Although the role of dental casting alloys has changed in recent years with the development of improved all-ceramic materials and resin-based composites, alloys will likely continue to be critical assets in the treatment of missing and severely damaged teeth. Alloy shave physical, chemical, and biologic properties that exceed other classes of materials. The selection of the appropriate dental c...

A hierarchical representation formed by an octree for a volume ray casting is a well-known data structure to skip over transparent regions requiring little preprocessing and storage. However, it accompanies unnecessary comparison and level shift between octants. We propose a new data structure named half-skewed octree, which is an auxiliary octree to support the conventional octree. In preproce...

Large-scale alignment of lamellae in thin films of diblock copolymers containing polyacrylonitrile and poly(n-butyl acrylate) was achieved by casting copolymer solution on a silicon substrate moved away at a constant speed from the casting nozzle (zone-casting). Grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering revealed that the lamellae, which were perpendicular to the substrate, were also aligne...

Riser sleeves are an effective tool in the steel foundry industry for minimizing riser size and increasing casting yield. Reliable simulation of the performance of riser sleeves requires accurate temperature dependent thermophysical properties. Unfortunately there is little or no such property data available in the open literature. A limited number of sleeve manufacturers provide advice and pro...

This paper summarizes attempts to incorporate fl y ash into aluminum castings to decrease the energy content, material content, cost, and weight of selected industrial components, while also improving selected properties. It is shown that fl y ash can be incorporated into an aluminum-alloy matrix using stir casting and pressure infi ltration techniques. The sand and permanent mold castings, whi...

A semi-empirical study into the effects of residual casting solvent on the lithographic properties of photoresist is described. Solvent content of a commercial i-line photoresist after post apply bake has been measured using a quartz crystal microbalance and using radio-labeled solvent with scintillation counting. Analysis of this data has led to a calibrated model of solvent diffusivity as a f...

The rate of solidification affects the microstructure, quality and mechanical properties of the castings. The analysis of heat transfer in centrifugal casting is very complex due to rapid solidification, rotating mould, opaque mould and high temperature. As the grain size is directly depending on the rate of solidification of the casting, based on grain size the rate of solidification of the ce...

During the continuous casting process, a nonstationary stress state forms in the metal, which is caused by a non-uniform temperature distribution, phase transitions, and the deformation of the stock in a semi-liquid state. Stresses occur also as a results of ferrostatic pressure and the deflection and straightening of the continuous casting. In addition to these phenomena, intensive processes o...

Steel-making and continuous/mould casting are the key processes of modern iron and steel enterprises. The continuous and mould casting schedule of mixed whole/half charging plan is the bottleneck for the steel-making and continuous/mould casting process. However, it is very difficult to find a solution against the characteristics and complicated environment. This paper proposed a heuristic batc...