Browsing Τμήμα Μηχανικών Μηχανολογίας και Κατασκευαστικής / Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering by Title
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A simplified structure-based model using standard turbulence scale equations: computation of rotating wall-bounded flows
(2006)Two linear eddy-viscosity models, the v2-f and k-ω models, have been combined with an algebraic structure-based algorithm for the evaluation of the Reynolds stresses. This closure was originally designed as an integral ...
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Simulation based design of a thermoelectric energy harvesting device for aircraft applications
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017)Maintenance is, amongst others, a key cost driver in aircraft operation. A wireless monitoring device might be able to reduce these costs. However, the supply of energy to such system via power lines would result in ...
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Simulation-based optimal design of heavy trucks by model-based decomposition: An extensive analytical target cascading case study
(2004)We present the findings of an extensive case study for the decomposed, simulation-based, optimal design of an advanced technology heavy truck by means of analytical target cascading. The use of a series hybridelectric ...
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Simulations of nanoscale Ni/Al multilayer foils with intermediate Ni2Al3 growth
(2015)Nanoscale multilayers of binary metallic systems, such as nickel/aluminum, exhibit self-propagating exothermic reactions due to the high formation enthalpy of the intermetallic compounds. Most of the previous modeling ...
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Single-scale and multiscale models of tissue-equivalent mechanics
(Affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United StatesAffiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United StatesAffiliation: Department of Computer Science, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346, United StatesAffiliation: Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, United StatesCorrespondence Address: Chandran, P.L.Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States, 2005)
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Sintering process in ball-milled K2Bi8Se13 nano-composites
(Affiliation: Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, 1678 Nicosia, CyprusAffiliation: Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceAffiliation: Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, United StatesCorrespondence Address: Ioannou, M.Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus, 2012)K2Bi8Se13 material has many attractive features for thermoelectric applications. Recently, K2Bi 8Se13 based nanocomposite materials, consisting of nano-crystalline, micro-crystalline and amorphous phases, have been fabricated ...
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Sn doped β-Ga2O3 and β-Ga2S3 nanowires with red emission for solar energy spectral shifting
(2015)Sn doped β-Ga2O3 nanowires have been grown on Si(001) via the vapor-liquid-solid mechanism at 800 °C over a broad range of compositions. These have a monoclinic β-Ga2O3 crystal structure and minimum resistances for 1-2 at. ...
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Sn:In2O3 and Sn:In2O3/NiS2 Core-Shell Nanowires on Ni, Mo Foils and C Fibers for H2 and O2 Generation
(2017)Sn:In2O3 nanowires have been grown by the vapor liquid solid mechanism on Si, Ni, Mo, and C fibers. These were used to obtain Sn:In2O3/NiS2 core-shell nanowires by the deposition of 10 nm Ni over the Sn:In2O3 nanowires ...
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SnO2/PbOx (x = 1, 2) Core–Shell Nanowires and Their Growth on C-Fiber Networks for Energy Storage
(2018)SnO2 nanowires were grown on Si, fused SiO2, and C fibers by the vapor–liquid–solid mechanism at 800 °C and 10–1 mbar, and SnO2/PbO core–shell nanowires were obtained by the deposition of 50 nm Pb over the SnO2 nanowires ...
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The Solid Mechanics of Cancer and Strategies for Improved Therapy
(2017)Tumor progression and response to treatment is determined in large part by the generation of mechanical stresses that stem from both the solid and the fluid phase of the tumor. Furthermore, elevated solid stress levels can ...
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Solid Stress Facilitates Fibroblasts Activation to Promote Pancreatic Cancer Cell Migration
(2018)Pancreatic fibroblasts are continuously gaining ground as an important component of tumor microenvironment that dynamically interact with cancer cells to promote tumor progression. In addition, these tumor-infiltrated ...
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Solid Stress Facilitates Fibroblasts Activation to Promote Pancreatic Cancer Cell Migration
(2018)Pancreatic fibroblasts are continuously gaining ground as an important component of tumor microenvironment that dynamically interact with cancer cells to promote tumor progression. In addition, these tumor-infiltrated ...
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Solid stress-induced migration is mediated by GDF15 through Akt pathway activation in pancreatic cancer cells
(2019)Solid stress is a biomechanical abnormality of the tumor microenvironment that plays a crucial role in tumor progression. When it is applied to cancer cells, solid stress hinders their proliferation rate and promotes cancer ...
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Solid Tumors Are Poroelastic Solids with a Chemo-mechanical Feedback on Growth
(2017)The experimental evidence that a feedback exists between growth and stress in tumors poses challenging questions. First, the rheological properties (the “constitutive equations”) of aggregates of malignant cells are still ...
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Solid-state synthesis and thermoelectric properties of Sb-doped Mg 2Si materials
(2013)Sb-doped magnesium silicide compounds have been prepared through ball milling and solid-state reaction. Materials produced were near-stoichiometric. The structural modifications have been studied with powder x-ray diffraction. ...
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Solid-state synthesis of Mg 2Si via short-duration ball-milling and low-temperature annealing
(2013)In this work, a short duration ball-milling of elemental Mg and Si followed by a thermal treatment is suggested in order to synthesize magnesium silicide via solid-state reaction. The formation of magnesium silicide was ...
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Solution of the square lid-driven cavity flow of a Bingham plastic using the finite volume method
(2013)We investigate the performance of the finite volume method in solving viscoplastic flows. The creeping square lid-driven cavity flow of a Bingham plastic is chosen as the test case and the constitutive equation is regularised ...
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Solution of viscoplastic flows with the finite volume / multigrid method
(National Technical University of Athens, 2013)We investigate the performance of the finite volume method in solving viscoplastic flows. The square lid-driven cavity flow of a Bingham plastic is chosen as the test case and the constitutive equation is regularised as ...
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Solvothermal synthesis, nanostructural characterization and gas cryo-adsorption studies in a metal–organic framework (IRMOF-1) material
(2017)A nanoporous metal–organic framework material, exhibiting an IRMOF-1 type crystalline structure, was prepared by following a direct solvothermal synthesis approach, using zinc nitrate and terephthalic acid as precursors ...
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Sonic-hedgehog pathway inhibition normalizes desmoplastic tumor microenvironment to improve chemo- and nanotherapy
(2017)Targeting the rich extracellular matrix of desmoplastic tumors has been successfully shown to normalize collagen and hyaluronan levels and re-engineer intratumoral mechanical forces, improving tumor perfusion and chemotherapy. ...