Since its inception over 35 years ago, Rietveld refinement (Rietveld, 1969) has come a long way. In the beginning, the aim was to carry out crystal-structure refinement using neutron diffraction. As its primary purpose was refinement of the perfect crystal structures of polycrystalline samples, there was a need to introduce corrections to peak intensities and positions, as calculated for a perf...

We review microstructural fracture growth models suitable for the study of hydraulic fracture processes in disordered porous materials and present some basic results. It is shown that microstructural models exhibit certain similarities to corresponding theories of continua. These similarities are most easily demonstrated for simple crack geometries, i.e., straight cracks (finite size scalings)....

Recent developments in the study of the laser bending process are reviewed and presented to obtain new perspectives along the lines of dimensional characteristics and mechanical properties of the formed parts. Both numerical and experimental results are described and compared. The dimensional characteristics examined include bending angle variation and bending edge curving. The mechanical prope...

This paper summarises Rolls-Royce’s efforts in developing a production capable and industrially robust process for the production of dual-microstructure components. This has been possible through the use of process modeling, full-scale validation trials, detailed microstructural assessment through a variety of destructive and non-destructive methods and mechanical property evaluation. This pape...

Microstructural analyses of thermal or mechanical fatigued Nitinol show remarkable similarities and are characterized by an increase in dislocation density with increasing number of cycles. Dislocation bands, which are thought to be due to the effects of moving martensite interfaces, align with the martensite lattice invariant plane. These microstructural effects result in modification of trans...

Understanding sorption isotherms is crucial in food science for optimizing the drying processes, enhancing shelf-life of food, and maintaining quality during storage. This study investigated sweet cherry powder (SCP) using static gravimetric method. The experimental water curves lyophilized were determined at 30°C, 40°C, 50°C. then fitted to six isotherm models: Modified GAB, Halsey, Smith, Osw...

in this research, the effect of 2.3 wt.% aluminum addition on the microstructure and tensile properties of high manganese austenitic steel fe-18mn-0.6c was studied. for this purpose, the samples were investment cast, homogenized and hot rolled. tensile testing was carried out at ambient temperature. microstructural investigations and fractography on the steel samples were carried out using an o...

Components in the industry are often exposed to elevated temperatures and high pressures. These conditions cause changes in the microstructure and thermo-mechanical properties of steel components. With the aim to determine the properties of steels after a certain period of operation, thermo-mechanical investigations and microstructure characterization can be made and the results of this investi...

In the present study, 1.1 volume percent of nano size copper was incorporated into pure tin using hybrid microwave sintering assisted powder metallurgy route. Microwave sintered samples were extruded both at room temperature and at 230 °C. Microstructural characterization studies were conducted on the extruded samples to investigate the distribution characteristics of secondary phase and grain ...

Nanosheet-derived Hx(Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3)O₂ was prepared by restacking (Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3)O₂ nanosheets with large or small lateral sizes and their electrochemical properties in a 1 M KOH aqueous solution; microstructural factors were compared with those of bulk Hx(Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3)O₂ (HNCM). The electrodes composed of small nanosheets exhibited very large capacitances of 1241 F·g-1 (395 mAh·g-1) at a...