Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films research has a high academic appeal, is being developed for more than four decades. Nowadays, the industrial needs in their properties, such as high wear resistance and superlow friction ...

High strength and low alloy steels (HSLA) are attractive alternative in structural applications. Due to the low carbon and alloying elements (Ni, V and Ti) contents, HSLA steels show good levels of toughness and mechanical ...

The excellent cost-weigh-performance relationship of polymeric composites compared to traditional materials became a reason to development of advanced materials for structural application such as carbon/epoxy composites, ...

Magnetic amorphous ribbons have a great variety of sensorial applications due to their magnetic properties. The possibility of being remotely queried allows their application in cases where sensors with wired connections ...

The incorporation of vegetable oils into the development of tread rubber formulation has been one of the alternatives to reduce the use of oil with high contents of aromatic polycyclics. Many studies suggest the substitution ...

This research has determined the parameters of powder metallurgy in order to use the wasted powder from the shot blasting process and transform it in components. The wasted was evaluated by its physical and micro-structural ...

In this work, a simulation routine of carbon random networks, with variable hybridization, oriented to calculate the coeÿcient of thermal expansion, is presented. The method uses an algorithm for the generation of carbon ...

The automotive industry is responsible for a large share of the of the global market consumption of polymeric materials, which represent today the second predominant material in vehicles. Polymers combine properties such ...

The surface modification of polymeric materials has led to significant design advances of new industrial applications, besides allowing the replacement of engineering polymers by lower cost materials. Thus, in the present ...