the high pressure behavior of the structural and electronic properties of kc1 is studied with use of the density functional pseudopotential method within local-density approximation. atzero pressure, the rocksalt phase is found to be lower in energy than cscl structure. however, we predict a phase transition into csci structure at a pressure of about 1.5 gpa. the calculated ground state propert...

The high pressure behavior of the structural and electronic properties of KC1 is studied with use of the density functional pseudopotential method within local-density approximation. Atzero pressure, the rocksalt phase is found to be lower in energy than CsCl structure. However, we predict a phase transition into CsCI structure at a pressure of about 1.5 GPa. The calculated ground state pro...

High-pressure torsion (HPT) is a metal processing method in which the sample is subjected to a very high plastic shear deformation. This process can produce exceptional levels of grain refinement, and provides a corresponding improvement in mechanical properties. To investigate the stress and strain distribution due to HPT process finite element simulation were conducted to investigate effectiv...

Calphad description at high pressure is a very important topic. Several models have been proposed in the literature. The model by Lu et al. (X.-G. Lu, M. Selleby and B. Sundman, Comput. Coupling Phase Diagr. Thermochem., 29 (2005) 49-55) convenient many aspects. But it has criticized for giving unphysical extrapolations certain conditions. We show that this indeed suitable if additional constra...

As worldwide demand of hydrocarbon is growing fast, the oil and gas companies have been forced to explore reservoirs with more hostile conditions, such as high-pressure, high-temperature conditions. Improved technology, material selection and testing procedures are required to overcome the common problems in these conditions. One of the main phases of well construction is cementing job. Appropr...