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Effect of pressure cycles and thermal conditions on the reliability of a high-pressure diecast Al alloy heating radiator
No full textThe fatigue reliability of a diecast AlSi11Cu2(Fe) alloy radiator has been investigated at different pressure amplitudes and thermal exposure. Based on failure mode analysis, two failure mechanisms are observed during fatigue testing, i.e. leakage at the interface between the diecast element and the plug, and fatigue fracture of a radiator element. Fatigue life tests have been carried out at two different pressure amplitudes, 3 and 4 MPa, and two holding temperatures, 40 and 60 °C, respectively. The results reveal how the main cause of failure is related to the fatigue failure of a radiator element in the whole heating system. This is due to casting defects such as gas porosity and oxides which are formed during the filling phase of the die cavity in high-pressure die casting. Furthermore, casting defects increase the leakage failure and reduce the fatigue life of the radiator. An increase of the holding temperature increases the frequency of leakage failure of radiators
High Temperature Fatigue Behaviour of Secondary AlSi7Cu3Mg Alloys
No full textThe high temperature fatigue behaviour of secondary AlSi7Cu3Mg alloys has been investigated. The alloy has been solubilized and aged for different times to obtain the age-hardening profile. The peak hardness is reached at 180 °C after 4 h ageing treatment. Further, the hardness stabilizes showing a plateau in the range between 5 and 10 hours of ageing treatment. The heat treatment leads to a complete dissolution of Cu-rich phases, spheroidization of eutectic Si particles and precipitation inside the α-Al matrix. Several fatigue tests have been carried out on selected heat-treated specimens both at room and elevated temperatures (200 and 300 °C). The obtained results show how the fatigue strength decreases with increasing the testing temperatur
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Effect of T6 heat treatment on the microstructure and hardness of secondary AlSi9Cu3(Fe) alloys produced by semi-solid SEED process
Full text linkThe effect of the T6 heat treatment on the microstructure and hardness of a secondary semi-solid AlSi9Cu3(Fe) alloy have been investigated by using optical, scanning and transmission electron microscopy and hardness testing. The semi-solid alloy was produced using the swirled enthalpy equilibration device (SEED). The solution heat treatments were performed at 450, 470 and 490 °C for 1 to 6 h followed by water quenching and artificial ageing at 160, 180 and 220 °C for holding times ranging from 1 to 30 h. The microstructural investigations have revealed the spheroidization of the eutectic Si and the dissolution of the majority of Cu-rich compounds after all the solution heat treatments; moreover, the greater the solution temperature and time, the higher the hardness of the alloy. Unacceptable surface blistering has been observed for severe solution condition, 490 °C for 3 and 6 h. The artificial ageing at 160 °C for 24 h has led to the highest alloy strengthening thanks to the precipitation of β” and Q’ (or L) phases within the α-Al matrix. The hardening peaks at higher temperatures have been early achieved due to faster hardening kinetic; however, the lower number density of β” and Q’ (or L) phases and the presence of coarser θ’ precipitates result in a reduction of hardness values for peak aged condition at 180 and 220 °C, respectively
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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