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Drag reduction in flow: Review of applications, mechanism and prediction by Brostow, Witold

“…Drag reduction (DR) agents are used at very low concentrations to accelerate significantly the flow in oil pipeline conduits, oil well operations, flood water…”
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Brittleness and toughness of polymers and other materials by Brostow, Witold, Hagg Lobland, Haley E., Khoja, Sameer

“…Materials are often characterized in terms of their toughness, though more than one definition of toughness exists. Likely the most widely recognized means of…”
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Evaluation of the Vibration Signal during Milling Vertical Thin-Walled Structures from Aerospace Materials by Kurpiel, Szymon, Zagórski, Krzysztof, Cieślik, Jacek, Skrzypkowski, Krzysztof, Brostow, Witold

“…The main functions of thin-walled structures-widely used in several industries-are to reduce the weight of the finished product and to increase the rigidity of…”
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Sliding wear behavior of polymers studied with mesoscopic molecular dynamics by Brostow, Witold, Khoja, Sameer, Simoes, Ricardo

“…Insufficient attention to tribology of materials, including friction, scratchability, and wear, causes severe financial losses in industry. Despite this…”
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Influence of Tools and Cutting Strategy on Milling Conditions and Quality of Horizontal Thin-Wall Structures of Titanium Alloy Ti6Al4V by Kurpiel, Szymon, Cudok, Bartosz, Zagórski, Krzysztof, Cieślik, Jacek, Skrzypkowski, Krzysztof, Brostow, Witold

“…Titanium and nickel alloys are used in the creation of components exposed to harsh and variable operating conditions. Such components include thin-walled…”
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Prediction of glass transition temperatures: Binary blends and copolymers by Brostow, Witold, Chiu, Rachel, Kalogeras, Ioannis M., Vassilikou-Dova, Aglaia

“…Glass transition temperature T g values characterize pure polymers, polymer blends, copolymers, as well as matrices in polymer-based composites. T g s as…”
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Glass transition temperatures in binary polymer blends by Kalogeras, Ioannis M, Brostow, Witold

“…Knowledge of the glass transition temperatures (Tgs) as function of composition reflects miscibility (or lack of it) and is decisive for virtually all…”
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Physical and Mechanical Properties of Polymer Composites with High Content of Wastes Including Boron by Uygunoglu, Tayfun, Gunes, Ibrahim, Brostow, Witold

“…In this study, we studied the physical and mechanical properties of polymer composite with wastes that incorporating boron. The polymer composites were…”
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Brittleness of materials: implications for composites and a relation to impact strength by Brostow, Witold, Hagg Lobland, Haley E.

“…Brittleness of materials—whether it occurs naturally or with aging—affects significantly performance and manifests itself in various properties. In the past,…”
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Erratum to “From mechanics to thermodynamics: A relation between the brittleness and the thermal expansivity for polymers” by Brostow, Witold, Osmanson, Allison T.

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Erratum to “From mechanics to thermodynamics: A relation between the brittleness and the thermal expansivity for polymers” [Mater. Lett.: X 1 (2019) 100005] by Brostow, Witold, Osmanson, Allison T.

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From mechanics to thermodynamics: A relation between the brittleness and the thermal expansivity for polymers by Brostow, Witold, Osmanson, Allison T.

“…The isobaric thermal expansivity is an underestimated property. The entire composite structures disintegrate into pieces on heating – without the use of any…”
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Evaluation of Deviations for Horizontal Thin Walls Determined by Optical and Contact Methods for Milled Samples of Nickel Alloy Inconel 625 by Kurpiel, Szymon, Zagórski, Krzysztof, Cieślik, Jacek, Skrzypkowski, Krzysztof, Brostow, Witold

“…The aerospace industry is imposing increasingly strict dimensional tolerances, which is forcing continuous development in component manufacturing. Ensuring…”
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Separation of metal and plastic wastes from wire and cable manufacturing for effective recycling by Barbakadze, Khatuna, Brostow, Witold, Granowski, Gregory, Hnatchuk, Nathalie, Lohse, Sven, Osmanson, Allison T.

“…The trend to recycle materials in industry has increased over the last few years as manufacturers seek ways to decrease material costs and reduce their…”
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Effects of ball burnishing on surface properties of low density polyethylene by Janczewski, Łukasz, Toboła, Daniel, Brostow, Witold, Czechowski, Kazimierz, Hagg Lobland, Haley E., Kot, Marcin, Zagórski, Krzysztof

“…We have end milled surfaces and then applied ball burnishing to specimens of low density high molecular mass polyethylene (LDPE). An important objective was…”
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Improvement of Scratch and Wear Resistance of Polymers by Fillers Including Nanofillers by Brostow, Witold, Lobland, Haley E Hagg, Hnatchuk, Nathalie, Perez, Jose M

“…Polymers have lower resistance to scratching and wear than metals. Liquid lubricants work well for metals but not for polymers nor for polymer-based composites…”
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Polymeric Coatings for Skutterudite-Based Thermoelectric Materials by Brostow, Witold, Chen, IKang, Lobland, Haley E. Hagg

“…Thermoelectric (TE) devices have short service lives. These materials undergo thermal degradation at elevated temperatures by processes such as oxidation or…”
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Durability of Portland Concrete Containing Polymeric Fillers and Fly Ash by BROSTOW, Witold, CHETUYA, Nonso, GENCEL, Osman, HONG, Hee Jae, MENARD, Noah, SAYANA, Susmitha

“…Portland concrete suffers in service brittle failure, extensive crack propagation, and wear rates increasing with time. In spite of all the effort expended,…”
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Properties of lightweight concrete blocks with waste zeolitic tuff by TEKIN, Ilker, KOTAN, Turkay, OSMANSON, Allison T., BROSTOW, Witold, GENCEL, Osman, MARTINEZ-BARRERA, Gonzalo

“…In general, three different types of wall products commonly used in the building sector, namely traditional clay brick, lightweight concrete blocks and aerated…”
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Structure and Properties of Burnished and Nitrided AISI D2 Tool Steel by TOBOŁA, Daniel, BROSTOW, Witold, CZECHOWSKI, Kazimierz, RUSEK, Piotr, WRONSKA, Iwona

“…D2 belongs to traditional steels, frequently used in metalworking industry. Shot peening and nitriding are known to improve the wear resistance of D2. In this…”
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