Search Results - "Raman, R.K."
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Mechanical properties of seawater and sea sand concrete-filled FRP tubes in artificial seawater
Published in Construction & building materials (10-12-2018)“…•Tests were conducted on seawater sea sand concrete (SWSSC) filled FRP tubes exposed to artificial seawater.•Three types of FRP namely GFRP, CFRP and BFRP were…”
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Long-term durability of basalt- and glass-fibre reinforced polymer (BFRP/GFRP) bars in seawater and sea sand concrete environment
Published in Construction & building materials (15-05-2017)“…•Strength tests on BFRP/GFRP bars in seawater and sea sand concrete (SWSSC) environment.•GFRP bars are more durable than BFRP bars in SWSSC environment.•No…”
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Durability study on interlaminar shear behaviour of basalt-, glass- and carbon-fibre reinforced polymer (B/G/CFRP) bars in seawater sea sand concrete environment
Published in Construction & building materials (15-12-2017)“…•Shear strength tests on FRP bars in seawater and sea sand concrete (SWSSC) environment.•Moisture absorption and desorption tests were carried out for…”
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Thermal and mechanical properties of alkali-activated slag paste, mortar and concrete utilising seawater and sea sand
Published in Construction & building materials (20-01-2018)“…•Tests on seawater and sea sand concrete (SWSSC) under elevated temperatures.•Temperature gradient, mass loss and thermal strain of SWSSC were…”
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Degradation of graphene coated copper in simulated proton exchange membrane fuel cell environment: Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy study
Published in Journal of power sources (15-09-2017)“…Metallic materials are most suitable for bipolar plates of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) because they possess the required mechanical strength,…”
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Magnesium alloys as body implants: Fracture mechanism under dynamic and static loadings in a physiological environment
Published in Acta biomaterialia (01-02-2012)“…It is essential that a metallic implant material possesses adequate resistance to cracking/fracture under the synergistic action of a corrosive physiological…”
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Exploring the use of polyaniline-modified stainless steel plates as low-cost, high-performance anodes for microbial fuel cells
Published in Electrochimica acta (01-04-2018)“…The provision of optimum medium for microbial growth and maintenance of long-term stability for microbial fuel cells (MFCs) is very much dependent on the…”
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A long aliphatic chain functional silane for corrosion and microbial corrosion resistance of steel
Published in Progress in organic coatings (01-02-2019)“…•3 h of hydrolysis of ODTMS was sufficient to produce a stable hydrolysed silane.•One-step ODTMS coating enhanced corrosion resistance of steel in NaCl…”
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Durable degradation resistance of graphene coated nickel and Monel-400 as bi-polar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cell
Published in Carbon (New York) (01-10-2019)“…Degradation/corrosion of metallic bi-polar plates in proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) environment is a vexing problem in durable performance of…”
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An all-gluten biocomposite: Comparisons with carbon black and pine char composites
Published in Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing (01-05-2019)“…Three different charcoals (gluten char, pine bark char and carbon black) were used to rectify certain property disadvantages of wheat gluten plastic. Pyrolysis…”
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Improved Mode I fracture resistance of CFRP composites by reinforcing epoxy matrix with recycled short milled carbon fibre
Published in Construction & building materials (15-05-2016)“…•Recycled short milled carbon fibres are proved advantageous to increase GIC of epoxy resin.•Higher energy absorption through individual debonding and pull-out…”
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Electrochemical impedance spectroscopic investigation of the role of alkaline pre-treatment in corrosion resistance of a silane coating on magnesium alloy, ZE41
Published in Electrochimica acta (15-04-2011)“…The protective performance of the coatings of bis-1,2-(triethoxysilyl) ethane (BTSE) on ZE41 magnesium alloy with different surface pre-treatments were…”
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Bond durability of fatigued CFRP-steel double-lap joints pre-exposed to marine environment
Published in Composite structures (01-11-2015)“…Carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRPs) provide new age possibilities in structural restoration. However, limited research is available on the combined effect…”
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Sustainable biologically self-healing concrete by smart natural nanotube-hydrogel system
Published in Developments in the built environment (01-04-2024)“…Biologically self-healing concretes are generally composed of immobilized or encapsulated bacterial spores and nutrients. The efficiency of this self-healing…”
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Fatigue performance of CFRP patched pre-cracked steel plates after extreme environmental exposure
Published in Composite structures (01-10-2016)“…Carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRPs) provide new, lightweight and durable possibilities in structural rehabilitation. However, their industrial…”
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Composite repairs to bridge steels demystified
Published in Composite structures (01-06-2017)“…This paper examines crack growth associated with carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) repairs to cracked bridge steels and boron epoxy composite and fibre…”
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In vitro degradation and mechanical integrity of calcium-containing magnesium alloys in modified-simulated body fluid
Published in Biomaterials (01-05-2008)“…Abstract The successful applications of magnesium-based alloys as degradable orthopaedic implants are mainly inhibited due to their high degradation rates in…”
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Phytoplankton community structure of the Gangetic (Hooghly-Matla) estuary: Status and ecological implications in relation to eco-climatic variability
Published in Flora. Morphologie, Geobotanik, Oekophysiologie (01-03-2018)“…•Open estuarine waters represented a diatom dominated phytoplankton assemblage, whereas the estuarine wetlands were inhabited by blue-green algae.•Deprival of…”
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Protecting copper from electrochemical degradation by graphene coating
Published in Carbon (New York) (01-09-2012)“…Graphene coating on copper (Cu) is shown to increase the resistance of the metal to electrochemical degradation by one and half orders of magnitude. Detailed…”
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Electrochemical characteristics of nano and microcrystalline Fe–Cr alloys
Published in Journal of materials science (01-08-2012)“…The electrochemical behavior of nano and microcrystalline Fe–10Cr and Fe–20Cr alloys was determined using potentiodynamic polarization in 0.5 M H 2 SO 4 …”
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