The compressive strength and creep resistance of cast Mg-6Al-3Ba-3Ca (ABaX633) alloy has been measured in the temperature range of 25 to 250 ◦C, and compared with that of its predecessor ABaX422. The alloy is stronger and more creep-resistant than ABaX422, and exhibits only a small decrease of yield stress with temperature. The higher strength of ABaX633 is attributed to a larger volume fractio...

To demonstrate the applicability of the mobile agent technology in supply chain management, we developed a prototype system which makes use of a wireless network link, the global positioning system, and mobile agents. The system demonstrates the workability of this combination of technologies in an industrial application.

Chaoyang Sun 1,*, Yu Xiang 1, Qingjun Zhou 2, Denis J. Politis 3, Zhihui Sun 1,* and Mengqi Wang 1 1 School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; [email protected] (Y.X.); [email protected] (M.W.) 2 Capital Aerospace Machinery Company, Beijing 100076, China; [email protected] 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial Co...

Part I of this three-part paper describes the various steps that led to the development of a class of high performance short steel fibre-reinforced cementitious composites (HPFRCCs) which has been patented under the trade name CARDIFRC1. This class of materials generally contains no coarse aggregates and is characterised by high tensile/ flexural strength and high toughness. A method is propose...