Publications related to Thermal shock

Thermal management for gas lubricated, high-speed turbomachinery

Jürg Alexander Schiffmann, Luis Eric Olmedo Ocampo, Wei Liu, Wanhui Liu

High-speed turbomachinery is commonly designed to achieve high power densities. Limited space for active cooling results in a challenging thermal management. A thermal modeling approach leveraging modern declarative programming capabilities is presented, y ...

2023

New Reliability Assessment of MEMS Components under Accumulative Testing for Space Applications

Maxime Auchlin

This dissertation proposes a novel accumulative test method for MEMS-based, commercial off-the-shelves inertial measure units (IMUs) from the automotive field. The need for clarification and augmentation of the corpus of knowledge on MEMS reliability for s ...

EPFL2021

Investigation of femtosecond laser-tuned thermomechanical properties of fused silica

Pieter Vlugter

The thermomechanical properties of materials are among the most important properties for designing precision instruments, in particular for devices seeking high-dimensional stability, invariant temperature-elastic properties or low thermoelastic losses. De ...

EPFL2020

Long‑term strain measurements of traffic and temperature effects on an RC bridge deck slab strengthened with an R‑UHPFRC layer

Eugen Brühwiler, Bartlomiej Wojciech Sawicki

This paper presents the results of 28-month-long monitoring of a slab portion of the Chillon viaducts in Switzerland using strain gauges and thermocouples. This post-tensioned reinforced concrete structure was strengthened with a layer of reinforced ultrah ...

2020

Degradation analysis in mixed (MAPbI(3) and MAPbBr(3)) perovskite solar cells under thermal stress

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Sanghyun Paek, Zubair Ahmad

The current study provides an insight into the thermal stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) and the factors causing their degradation. To this end, a systematic stability study was carried out on n-i-p type perovskite solar cells involving mesoporous ...

SPRINGER2019

Coupled Thermo-hydro-Mechanical Effects on Caprock Stability During Carbon Dioxide Injection

Lyesse Laloui, Chao Li

This study presents a numerical investigation of the effects of coupled material properties on the caprock stability. A thermo-hydro-mechanical framework is proposed in order to reproduce the physical processes. The results indicate that for a given geomet ...

2017

Impact of thermally induced stresses on fracture stability during geological storage of CO2

Lyesse Laloui, Victor Vilarrasa Riano

Geomechanical stability issues may arise due to induced thermal stresses because CO2 will generally reach the storage formation at a temperature lower than that of the reservoir. Cold injection will form a cold region around the injection well, which will ...

Elsevier2016

Thermal induced structural properties of silver(I) sulphate (Ag2SO4)

Philip Pattison

The crystal structures of silver(I) sulphate, Ag2SO4, have been investigated as a function of temperature. A main feature is the phase transition from the low-temperature ordered phase, F ddd, to the high-temperature disordered phase, P63/mmc. In particula ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

An experimental-numerical investigation of hydrothermal response in adhesively bonded composite structures

John Botsis, Véronique Michaud, Hans Georg Limberger, Roohollah Sarfaraz Khabbaz, Georgios Violakis, Luis Pablo Canal Casado

Water absorption and thermal response of adhesive composite joints were investigated by measurements and numerical simulations. Water diffusivity, saturation, swelling, and thermal expansion of the constituent materials and the joint were obtained from gra ...

Elsevier2015

Finite element modeling of the WC-10 wt.% Co thermal stresses: Build-up and phase specific strain response during cyclic loading

Daniele Mari, Emiliano Campitelli

Several finite element models of the morphology of WC-10 wt.% Co were employed to reproduce the build-up of thermal residual stresses as well as the phase specific strain during loading-unloading in compression. The different models differ only in their ge ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2015

Measurement of Mechanical Coherency Temperature and Solid Volume Fraction in Al-Zn Alloys Using In Situ X-ray Diffraction During Casting

Jean-Marie Drezet, Güven Kurtuldu, Bastien Gilbert Pierre Mireux

During solidification of metallic alloys, coalescence leads to the formation of solid bridges between grains or grain clusters when both solid and liquid phases are percolated. As such, it represents a key transition with respect to the mechanical behavior ...

Springer Verlag2015

In situ Neutron Diffraction during Casting: Determination of Rigidity Point in Grain Refined Al-Cu Alloys

Jean-Marie Drezet, Bastien Gilbert Pierre Mireux

The rigidity temperature of a solidifying alloy is the temperature at which the solid plus liquid phases are sufficiently coalesced to transmit long range tensile strains and stresses. It determines the point at which thermally induced deformations start t ...

Mdpi Ag2014

Analysis of the CICC Performance Through the Measurement of the Thermal Strain Distribution of the Nb-3 Sn Filaments in the Cable Cross Section

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Ciro Calzolaio

The knowledge of the thermal strain distribution of the Nb3Sn filaments in a cable in conduit conductor (CICC) cross section is a key parameter in understanding the cable performance evolution when it undergoes electromagnetic (EM) cyclic loading. A CICC i ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2014

Towards a secure basis for the design of geothermal piles

Lyesse Laloui, Thomas Mimouni

Using pile foundations as heat exchangers with the ground provides an efficient and reliable energy source for the heating and cooling of buildings. However, thermal expansion or contraction of the concrete brings new challenges to the design of such struc ...

Springer Verlag2014

Determination of Coherency and Rigidity Temperatures in Al-Cu Alloys Using In Situ Neutron Diffraction During Casting

Jean-Marie Drezet, Bastien Gilbert Pierre Mireux

The rigidity temperature of a solidifying alloy is the temperature at which the solid phase is sufficiently coalesced to transmit tensile stress. It is a major input parameter in numerical modeling of solidification processes as it defines the point at whi ...

Springer2014

Synthesis, growth and characterization of 4-bromo-4′-nitrobenzylidene aniline (BNBA): a novel nonlinear optical material with a (3+1)-dimensional incommensurately modulated structure

Gervais Chapuis, Alla Arakcheeva, Philip Pattison

The organic nonlinear optical material of 4-bromo-4'-nitrobenzylidene aniline (BNBA, C13H9BrN2O2), a new derivative of benzylideneaniline family, was synthesized and purified by repeated recrystallization. Single crystals of BNBA were grown in acetone solv ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2013

Measurement of Tc distribution in NbSn CICC

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Davide Uglietti, Ciro Calzolaio

Knowledge of the actual Nb3Sn filaments' thermal strain, epsilon(th), in a cable-in-conduit conductor (CICC) is essential to predict the CICC performance in operation starting from the strand scaling laws for the critical current density J(c)(B, T, epsilon ...

SUST 20122012

Operation and Test Results From the SULTAN Test Facility

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Boris Stepanov, Rainer Wesche, Martin Vogel, Stephen Alfred March, Ciro Calzolaio

In the period between August 2010 and August 2011 the SULTAN test facility has been continuously operated, with over one dozen test campaigns. Among the ITER conductors, five Toroidal Field (TF) samples, two Central Solenoid (CS) samples and four NbTi samp ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2012

Results of thermal Strain and Conductor Elongation upon Heat Treatment for Nb3Sn Cable-in-Conduit Conductors

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Rainer Wesche

The change of length upon heat treatment of steel jacketed, Nb3Sn cable-in-conduit conductors (CICC) is driven by the difference of coefficient of thermal expansion between Nb3Sn and the other components. The cold work of the steel jacket also plays an imp ...

IEEE2010

The effect of the orientation of the basal plane on the mechanical loss in magnesium matrix composites studied by mechanical spectroscopy

Daniele Mari, Robert Schaller, Abu Salek Md. Fahim Chowdhury

In metal matrix composites, thermal stresses are relaxed by either interface debonding, crack propagation or dislocation motion. The present paper shows that in the case of a magnesium matrix, interface thermal stresses are relaxed by dislocation motion in ...

2010