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    Predicting the onset of rafting of c 0 precipitates by channel deformation in a Ni superalloy

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    The growth or shrinkage, normal to 001, of the interfaces between the γ matrix and cuboidal γ' precipitates is examined for a Ni-base superalloy, by considering the force acting on the interfaces. The force is produced by the precipitate coherency misfit and the stress produced by plastic deformation in channels of the γ matrix. A simple expression, which directly addresses the origin of the surface force, is given. The plastic deformation within the initially active γ matrix channels exerts the force to cause rafting. The subsequent activation of other types of channels also promotes the rafting in the same direction as the first active channels, when the plastic strain of the former channels increases. These issues are also discussed in terms of analysis based on those dislocations caused by the precipitate misfit and those produced by the plastic deformation

    Propfan Test Assessment (PTA)

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    The objectives of the Propfan Test Assessment (PTA) Program were to validate in flight the structural integrity of large-scale propfan blades and to measure noise characteristics of the propfan in both near and far fields. All program objectives were met or exceeded, on schedule and under budget. A Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation GII aircraft was modified to provide a testbed for the 2.74m (9 ft) diameter Hamilton Standard SR-7 propfan which was driven by a 4475 kw (600 shp) turboshaft engine mounted on the left-hand wing of the aircraft. Flight research tests were performed for 20 combinations of speed and altitude within a flight envelope that extended to Mach numbers of 0.85 and altitudes of 12,192m (40,000 ft). Propfan blade stress, near-field noise on aircraft surfaces, and cabin noise were recorded. Primary variables were propfan power and tip speed, and the nacelle tilt angle. Extensive low altitude far-field noise tests were made to measure flyover and sideline noise and the lateral attenuation of noise. In coopertion with the FAA, tests were also made of flyover noise for the aircraft at 6100m (20,000 ft) and 10,668m (35,000 ft). A final series of tests were flown to evaluate an advanced cabin wall noise treatment that was produced under a separate program by NASA-Langley Research Center

    Rate-controlling processes during environment-sensitive crack propagation in aluminum

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    Recent experimental findings are challenging today’s conventional view on the rate-controlling processes during environment-sensitive crack growth in aluminum alloys when exposed to moist air and aqueous environments. X-ray computed tomography has revealed the detailed crack morphology of several stress corrosion cracks in 7000 series alloys and this has shown that the complexity of the mesoscale is incredibly important to understand the links between the gross morphology of the crack and the crack front/tip. We will show the large local variation that exists in the crack morphology. At the same time we will show how average measurements of crack velocity and crack opening displacement remain surprisingly uniform across the width of the crack. Discussion will follow in an effort to quantify the effect of Keffective compared to Kapplied and to provide a rationalization of these findings with respect to previously published theories

    Study of overload effects in bainitic steel by synchrotron X-ray diffraction

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    This work presents an in-situ characterisation of crack-tip strain fields following an overload bymeans of synchrotron X-ray diffraction. The study is made on very fine grained bainitic steel, thus allowing avery high resolution so that small changes occurring around the crack-tip were captured along the crack plane atthe mid-thickness of the specimen. We have followed the crack as it grew through the overload location. Oncethe crack-tip has progressed past the overload event there is strong evidence that the crack faces contact in theregion of the overload event (though not in the immediate vicinity of the current locations of the crack tip) atKmin even when the crack has travelled 1mm beyond the overload location. It was also found that at Kmax thepeak tensile strain ahead of the crack-tip decreases soon after the overload is applied and then graduallyrecovers as the crack grows past the compressive region created by the overload

    Characteristics of Marri (Corymbia calophylla) fruits in relation to the foraging behaviour of the Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii naso)

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    Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus banksii naso) feed predominantly on seeds of the eucalypt Marri (Corymbia calophylla) and often only from specific feed trees. There was no difference between wet weight of fruits from feed (24.1 ± 1.72 g) and non-feed trees (23.2 ± 1.57 g), but trees from which Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoos fed had a significantly higher seed number per fruit (3.9 ± 0.18), a greater individual dry seed weight (0.10 ± 0.003 g) and total seed weight per fruit (0.39 ± 0.02 g), and a higher ratio of total seed dry weight to fruit wet weight (0.02 ± 0.001) compared with non-feed trees (3.1 ± 0.20 seeds per fruit; 0.09 ± 0.005 g individual seed dry weight; 0.29 ± 0.020 g total seed dry weight per fruit; 0.013 ± 0.001 ratio of total seed dry weight to fruit wet weight). Discriminate analysis had a limited capacity to predict Marri use by Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoos, correctly classifying about 70 % of feed trees. Seed number and total seed mass were the best fruit characteristics for the prediction of tree type. We conclude that Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoos selectively forage from trees with fruits that have a high seed yield, but the method by which the cockatoos select these trees is unclear

    Competition of stress corrosion crack branches observed in-situ using time-lapse 3D x-ray synchrotron computed tomography

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    The progress of a stress corrosion crack in a sensitized AA7075 alloy was studied by in-situ x-ray synchrotron computed tomography. A load was applied to a pre-cracked specimen inside an environmental cell containing moist air and the propagation of the stress corrosion crack was observed. Measurements from the 3D image of the crack have already been shown to provide better quantification compared to observations of the crack from the outer surface. In this paper we study in detail the progress of the stress corrosion crack as it propagates through the material. We reveal how the formation of metal ligaments occurs and the competition of the ‘main’ crack and its branches. We have visualized these features to show the complexity of the local variation in crack morphology in a way that brings new insight into the interaction of the stress corrosion crack with the microstructure of the material

    CDW, Superconductivity and Anomalous Metallic Behavior in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

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    We propose a theory for quasi-two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides that provides a unified microscopic picture of the charge density wave (CDW) and superconducting phases. We show, based on the electron-phonon coupling and Fermi surface topology, that a CDW order parameter with six-fold symmetry and nodes (f-wave) gives a consistent description of the available experimental data. The elementary excitations in the CDW phase are Dirac electrons. The superconducting state has its origin on the attractive interaction mediated by phonons. The theory predicts strong deviations from Fermi liquid theory in the CDW phase.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure

    Electronic excitations in Bi2_2Sr2_2CaCu2_2O8_8 : Fermi surface, dispersion, and absence of bilayer splitting

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    From a detailed study, including polarization dependence, of the normal state angle-resolved photoemission spectra for Bi2_2Sr2_2CaCu2_2O8_8, we find only one CuO2_2 band related feature. All other spectral features can be ascribed either to umklapps from the superlattice or to ``shadow bands''. Even though the dispersion of the peaks looks like band theory, the lineshape is anomalously broad and no evidence is found for bilayer splitting. We argue that the ``dip feature'' in the spectrum below TcT_c arises not from bilayer splitting, but rather from many body effects.Comment: 4 pages, revtex, 3 uuencoded postscript figure
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