Densification of Al 5083 Mechanically Alloyed Powder by Equal Channel Angular Pressing

Equal channel angular pressing (ECAP), one of the most important methods in SPD, is used for the consolidation of mechanically alloyed Al 5083 powder. This paper mainly focuses on the densification of Al 5083 mechanically alloyed powder by ECAP with and without application of back pressure up to three passes with four different routes at room temperature. Aluminum can is used to encapsulate the powder. The particle size, crystallite size, microstructure and density were evaluated by scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction peak profile analysis. The crystallite size was measured by Williamson Hall analysis. Density and hardness were increased with increasing number of passes and upon sintering after ECAP. Good densification as well as good powder bonding was observed after three passes of ECAP.     

Rate scheduling in multiple antenna downlink wireless systems

We consider scheduling strategies for multiantenna and multibeam cellular wireless systems for high-speed packet data services on the downlink. We establish a fundamental connection between the stability region of the queuing system and the set of feasible transmission rates, which provides the basis for the scheduling algorithm proposed in this paper. Transmission using adaptive steerable beams and fixed sector beams are considered and average delay versus throughput results are obtained through simulations for the proposed scheduling scheme in each case. While in single antenna systems multiuser diversity gains are achieved by the scheduling algorithms that transmit to a single user in each scheduling interval, our results show that with multiple antennas, transmitting to a carefully chosen subset of users has superior performance. The multiantenna scheduling problem is closely related to the problem of coordinated scheduling for transmission through multiple base stations, where a user can receive signals from several base stations simultaneously. We consider the special case when three single-antenna base stations are allowed to cooperate and transmit to the users in the triangular region between the base stations and propose scheduling strategies that demonstrate significant gains.     

Effect of Tool Wear on Machining GFRP and AISI D2 Steel Using Alumina Based Ceramic Cutting Tools

Silicon - The alumina based ceramic cutting tools are used to machine glass fibre reinforced plastic (GFRP) composite material and AISI D2 steel. The machining studies were conducted using Ti[C,N]...     

Effect of Silicon Segregation in the Argon Arc Welded Incoloy 20 Superalloy

Silicon - Incoloy 20 is prone to hot cracking due to micro-segregation of alloying elements. The aim of the work is to investigate the chances of curtailing the micro-segregation of elements using...