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Gelcasting is a new ceramic forming technique getting worldwide attention. The process is based on casting of slurry; containing powder, water and water-soluble organic monomers. The premix solution was prepared using Acrylamide as a monomer and Methylene bisacrylamide as a crosslinker with AM:MBAM ratio of 25:1, and Poly Acrylic Acid Sodium as a dispersant (1 wt% based on ceramic powders weight). A series of Al2O3/ZrO2 ceramic nanocomposites with 15, 17.5 and 20 wt% content of ZrO2 and 40, 43, 45, 47, 50, 53 and 55 vol.% of solid loading were fabricated by gelcasting. After casting the mixture, the monomer was polymerized to form gel parts. Drying, burning out and sintering completed the... 

Machining in its general concept forms the major part of manufacturing processes regarding time and cost. Therefore any progress in machining techniques would be well beneficial. High speed machining is one of the recent concepts in machining technology which has attracted much attention and effort. But high speed spindles as the main part of high speed machines, have been notorious for their lack of reliability and sudden failure which originates mostly from thermal problems. In order to ensure reliable operation of spindles it is necessary to predict thermo-mechanical behavior of machine-tool spindles. The major sources of heat in a spindle are angular contact ball bearings (the most... 

polyamides have found great attractions in wide variety of applications due to their desirable mechanical and tribological properties and appropriate processability. Pure polymers are not suitable for this kind of application due to their low mechanical strength. High strength materials are needed for abrasive applications. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is one of the most popular materials for abrasive applications. In this study the effect of PTFE and surface modification on PA/PTFE composite properties is investigated. duo to modification of PTFE powder, PTFE is exposed to sodium naphtalenide (Na/naphtha) etchant so as to deflurinate the surface for obtaining carbonyl, carboxyl and... 

In the present work, nanocrystalline Al-4wt%Cu alloy reinforced with nanometric Al2O3 particles was synthesized by in-situ reactive milling of Al and CuO powder mixture and hot extrusion. The effect of nanometric Al2O3 particles on the aging behavior and mechanical properties of this alloy was investigated. During mechanical milling, copper oxide were reduced and dissolved in the aluminum lattice. consequently, Al(Cu) solid solution matrix was produced. Also, nanometric Al2O3 particles were also distributed in the matrix uniformly. The powder blend was then pressed in an Al can at 100 MPa pressure and subsequently extruded at 450 0C at the extrusion ratio of 16:1. The density of the... 

In this thesis a 2-3PRS hybrid mechanism is presented. This manipulator is consisted of two serially connected parallel 3PRS mechanisms, each mechanism has three degrees of freedom, so that the overall degrees of freedom of the manipulator are six. The relations for position, velocity and acceleration of the mechanism in both forward and inverese kinematics are derived and then singular points are determined. After that, the inverse dynamic equations for one of the 3PRS mechanisms are derived through the Newton-Euler and aslo Lagrange approach and the results are verified. Then the derived Newton-Euler equations are implemented for inverse and forward dynamics of the hybrid manipulator. The... 

According to modal interpretations of quantum mechanics, a state possesses definite values even if it is not an eigenstate. On the other hand, Kochen-Specker theorem holds that all possible possessed values by a system can not be definite. Consequently, modal interpretations to block this theorem, take new metaphysics of properties. In this dissertation, I will show that dispositionalism is that metaphysics. According to dispositionalism, causal powers of a property are constituents of the property. As regards this outline, the thesis would be divided into 5 chapters. In chapter one, presuppositions of later arguments are clarified. Chapter two is related to algebra of properties and finally... 

In this research we examine the effects of internal corporate governance mechanisms on shareholder value of 247 firms that were accepted in Tehran Stock Exchange. The main focus is on ownership structure and board composition. Owners with different identities affect shareholder value both directly and to some extent indirectly (through affecting board composition). We measured firm value using 2 different measures: relative growth of share price and market to book value of the firm. Controlling for industry effects, considering different levels of competitiveness, we find that private owners affect firm value more positively than governments and so do institutional investors more than... 

This thesis contains experimental studies on mechanical properties of adobe and mud material and investigating seismic performance of a conventional adobe house using shake table tests. Mechanical properties of adobe and mud material were studied experimentally based on ASTM and BS standard tests. These experiments were designed to evaluate compressive strength of adobe sun-dried blocks and mud mortar cubes. Besides, shear behavior and tensile bond strength of adobe assemblages were under consideration and shear tests were done on adobe panels. As next part of the research, several shaking table tests were conducted on a dome-roof adobe house as a conventional representative of arch-roof... 

Polyamides have found great attraction in the wide variety of application due to their desireable and tribological properties and appropriate processability. Due to their low mechanical strength reinforcing of these types of polymers has always been one of the important academic and industrial issues. In order to improve mechanical properties of such polymers, different kinds of reinforcement particles such as titaniom diaoxide, Nano clay, glass fibers (Short or long glass fiber), etc were used. Carbon nano tubes have high thermal and electrical conduction and mechanical properties; they are widely used as a reinforcement particle for polymer matrix. In this study, carbon nano tube and... 

In this project, Dissimilar Friction Stir Welding (FSW) between aluminum alloys (1100-H12 and 5083-O) and Magnesium alloy (AZ31B-O) with 3mm thickness were butt joined. Fusion welding of aluminum/magnesium alloys has failed because of forming much more intermetallic compounds. By using friction stir welded samples, effect of welding parameters such as tool travel speed, tool rotation rate, tool position respect to weld centerline, and sheet position respect to tool direction on mechanical (tensile strength, yield strength and elongation) and microstructural properties of the welds were investigated. After several tests, range of optimum parameters were obtained. In both 1100 and 5083 alloys,... 

In this research, nano composite MgH2-TiCr1.2 Fe0.6 nano crystalline was synthesized by mechanical alloying and Vacuum arc re-melting (VAR). the effect of Milling conditions and adding nano crystalline TiCr1.2 Fe0.6 as a catalyst on the structure and hydrogen desorption properties of MgH2 were studied. MgH2 powder grain size after 4 hours milling gained to 15nm and strain network reached to 0.8%. Determined that the increasing of accumulated lattice strain because of mechanical milling combined with adding nano crystalline alloy TiCr1.2 Fe0.6 significantly improve the properties of MgH2 hydrogen desorption. After an hour mill working, high pressure phase of γ-MgH2 was appeared in... 

For the sake of decrease in energy and force of earthquake, seismic isolators are used. Regular seismic isolators are too heavy and damaged by chemical materials, therefore in this research a new approach is used that steel shim plates replaced by carbon and polyamide fibers. The aim of this research is to obtain the dynamic and mechanical properties of carbon and polyamide fiber reinforced isolators in comparison with steel reinforced isolators. In this approach, firstly some specimens have been designed and manufactured, then compresional and cyclic shear tests were carried out on them. All three type isolators are cylindrical and have identical diameter and height. The steel, carbon fiber... 

In this study, first nano structure powders of Fe3AL / Al2o3 by different percentages of reinforcement phases (10, 20 and 50 percent of volume) based on mechanical milling procedure was created. To do so, iron, Al and iron oxide (hematite) pure powder based on special weight percentages mixed with each other and milled in 20 to 100 hour periods based on two different weights of ball toward powder: 10 and 20. Morphological variations, particles sizes and powder densities, lattice strain and phase variations in different timing periods of mechanical milling process was studied by Scanning Electron Microscopy(SEM) , analyzing apparatus of particles sizes by laser , gaseous picnometer and X-ray... 

In recent years the rapid rise of polymer consumption especially in the form of packaging materials became a real menace for the environment. Polyolefin are some of the most dominant packaging materials and responsible by part of the problems in the disposal of one-trip packaging. One of the possible ways of solving this problem is the introduction of additives increasing their susceptibility to environmental degradation into non-biodegradable polymers. One such additive is starch- the natural, cheap, and easily biodegradable polymer. Starch was already used as a filler or as a blend with polyolefin. Addition of dry starch granules to polyolefin follows the general trend of filler effects on... 

Computational chemistry is used to study solvent and substituent effects on kinetics and mechanism of some organic reactions. It also is used to study enzyme reactions and enzyme structures. Organic reactions were studied by ab initio quantum mechanics and Monte Carlo simulations. The enzyme studies were done by QM/MM and MD methods in Lund University. The studied organic reactions are 1) Reactions of hydroxylamine and aminoxide anion with methyl iodide. 2) Rearrangement of allyl p-tolyl ether. 3) Reactions of 1,4-Benzoquinone with Cyclopentadiene and Cyclohexadiene derivatives and reaction of cyclopentadiene and vinyl acetate. In the enzyme studies the catalytic reaction of Glyoxalase... 

In this project, two multiscale modeling procedures have been implemented to study the mechanical behavior of SWCNT/polymer composites. First, a new three-phase molecular structural mechanics/ finite element (MSM/FE) multiscale model has been introduced which consists of three components, i.e. a carbon nanotube, an interphase layer and outer polymer matrix. The nanotube is modeled at the atomistic scale using MSM, whereas the interphase layer and polymer matrix are analyzed by the FE method. Using this model, we have investigated the macroscopic material properties of nanocomposite with and without considering the interphase and compared the results with molecular dynamics (MD) simulations.... 

Bone scaffolds are combinations of several materials, for achieving suitable properties and usage for replacing with defected bone. In this study, TCP/Agarose scaffolds are fabricated by two different approaches. The first one is using polymer sponge and gel casting technique and the other one is using foaming agent in order to obtain scaffolds with same porosity. The results show that in spite of same structure and porosity, scaffolds have different mechanical properties due to their different morphologies. Compressive strength of the scaffolds which were fabricated using polymer sponge method is 2.25MPa and elastic modulus is 56.8MPa. After coating with Agarose, compressive strength... 

In this research a systemic framework for recognizing and using international opportunities has been generated based on the Viable System Model (VSM). This framework consists of designing required functions, recognizing capabilities and assigning requirements in the different levels of the system. Based on this framework a systemic analysis for diagnosing Iran’s problems and barriers in implementing Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) which is a part of international carbon trade has been done. This research results show that the generated systemic framework has a good diagnosing power for identifying systemic problems in different systems  

Previous observation and models on the origin of linear hardening behavior in FCC polycrystals are critically reviewed. To reveal the draw backs of the previous models, selected results of an investigation on the evolution of microstructure during simple compression testing of two FCC polycrystals, Inconel 625 superalloy and AISI 316L stainless steel are reported. It is found that while a number of FCC polycrystals show linear hardening behavior, the evolution of the underlying microstructure may be quite different. It is argued that, in contrast to the current belief, deformation twinning may not be the sole cause of linear hardening in low SFE FCC polycrystals. It is suggested that only...