Internal defect and process parameter analysis during friction stir welding of Al 6061 sheets

Welding parameters like welding speed, rotation speed, plunge depth, shoulder diameter etc., influence the weld zone properties, microstructure of friction stir welds, and forming behavior of welded sheets in a synergistic fashion. The main aims of the present work are to (1) analyze the effect of welding speed, rotation speed, plunge depth, and shoulder diameter on the formation of internal defects during friction stir welding (FSW), (2) study the effect on axial force and torque during welding, (c) optimize the welding parameters for producing internal defect-free welds, and (d) propose and validate a simple criterion to identify defect-free weld formation. The base material used for FSW throughout the work is Al 6061T6 having a thickness value of 2.1 mm. Only butt welding of sheets is aimed in the present work. It is observed from the present analysis that higher welding speed, higher rotation speed, and higher plunge depth are preferred for producing a weld without internal defects. All the shoulder diameters used for FSW in the present work produced defect-free welds. The axial force and torque are not constant and a large variation is seen with respect to FSW parameters that produced defective welds. In the case of defect-free weld formation, the axial force and torque are relatively constant. A simple criterion, (a,tau/a,p)(defective) > (a,tau/a,p)(defect free) and (a,F/a,p)(defective) > (a,F/a,p)(defect free), is proposed with this observation for identifying the onset of defect-free weld formation. Here F is axial force, tau is torque, and p is welding speed or tool rotation speed or plunge depth. The same criterion is validated with respect to Al 5xxx base material. Even in this case, the axial force and torque remained constant while producing defect-free welds.

Performance and reliability of Gd2O3 and stacked Gd2O3-Eu2O3 metal-insulator-metal capacitors

Gd2O3-based metal-insulator-metal capacitors have been characterized with single layer (Gd2O3) and bilayer (Gd2O3/Eu2O3 and Eu2O3/Gd2O3) stacks for analog and DRAM applications. Although single layer Gd2O3 capacitors provide highest capacitance density (15 fF/mu m(2)), they suffer from high leakage current density, poor capacitance density-voltage linearity, and reliability. The stacked dielectrics help to reduce leakage current density (1.2x10(-5) A/cm(2) and 2.7 x 10(-5) A/cm(2) for Gd2O3/Eu2O3 and Eu2O3/Gd2O3, respectively, at -1 V), improve quadratic voltage coefficient of capacitance (331 ppm/V-2 and 374 ppm/V-2 for Gd2O3/Eu2O3 and Eu2O3/Gd2O3, respectively, at 1 MHz), and improve reliability, with a marginal reduction in capacitance density. This is attributed to lower trap heights as determined from Poole-Frenkel conduction mechanism, and lower defect density as determined from electrode polarization model.

Densification kinetics, phase assemblage and hardness of spark plasma sintered Cu-10 wt% TiB2 and Cu-10 wt% TiB2-10 wt% Pb composites

The present work demonstrates the synthesis of Cu-10 wt% TiB2 composites with a theoretical density of more than 90% by tailoring the spark plasma sintering (SPS) conditions in the temperature range of 400-700 degrees C. Interestingly, 10 wt% Pb addition to Cu-10 wt% TiB2 lowers the sinter density and the difference in the densification behavior of the investigated compositions was discussed in reference to the current profile recorded during a SPS cycle. The sintering kinetics and phase assemblage were also discussed in reference to surface melting of the constituents prior to bulk melting temperature, temperature dependent wettability of Pb on Cu, diffusion kinetics of Cu as well as the formation of various oxides. An important result is that a high hardness of around 2 GPa and relative density close to 92% qtheoretical was achieved for the Cu-10 wt% TiB2-10 wt% Pb composite, and such a combination has never been achieved before using any conventional processing route.

Diffusion pattern in MSi2 and M5Si3 silicides in group VB (M = V, Nb, Ta) and VIB (M = Mo, W) refractory metal-silicon systems

Group VB and VIB M-Si systems are considered to show an interesting pattern in the diffusion of components with the change in atomic number in a particular group (M = V, Nb, Ta or M = Mo, W, respectively). Mainly two phases, MSi2 and M5Si3 are considered for this discussion. Except for Ta-silicides, the activation energy for the integrated diffusion of MSi2 is always lower than M5Si3. In both phases, the relative mobilities measured by the ratio of the tracer diffusion coefficients, , decrease with an increasing atomic number in the given group. If determined at the same homologous temperature, the interdiffusion coefficients increase with the atomic number of the refractory metal in the MSi2 phases and decrease in the M5Si3 ones. This behaviour features the basic changes in the defect concentrations on different sublattices with a change in the atomic number of the refractory components.

IMAGE DENOISING IN MULTIPLICATIVE NOISE

We address the problem of denoising images corrupted by multiplicative noise. The noise is assumed to follow a Gamma distribution. Compared with additive noise distortion, the effect of multiplicative noise on the visual quality of images is quite severe. We consider the mean-square error (MSE) cost function and derive an expression for an unbiased estimate of the MSE. The resulting multiplicative noise unbiased risk estimator is referred to as MURE. The denoising operation is performed in the wavelet domain by considering the image-domain MURE. The parameters of the denoising function (typically, a shrinkage of wavelet coefficients) are optimized for by minimizing MURE. We show that MURE is accurate and close to the oracle MSE. This makes MURE-based image denoising reliable and on par with oracle-MSE-based estimates. Analogous to the other popular risk estimation approaches developed for additive, Poisson, and chi-squared noise degradations, the proposed approach does not assume any prior on the underlying noise-free image. We report denoising results for various noise levels and show that the quality of denoising obtained is on par with the oracle result and better than that obtained using some state-of-the-art denoisers.

Influencia de la rotación de cultivo y control de malezas sobre la cenosis y el crecimiento, desarrollo y rendimiento del cultivo de la soya (Glycine max (L) Merr) cv. cristalina y el cultivo del sorgo (Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench)

Se estudió la influencia de tres métodos de control de malezas en cinco rotaciones de cultivo sobre la dinámica de asociaciones de malezas y el crecimiento y desarrollo de los cultivos. El ensayo se inició en postrera de 1992 en la Hacienda "Las Mercedes" Managua, considerando en este trabajo los resultados de la siembra de primera de 1992. Se evaluó las rotaciones sorgo-sorgo, maíz-sorgo, maíz-soya, pepino-soya y pepino-sorgo y los métodos de control químico, control por período crítico y control por limpia periódica. Los resultados demuestran que el control limpia periódica efectuó un control satisfactorio de las malezas, mientras que los controles período crítico y químico fueron insuficientes, debido a que predominaban las especies monocotiledóneas como: R. cochinchinensis, de competitividad alargada y tardía así como C. rotundus y de especies dicotiledóneas como: K. maxima. Las rotaciones influyen sobre el nivel de enmalezamiento, siendo más bajo en la rotación sorgo-sorgo y pepino-soya que en las demás rotaciones. En cuanto a rendimiento los mejores resultados se obtuvieron en la rotación pepino-sorgo con 3560.330 kg/ha de sorgo y pepino-soya con 2193 kg/ha de soya debido a que el cultivo ejerció un mayor control sobre las maleza.

Teología, 1989, Tomo XXVI nº 054 (número completo)

Las “juntas eclesiásticas” durante el episcopado de Fray Juan de Zumarraga (1528-1548). Algunas precisiones históricas / Fernando Gil -- María, la mujer y la Iglesia: los tres nombres de la humanidad redimida / Antonio Marino -- La mujer en la Iglesia. Aspectos pastorales / Gerardo T. Farrell -- La iniciación cristiana hoy en América Latina. Problemáticas, desafíos y perspectivas -- Crónica de la facultad -- Notas bibliográficas -- Índice Volumen XXVI

Aspectos institucionais da política monetária

Consultoria Legislativa - Área VII - Sistema Financeiro, Direito Comercial, Direito Econômico, Defesa do Consumidor.

Interim report on the ground-water resources of Manatee County, Florida

A large part of western Manatee County is devoted to the growing of winter vegetables and citrus fruits. As in most of peninsular Florida, rainfall in the county during the growing season is not sufficient for crop production and large quantites of artesian water are used for irrigation. The large withdrawals of artesian water for irrigation result in a considerable decline of the artesian head in the western part of the county. This seasonal decline of the artesian head has become larger as the withdrawal of artesian water has increased. The lowering of the fresh-water head in some coastal areas in the State has resulted in an infiltration of sea water into the water-bearing formations. The presence of salty water in the artesian aquifer in parts of the coastal area of Manatee County indicates that sea water may also have entered the waterbearing formations in this area as a result of the decline of artesian pressure during the growing season. The purpose of the investigation is to make a detailed study of the geology and ground-water resources of the county, primarily to determine whether salt-water encroachment has occurred or is likely to occur in the coastal area. (PDF contains 38 pages.)

Imagem da vida christam : ordenada per dialogos, como membros de sua composiçam

Frei Heitor Pinto nasceu em covilhã, Portugal, em 1528, e morreu em Toledo, Espanha, em 1584. Foi um dos mais eminentes escritores do seu tempo, sendo, atualmente, considerado um dos clássicos portugueses.

双掺杂LiNbO3：Fe：Ru晶体的全息读出特性

为了解决读出过程中全息数据的擦除问题，研究了新型双掺杂LiNbOa：Fe：Ru晶体的全息读出特性。分析了双中心和单中心记录方案光栅的读出特性，并联立双中心物质方程和耦合波方程进行了模拟计算。结果表明，双中心记录所得到的饱和全息的读出时间常数远低于LiNbO2：Fe：Mn晶体的读出时间常数；单色光记录可以实现有效的全息，且其读出时间常数远大于记录时间常数，表现为准态非挥发读出。分析表明，这可能由于Ru的能级比Mn更靠近Fe，更易被红光激发，从而使得双中心记录所得饱和光栅的存贮持久性降低；单色光记录中红光能够

Yb∶Y3Al5O12晶体晶格振动光谱的研究

采用提拉法生长Y3Al5O12(YAG)晶体和Yb3+掺杂原子数分数分别为5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 50%和100%的Yb∶Y3Al5O12(Yb∶YAG)晶体。系统表征和分析了Yb3+掺杂浓度对拉曼光谱的影响。随着Yb3+掺杂浓度的增加,晶体的振动模式没有明显的变化,晶体结构没有改变;在370 cm-1和785 cm-1附近,振动吸收峰的半峰全宽逐渐增大。分析得出,Yb3+掺杂浓度对晶体的晶格、对称性、荧光寿命均有影响,从而可能影响到晶体的光谱和激光性能。