The main purpose of this article is to study fabrication methods and applications of aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes as a hydraulic microstructure in treatment processes. This paper emphasizes the use of CNTs as membrane in separation processes like water and wastewater treatment because of their exclusive advantages. Their most important characteristics are high mechanical strength aga...

Abstract Tortuosity is widely used as a critical parameter to predict transport properties of porous media, such rocks and soils. But unlike other standard microstructural properties, the concept tortuosity vague with multiple definitions various evaluation methods introduced in different contexts. Hydraulic, electrical, diffusional, thermal tortuosities are defined describe processes while geo...

Micro-alloyed steel components are used in automotive industry for the necessity to make the manufacturing process cycles shorter when compared to conventional steel by eliminating heat treatment cycles, so an important saving of costs and energy can be reached by reducing the number of operations. Microalloying elements like vanadium, niobium or titanium have been added to medium carbon steels...

A range of continental-scale soil datasets exists in Europe with different spatial representation and based on different principles. We developed comprehensive pedotransfer functions (PTFs) for applications principally on spatial datasets with continental coverage. The PTF development included the prediction of soil water retention at various matric potentials and prediction of parameters to ch...

jebale barez plutonic complex is composed of granitoid intrusive bodyes and is located in the east - north east jiroft and  southeastern province of kerman on the lengths of the 57° 45' east to 58° 00' and northern latitudes  28° 30' to 29° 00'. plutonic complex composed of granodiorite, quartzdiorite, monzogranite and porphyritic granite. the microstructures observed in thi...

Sediment erosion not only reduces efficiency and life of hydropower turbines but also causes problems in operation and maintenance. Several factors are responsible for this erosion in hydro turbine components. This paper presents the sediment erosion types in hydraulic turbines and their components based upon an extensive literature review and the field observation at Cahua hydropower plant, Pe...

Conventional micromolding provides rapid and low-cost methods to fabricate polymer microstructures, but has limitations when producing sophisticated designs. To provide more versatile micromolding techniques, we developed methods based on filling micromolds with polymer microparticles, as opposed to polymer melts, to produce microstructures composed of multiple materials, having complex geometr...

bouin- miandasht granitoid pluton (bmgp), which outcropped to the north of bouin-miandasht- aligoudarz road, was emplaced into low to medium grade of triassic to early jurassic metapelitic rocks of sanandaj-sirjan structural zone. in this study we do provide the first investigations of bmgp by means of anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (ams). most km values for the main felsic compositions ...

• A topology optimization algorithm is formulated using a 3D-printing-compatible homogenization approach. Multi-objective used to generate topologically optimized microchannel heat sink designs. The designs are compared conventional effects of hyperparameters in the process studied. Topology for devices typically relies on penalization methods ensure final composed strictly solid or open region...

We demonstrate the importance of anisotropic interface properties in microstructure evolution by comparing computed evolved microstructures to final experimental microstructures of 5170 grains in 19 thin aluminum foil samples. This is the first time that a direct experimental validation of simulation has been performed at the level of individual grains. We observe that simulated microstructures...