Optimal determination of warranty region for 2D policy: A customers' perspective

Warranty is treated by the manufacturer as a marketing strategy that creates better customer satisfaction, which finally helps to get hold of a bigger market share. The cost incurred towards this service is termed as warranty cost, which is a function of warranty policy and region, product quality and reliability, and the customers' usage pattern. Under the 2D warranty policy, there exists numerous iso-cost regions for any specified value of warranty cost. In this article, we propose a methodology to determine the optimal region when customers' utility is measured by the length of warranty coverage time. It is believed that the results will help the manufacturer to provide improved customer service.     

VERIFICATION AND COMPARISON OF FORMULAS FOR BED LOAD TRANSPORT

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Element Importance and System Failure Frequency of a 2-State System

This paper redefines three measures of element s-importance for 2-state systems regardless of s-coherence, presents the calculation methods of these measures, and gives a new method to calculate the system time-specific failure and recovery frequencies. A poor point in the literature in extending methods for evaluating the s-importance of elements of s-coherent system to non-coherent system is pointed out. An example illustrates these definitions and calculation methods.     

钢纤维混凝土轴拉应力-应变特性的试验研究

本文采用环氧粘接法对4种纤维混凝土材料进行了轴向拉伸试验，成功地获得了材料的应力-应变全曲线。根据其试验曲线是否出现第二峰值，把纤维分为增强与增韧两大类。通过分析表明：不同的纤维形式对混凝土材料的作用机理有较大的差异。在工程应用中，应根据纤维混凝土材料的用途来选择纤维类型。     

钙矾石膨胀机理的SEM研究

本文利用扫描电镜观察了在具有不同矿物组成的系统中生成的钙矾石的形成与膨胀机理。发现能够产生膨胀的钙矾石是由局部化学反应所生成；它们在未水化的铝酸盐矿物表面原地结晶，呈放射状生长。通过溶解，沉淀生成的钙矾石不能凝结，没有膨胀性。     

Formation mechanism of bainitic ferrite and carbide

Superledges on the broad faces of bainitic ferrite plates have been observed with transmission electron microscope (TEM). The observed superledges, ranging from less than 1 to 24 nm in height, are imaged in three dimension by way of tilt operation under TEM. Also, an array of smaller superledges are observed to pile up in front of a secondary phase. Pileup of superledges in front of a barrier is indicative of the mobility of an individual superledge. The precipitation of carbide associated with bainitic ferrite is also studied. It is observed that a carbide of a wedgelike shape may exist in front of a superledge with its tip(i.e., thinner end) penetrating the austenite and its root (the other end) originating at α:γ boundary. This condition indicates that the observed carbides may nucleate at the austenite side of α:γ phase boundary and grow toward austenite matrix. This article is based on a presentation made at the Pacific Rim Conference on the “Roles of Shear and Diffusion in the Formation of Plate-Shaped Transformation Products,” held December 18-22, 1992, in Kona, Hawaii, under the auspices of ASM INTERNATIONAL’S Phase Transformations Committee.     

Studies on the corrosion behavior of cerium-implanted zircaloy-4 with GAXRD

In order to study the influence of cerium ion implantation on the aqueous corrosion behavior of zircaloy-4, specimens were implanted by cerium ions with a fluence range from 1×10¹⁶ to 1×10¹⁷ ions/cm² at maximum 150°C, using MEVVA source at an extracted voltage of 40 kV. The valence and elements penetration distribution of the surface layer were analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and auger electron spectroscopy (AES) respectively. Glancing angle X-ray diffraction (GAXRD) was employed to examine the phase transformation due to the cerium ion implantation in the oxide films. Three-sweep potentiodynamic polarization measurement was employed to value the aqueous corrosion resistance of zircaloy-4 in a 1 N H₂SO₄ solution. It was found that a significant improvement in the aqueous corrosion behavior of zircaloy-4 implanted with cerium ions compared with that of the as-received zircaloy-4. The improvement effect will declined with raising the implantation fluence. The bigger is the fluence, the less is the improvement. Finally, the mechanism of the corrosion behavior of the cerium-implanted zircaloy-4 is discussed.     

SiGe HBT基区结构的优化对欧拉电压的影响

欧拉电压是SiGe HBT一项重要的直流参数,受到基区结构(如Ge组分)的影响。研究发现,高温过程会导致硼的外扩散,从而影响异质结的位置,使欧拉电压受到影响。实验发现,通过优化基区结构,加厚CB结处i-SiGe厚度,可获得VA=520 V,βVA=164,320 V的SiGe HBT。