Botero Vega, Carlos Alberto (Date of defense: 2012-12-14)
Mullite coatings deposited by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) have been introduced and proven as excellent candidates to protect silicon carbide (SiC) from severe pitting corrosion and recession, becoming ...
El Wahabi, Mohammed (Date of defense: 2003-03-20)
El control de la microestructura necesita la optimización de las condiciones del conformado en caliente. La recristalización dinámica es el fenómeno protagonista durante un proceso termomecánico, por ...
Akbarzadeh, Ebrahim (Date of defense: 2016-10-20)
The metal matrix composites (MMC) are widely used in different applications and offer high strength-to-weight ratio. In this thesis, it was developed a novel method to fabricate composite material in ...
Yalamanchili, Phani Kumar (Date of defense: 2016-11-09)
Physical vapor deposited hard coatings comprised of cubic (c) transition metal (TM)-Al-N, and (TM)-Si-N are the current work horse materials for a large number of metal cutting and wear resistant ...
Martín Fuentes, E. (Enric) (Date of defense: 2007-09-13)
El aluminio y sus aleaciones son las matrices metálicas más utilizadas para la fabricación de materiales compuestos, debido a su baja densidad, capacidad de endurecimiento por precipitación, buena ...
Mata Burgarolas, Marta (Date of defense: 2004-12-13)
Aquesta tesi proporciona un marc per l'anàlisi dels experiments d'indentació. En primer lloc, s'estén el concepte dels règims de deformació al contacte a materials metàl·lics que presenten efectes ...
Sapezanskaia, Ina (Date of defense: 2016-07-21)
Metastable austenitic stainless steels feature an abundance of different deformation mechanisms, which contribute to the distinguished mechanical properties of these alloys. However, these properties ...
Abt, Tobias (Date of defense: 2014-07-11)
The thesis at hand deals with the modification of cyclic butylene terephthalate (CBT) with the aim to improve its final properties. CBT polymerizes in an entropically-driven ring-opening polymerization ...
Casas Quesada, Casimir (Date of defense: 2015-01-21)
In this thesis, the microstructure and mechanical properties of bulk samples manufactured with nanocrystalline iron powder are analyzed. This iron powder was obtained by a severe plastic deformation ...
Wang, Liang (Date of defense: 2015-12-16)
Foam-like aerogels based on biodegradable polymers and sodium montmorillonite (Na+-MMT) clay were prepared through an environmentally friendly freeze-drying process. Both synthesized and bio-based ...