NUI Galway – UL Alliance First Annual ENGINEERING AND - ARAN ...

MATERIALS ENGINEERING
10.1 Topographical Cues ‐ Controlling Cellular Behaviour 167
10.2 On the micro‐scale deformation of an austenitic stainless steel at ambient and elevated
temperatures 168
10.3 Creep Relaxation and Crack Growth Predictions in 316H Austenitic Steel under Combined
Primary and Secondary Loading 169
10.4 Interfacial strain analysis of Si, SiGe Strained‐Layer Superlattice Structure using Convergent
Beam Electron Diffraction 170
10.5 Finite Element Modelling of Failure Behaviour in Intercalated Epoxy‐Clay Nanocomposites 171
10.6 Fatigue Life of GFRP Tidal Turbine Blades 172
10.7 Influence of Fluorine and Nitrogen on the IR Transmission of Glasses 173
10.8 A Long‐term Study of the Setting Reaction of Glass Ionomer Cements by IR 174
10.9 Phase Decompositions of Bioceramic Composites 175
10.10 Mechanical Properties of Hydroxyapatite using a Dispersal Phase of Nano‐Zirconia and
Sintering using Conventional and Microwave Methods 176
10.11 High Resolution Microscopical Analysis of Metallurgical Grade Nanoporous Silicon Particles 177
10.12 A Novel Bioreactor for Biodegradable Alloy Assessment in Physiologically Realistic
Environments 178
10.13 An Experimental and Numerical Analysis of the Dieless Drawing of Nickel Titanium Alloy 179
10.14 Mechanical Behaviour of Inter‐linked Carbon Nanotube Ropes for Nanocomposites 180
10.15 Thermomechanical characterisation of P91 power plant components 181
10.16 Investigations into Multi‐Stable Laminates 182
10.17 A multi‐axial damage mechanics methodology for fretting fatigue prediction 183
10.18 Synthesis and characterisation of strontium sialon (Sr‐Si‐Al‐O‐N(F)) glasses 184
10.19 The effect of citrate ester plasticizers on the thermal and dynamic mechanical properties of
Poly (DL lactide) for use as medical implants 185
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