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What is the difference between an alloy and a metamaterial?
Metamaterials are carefully structured materials — often consisting of periodically arranged building blocks — that exhibit properties and functionalities that differ from and surpass those of their ...
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Get the video stream from a microscope camera Zeiss AxioCam
I have a Zeiss AxioCam ICc5, connected to the PC with Firewire IEEE1394.
How to get the video stream, or individual image frames from C, C++ or Python code?
For example in Python, will it be ...
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Best material to prevent stainless steel wire abrasion (polyamide coated)
I have a 1.5mm diameter wire that must be pulled against the corner of a surface. The wire is made of stainless steel and coated with polyamide.
What is the ideal material to make corner of the ...
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Crude approximation of fast heat transfer?
Let's say we have one 1x1x1 cm iron block and a 1x1x1 cm aluminum block. The iron block is at 30 degrees celsius and the aluminum block is at -30 degrees celsius when the two blocks' faces come into ...
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ISO-Strain/Stress Misunderstandings
I've conducted a 3-point beam bending test on two unidirectional composite samples of different orientation to find their Youngs' modulus. I believe I understand the basic premise behind the Iso-...
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What exactly is an invariant line strain or invariant plane strain in martensitic transformations?
I have been reading about martensitic transformations and came across the terms like invariant line strain or plane strain, glissile interface, etc.
I am not able to properly visualize these. Is there ...
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Suitable ranges of electrical conductivity considered for semiconductors
I'm working on a Materials Science project guided by Machine Learning, where I try to predict the physical properties (in particular electronic properties) of materials given stoichiometry.
As I'm ...
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How to understand air filter collection efficiency
It's known that air filters are used to remove particulate matter, such as vehicle cabin air filter. But I am confused whether air filter can still hold dust or particulate matter when it reaches 100% ...
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For a given a molten metal (say copper), how do you determine the best material for a 3D printer flatbed? What about circuit board?
Suppose we had a 3D printer that can spew molten metal out of a 0.1mm hot nozzle and that we can control the heat at the last 5mm of the Tungsten hot nozzle's tip.
I'm wondering then how would you get ...
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Size characterization
Which technique can I use to characterize the size of my particles? They would be in the range of 50 μm to 300 μm. I have verified using a microscope, but I need a technique to analyse the size ...
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What is the significance of brittle materials and why do we use them?
What is the significance of brittle materials and why do we use them?
As you can see in the stress-strain curve, brittle materials have extremely low plasticity, in which cracks can initiate without ...
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Requirement : Open Source API providing properties of engineering materials [closed]
We are a bunch of four in the ultimate year of the 'Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical' degree. Our final year project is titled 'Computer-Aided Part-Code Generator for industrial parts'.
For the ...
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Measuring delamination area in imageJ
I am measuring the areas of delamination in glass fibre reinforced composites using imageJ.
I converted each image into an 8-bit grayscale image and then used thresh holding to show the delaminations (...
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Why do rare-earth permanent magnets need to be recycled instead of just reused?
For years, scientists and engineers have struggled to find ways to efficiently break down and recycle rare-earth materials from various devices, especially permanent magnets....
My question is: Why do ...
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How could these 2 concrete pours affect algae build up?
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https://ibb.co/12kJCg8
First off, I live in a third world country with little standards for home building. My family's driveway ended up like this as the laborers somehow didn't ...
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What does it mean for a polymer to absorb water and how does this relate to hydrophobicity?
My materials teacher mentioned a polymer that is used for its hydrophobic properties but also can absorb water. How can a polymer do both of these things?
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What is the bulk conductivity and relative permeability of ST52 (S355)?
I need to learn the bulk conductivity and relative permeability of ST52 (S355) to make magnetic analysis in ansys maxwell.
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Plastic hardness after machining vs molding
Should there be any difference in the hardness of a plastic material that is machined vs one that is pressed from a mold?
This question is in specific reference to vinyl record production where ...
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Examples of Materials with a Coefficient of Kinetic Friction Very Close to or Equal to Coefficient of Static Friction?
I'm looking for examples of frictional materials that have a coefficient of kinetic friction that is as close to equal to their coefficient of static friction as possible.
What is an example of that ...
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Material selection for plunger to be compatible with pressure seal
I am designing a jig to insert a pressure seal into a cap.
The jig has a cavity which the cap fits into and then is loaded with the pressure seal which needs to be inserted further using a plunger. I'...
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Is it possible to calculate the strains applied by a force on a molecule? [closed]
This question was originally in the Physics site, but the moderator believed it was better suited for this site. Hence, I am following the advice.
Is it feasible to obtain the modulus of elasticity ...
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Influence of design on corrosion control
In "Ahmad. (2006). Principles of corrosion engineering and corrosion control (1st ed.). Elsevier/BH.", it is stated that to fight against metallic corrosion it is more convenient to design (...
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Fire rated EN 13501-1 B-s1/s2, d0 sheets
I'm trying to learn more about the type of sheets I can get for a project, I would of course go for polycarbonate if not for its price, currently the project with PC will cost \$600-\$700
but I'm ...
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Is there a cloth-fabric that hardens on impact?
I am researching if there is a cloth/fiber (that can be worn) that instantly hardens on impact?
I am well aware of oobleck - but this is a liquid.
I also know of D30, which is a material that hardens ...
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Is it possible to estimate the young's modulus of an aluminum alloy purely based off its alloy designation?
I recently had an interview where the interviewer asked what the young's modulus would be like for an alloy like 5052 versus 6061.
was a bit stumped on this one, saying that 5052 might be lower ...
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Difference between fast or slow rising force on materials' breaking strength
Assume that force is applied to a material like a rope, steel cable or a beam until it tears apart.
Does it make any difference for the breaking point if the force rises slowly or really fast?
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Does hitting an obstacle hard enough to break it actually reduce self harm?
Lets say that Car-A hits barrier that is fixed to immovable posts on either side of the road. The car's momentum is such that the barrier absorbs the impact and the car comes to a near instantaneous ...
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What tools are used to design and 'program' shape-memory polymers?
I've been reading about shape-memory polymers. However, it is not clear to me what tools could be used to design the ultimate shape (the shape one obtains after applying for example electricity or ...
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How does shear/viscous stress change in liquids as applied shear force is changed?
As per Newton's law of viscosity, the dynamic viscosity of a Newtonian fluid is constant (doesn't change with applied shear stress).Consider the Couette flow used to explain viscosity .
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What is meant by Material Toughness being the Ability to Absorb Energy Before Fracture?
Toughness is defined as ability of material to absorb energy when deforming before fracture. Materials with high ductility and strength will have high toughness.
What is meant by ability of material ...
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How do I EXACTLY calculate the k-factor for metal bending?
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I've recently started to work with metals and the process of bending them. There is a lot more math involved than I initially thought. All the break press operators just have a ...
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Can we say that stress strain curve for a tensile test is function of strain rate and temperature?
I am currently studying about tensile test where it is saying that it is conducted at a constant strain rate. Also, it is said that it is conducted at a particular temperature. So can we say that ...
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Problem with relationship between shunt resistance and grain boundaries in a solar cell [closed]
Here is the correct answer from another stack website.
The higher shunt resistance means that higher the
polycrystalline lattice irregularity and many grain boundaries. This
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At what length does my spaceship snap on landing?
I'm planning some fiction involving a very long spaceship landing. Initially I wanted the ship to be the same length as the NEC railroad, at 750 km. However looking at the mathematics of the situation,...
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Why do solar cells need to be square-shaped?
There were circular solar cells 30 years ago. Why do we have square-shaped solar cells now? Why square?
Furthermore,
Why do monocrystalline solar cells have rounded/cropped edges?
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Why is it more convenient to express stress tensor in Material rather than Spatial coordinates?
I was reading chapter introduction about Stress and the author wrote the following about stress tensors:
"Since the current configuration of many problems, especially those involving solids, is ...
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Heat treatment processes in Nickel-Based Superalloys?
What is the difference in heat treatment process between Wrought
Ni-Based superalloys &cast Ni-Based
superalloys
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Heat Deflection VS Coefficient of Thermal Expansion?
I was looking at a spec sheet for a photopolymer and saw these two different subsections under the "Thermal" section. I tried Googling around as I usually do, but no site could give me the ...
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Rubber that remains Elastic in Hot and Dry Application
I work for a valve manufacturing company and our customers have an application where very large volumes of hot (200F), dry air pass through our valve. As a consequence, the rubber (carboxylated ...
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Equivalent sheet metal thickness of different alloys
I want to replace steel plates that are being used as trim tabs on a boat with 90-10 cupronickel. The main design parameter is to make sure the plate has no less flex than the part being replaced. In ...
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Stress strain curve stress and resilience
When calculating 0.2% offset from stress strain curve please,
do I take 0.2% of the original length and then, divide this by original length to get strain and plot this please?
And for resilience, is ...
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How to find yield strength and Young Modulus from S-S curve
I have a S-S curve and am not sure how to find yield strength from it as when I did 0.2% strain (0.002 * strain at fracture) I get a small number that plots close to (0,0)?
For young modulus, I am not ...
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What does time temperature specifically give us? [closed]
What is a Time Temperature curve basically? I have come across this a couple of times while dealing with heat treatment in my industry. A detailed reply to this is most welcome.
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What impact does reduction internal stress cause?
I have noted that recovery primarily reduces the internal stresses of the material.What is particularly confusing is why would that work out.A slightly detailed answer to this is most recommended.Also ...
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Why doesn't epoxy stick to silicone?
Why doesn't epoxy stick to silicone? Is there a type of epoxy that does?
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Why does decrease in dislocation density result in higher ductility?
Why does a decrease in dislocation density result in decrease in yield strength and increase in ductility?A slightly detailed explanation is what I am looking forward to.
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Relevancy of (neutron energy loss and atomic weight) and the material selection of fast and thermal nuclear reactor
From this https://www.nuclear-power.net/glossary/neutron-moderatoraverage-logarithmic-energy-decrement/, I have found that the relationship between atomic weight and neutron energy loss can give the ...
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Mirror specification used in Solar Fresnel Collector systems
Im designing a Linear Fresnel collector system, and wanted to know what type of mirrors would be suitable for use as the reflectors. Thickness, type, coating etc. I couldnt find a manufacturer of ''...
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How do the constraints imposed on a material increase the stiffness?
As the title of this post says, how do the contraints increase the stiffness. For example, I was doing an exercise where I had to calculate the deflection on a rubber block with and without deflection ...
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Injection moulding
What are some examples of real polymer products that can be be produced by injection moulding ? I thought plastic bottles may be one but I think that is done mainly using injection blow moulding
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