Literature Review of Previous Applications of NDS in HMA

Flexible Asphalt Pavements ACP is a structure made up of different layers. The surface layer carries most of the axle load. This layer is the most expensive to build, consisting of a carefully designed mix of bitumen binders and aggregates....

General production cycle for a tool steel

Introduction to tool steels  Tool steels are used for cutting, forming, or shaping a material into a part or component adjusted to a specified application (Arai et al. 1991). Cutting tool steels show high strength and wear resistance but they...

The extended finite element method (XFEM)

The extended finite element method (XFEM) is a numerical technique for solving arbitrary discontinuities in finite element method (FEM), based on the generalized finite element method (GFEM) and the partition of unity method (PUM). It extends the classical FEM approach...

Aluminum-copper casting alloys

Copper has the single greatest impact of all alloying elements on the strength and hardness of aluminum casting alloys, in both as-cast and heat-treated conditions, and at ambient and elevated service temperatures. Copper improves the machinability of aluminum alloys by...

Kinetic analysis of anode baking

The green anodes are baked in the baking furnace with a certain heating rate up to about 1100-1200 °C. During baking, a part of binder pitch volatilizes, and the rest carbonizes forming a link between the dry aggregate particles (petroleum...