fiber serves as support for the permeable liquid membrane. The lumen of the fiber contains the str...

The continuous tandem cold rolling of metal strip is a highly nonlinear multi-variable complex process the control of which presents additional challenges over those encountered in the control of stand-alone tandem cold rolling. These challenges arise during the passage of the weld, which joins the head of the next strip to the tail of the present strip to maintain the continuity of rolling. Th...

We investigate the collective mode excitation spectrum of an electron gas in a quantum strip that is subjected to a perpendicular magnetic field, with emphasis on the dipole-forbidden transitions. The quantum strip is assumed to be defined in a two-dimensional electron gas by the application of a parabolic confining potential. A classical continuum theory of the collective modes is developed an...

Let us know how access to this document benefits you. The cavity modes of metal strip waveguide lasers are most simply expressed in terms of Airy-Hermite-Gaussian functions. The free space propagation of the resulting beam modes has been examined, and both near-and far-field patterns have been calculated and measured. Phase plates may be useful for enhancing the far-field intensity.

Given a set of irregular shapes, the strip nesting problem is the problem of packing the shapes within a rectangular strip of material such that the strip length is minimized, or equivalently the utilization of material is maximized. If the packing found is to be repeated, e.g., on a roll of fabric or a coil of metal, then the separation between repeats is going to be a straight line. This cons...

HEDRICK, H. G. (General Dynamics/Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Tex.), C. E. MILLER, J. E. HALKIAS, AND J. F. HILDEBRAND. Selection of a microbiological corrosion system for studying effects on structural aluminum alloys. Appl. Microbiol. 12:197200. 1964.Two laboratory methods, a metal-strip test and a tank test, were evaluated as microbiological corrosion systems for producing corroded test specimens...

A hybrid optical waveguide having a 90° sharp bend structure, composed of a dielectric straight waveguide, tapered dielectric strip waveguide, and microscale metal gap waveguide, is experimentally demonstrated in an attempt to improve the efficiency of light coupling between dielectric and plasmonic waveguides. Due to both the efficient structure of the taper and metal gap, the calculated coupl...