Browsing Τμήμα Μηχανικών Μηχανολογίας και Κατασκευαστικής / Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering by Title
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Modeling of thermal conductivity in high performing thermoelectric materials
(Institute of Physics Publishing, 2017)The enhanced TE-performance in Mg2Si-Mg2Sn based pseudo-binaries is presented, which is attributed to low thermal conductivity. Sn-Si alloying, reduces the lattice thermal conductivity due to mass fluctuation. Furthermore, ...
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Modelling and control of a medium-duty hybrid electric truck
(2004)The main contributions of this paper are the development of a forward-looking hybrid vehicle simulation tool, and its application to the design of a power management control algorithm, The hybrid electric vehicle simulation ...
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Modelling and reduction techniques for studies of integrated hybrid vehicle systems
(2006)Models of integrated vehicle systems are essential for designing hybrid vehicles by means of simulation-based optimization. Given the complexity of hybrid vehicle systems, designing is a time consuming process that requires ...
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Modelling and Simulation of Bolted Joints under Harmonic Excitation
(2003)Bolted metal joints under harmonic loading exhibit hysteretic behaviour. This is the major source of damping in frame structures with bolted joints, since the material damping of these structures is very small. In this ...
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Modelling study of liquid crystals orientation in the presence of corrosion potential
(2010)The anchoring and orientation of liquid crystal (LC) molecules are influenced by several parameters. This paper presents theoretical work that aims to explain how surface changes and potential due to corrosion, affect the ...
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Modification of thermoelectric properties using insertion techniques
(1999)In this work is presented the application insertion techniques for the modification of the performance of thermoelectric materials. The results indicate that in cases as in Bi2Se3 compounds where insertion of foreign species ...
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A modular modeling approach for the design of reconfigurable machine tools
(Affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United StatesAffiliation: Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, CyprusCorrespondence Address: Ersal, T.Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United Statesemail: tersal@umich.edu, 2004)A new generation of machine tools called Reconfigurable Machine Tools (RMTs) is emerging as a means for industry to be more competitive in a market that experiences frequent changes in demand. New methodologies and tools ...
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Molecular dynamic simulations of carbon nanotubes in CO2 atmosphere
(2008)This work investigates by means of molecular dynamics the filling of carbon nanotubes by carbon dioxide molecules. Nanotubes of various sizes are simulated and the resulting CO2 density calculated. The effects of various ...
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Molecular simulation of water in carbon nanotubes
(2008)The motion of water in carbon nanotubes (CNT) by numerical procedures is calculated through molecular dynamics (MD) simulation studies. The Lennard-Jones potential is a simple MD simulations technique, which combines ...
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Mri-guided robotic breast biopsy and therapeutics
(World Scientific Publishing Company, 2018)Breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been shown to be a very sensitive method for the detection of breast cancer, offers a plethora of contrast mechanisms, high image quality and has no ionizing radiation. Fueled ...
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Multi-physics and multi-scale methods used in nuclear reactor analysis
(2014)In an operating nuclear reactor core, various physical phenomena of different nature are interrelated. Multi-physics calculations that account for the interrelated nature of the neutronic and thermal-hydraulic phenomena ...
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Multilayer composite ceramic-metal-DLC coatings for sliding wear applications
(1996)The design of anti-friction coatings able to perform well in different wear conditions without lubricants requires a combination of adequate hardness and toughness, good adhesion, a low friction coefficient and a low wear ...
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Multiple peaks in the ac susceptibility of untwinned Y-Ba-Cu-O single crystals: A manifestation of the peak effect
(1994)We have measured the ac susceptibility of several high quality twinned and detwinned YBa2Cu3O7- (YBCO) single crystals. We see multiple peaks in the (T) curves, and explain them as a manifestation of the peak effect in ...
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A multiresolution approach to cointegration for enhanced SHM of structures under varying conditions - An exploratory study
(2014)Cointegration has now been established as a powerful means of projecting out long-term trends from time-series data in the context of econometrics. Recent work has further established that cointegration can be applied ...
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Multiresponsive polymer conetworks capable of responding to changes in pH, temperature, and magnetic field: Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of their ability for controlled uptake and release of solutes
(2012)This study deals with the preparation of novel multiresponsive (magnetoresponsive, thermoresponsive and pH-responsive) nanocomposite conetworks consisting of oleic acid-coated magnetite nanoparticles (OA•Fe 3O 4), ...
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Multiscale biphasic modelling of peritumoural collagen microstructure: The effect of tumour growth on permeability and fluid flow
(2017)We present an in-silico model of avascular poroelastic tumour growth coupled with a multiscale biphasic description of the tumour–host environment. The model is specified to in-vitro data, facilitating biophysically realistic ...
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Multiscale computation for bioartificial soft tissues with complex geometries
(2009)The mechanical function of soft collagenous tissues is inherently multiscale, with the tissue dimension being in the centimeter length scale and the underlying collagen network being in the micrometer length scale. This ...