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Comparative Assessment of Energetic Plasticizers Including NFPEG3N3 in a GAP/HMX Formulation: Mechanics, Stability, Combustion, and Performance

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the new energetic plasticizer 3‐(2‐(2‐(2‐azidoethoxy)ethoxy)ethoxy)‐4‐nitro‐1,2,5‐oxadiazole (NFPEG3N3), three reference compounds (BDNPA/F, Bu‐NENA, and DNDA‐57), and a plasticizer‐free control in a fixed HMX/GAP composite. NFPEG3N3 provides the strongest low‐temperature properties, yielding the lowest formulation glass transition ...
Patrick Lieber, Uwe Schaller, Thomas M. Klapötke   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Material Tests and Mesoscale Computer Model for Ballistic Impact on Carbon Fiber Composite

EPJ Web of Conferences, 2018
Two-dimensional (unidirectional) and 3-D woven carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) panels were produced by Albany Engineered Composites. Coupons were machined from the laminates for various mechanical tests in tension, torsion, and delamination.
Chocron Sidney, Carpenter Alexander, Bigger Rory, Scott Nikki, Warren Kyle, Bayraktar Harun   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tuning the Morphology of Self‐Assembled Nanopatterns on MgO(001) Surfaces by Sequential Broad‐Beam Ion Irradiation

physica status solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters, EarlyView.
A two‐step approach based on broad‐beam ion irradiation is demonstrated to produce fine‐tuned self‐assembled surface patterns on MgO(001). It shows an efficient route to modifying the crystalline MgO(001) surface topography in a controlled way, making use of its very specific behavior in terms of both the pattern morphology and patterning dynamics.
Denise J. Erb, Stefan Facsko
wiley   +1 more source

The Bullet Cluster is not a Cosmological Anomaly

, 2015
The Bullet Cluster (1E0657-56) merger is of exceptional interest for testing the standard cold-dark-matter plus cosmological constant cosmological model, and for investigating the possible existence of a long- or short-range "fifth-force" in the dark ...
Farrar, Glennys R., Lage, Craig
core   +1 more source

Subterranean Mine Inspection Using the Prometheus Re‐Configurable Drone

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper describes the design, development, and real‐world testing of an autonomous drone for subterranean exploration, known as “Prometheus.” Driven by requirements from industry that the drone be able to be deployed through areas of restricted access, Prometheus was designed to be directly deployed through a 150 mm aperture.
Liam Brown, Robert Clarke, Ali Akbari, Ferdian Jovan, Jameel Marafie, Ognjen Marjanovic, Sara Bernardini, Tom Richardson, Simon Watson   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategy for One‐Step Optimization of Metal Oxide Passivating Contact Materials for Si Heterojunction Solar Cells through Growth Angle Variation

Small, EarlyView.
A one‐step oblique angle reactive sputtering approach enables simultaneous tuning of bulk and interfacial stoichiometry in a metal oxide/ silicon heterojunction. In case of vanadium oxides, growth angle variation controls the formation of stoichiometric SiO2, ternary SiOx(V) interlayer, and phase purity of vanadium oxide, considerably simplifying the ...
Aparajita Mandal, Alexis Franquet, Hans Hofsäss, Tapobrata Som   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conservation Laws and Thermodynamic Efficiencies

, 2013
We show that generic systems with a single relevant conserved quantity reach the Carnot efficiency in the thermodynamic limit. Such a general result is illustrated by means of a diatomic chain of hard-point elastically colliding particles where the total
Benenti, Giuliano, Casati, Giulio, Wang, Jiao   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Advancing Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes toward Next‐Generation Electronic Materials: The Critical Roles of Purity and Processability

Small Methods, EarlyView.
Single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are promising for a wide range of applications. In particular, their exceptional electrical conductivity positions them as potential alternatives to traditional metal conductors. This review identifies the key mechanisms governing their conductivity within composites and proposes practical pathways for translating
Xiao Yu, Alex Adronov
wiley   +1 more source

Isometric training at longer muscle–tendon complex lengths: A potential countermeasure to impaired neuro‐muscle–tendon function during space travel

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Manned space exploration to distant destinations, including Mars, continues to be an aspiration of humankind. Space travel does, however, present many challenges to the body, amongst which adaptation to microgravity is perhaps the largest. For instance, both short and long manned spaceflight missions have shown substantial deleterious effects ...
Gerard McMahon, Andy Sanderson, Hans Degens   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Propagation of thermal excitations in a cluster of vortices in superfluid 3He-B

, 2011
We describe the first measurement on Andreev scattering of thermal excitations from a vortex configuration with known density, spatial extent, and orientations in 3He-B superfluid.
A. F. Andreev, A. F. Andreev, A. M. Guénault, D. Schmoranzer, J. J. Hosio, J. Mäkinen, L. Skrbek, M. Krusius, R. de Graaf, R. J. Donnelly, S. N. Fisher, V. B. Eltsov, V. B. Eltsov   +12 more
core   +1 more source