• Experimental Validation of a New Dispersion Method of Additive Particles into Polymer Matrix Composites 

      Dima, Dumitru; Murărescu, Monica; Andrei, Gabriel (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      The general expected properties of the composite materials are the result of the efficient reinforcement distribution of nanometric particles, one of the most important methods considers their dispersion. The aim of this ...
    • Researches on the Presence of Hydrogen During Continuous Casting of Steel 

      Teletin, Claudiu; Crudu, Ion; Spânu, Constantin (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      Due to the negative effects that hydrogen has on steels, its content in steels has lately been given special attention. The paper presents the evolution of hydrogen content in steel during the manufacturing and continuous ...
    • Preparation of the Injection Moulded Polymeric Parts to Measure the Residual Stress 

      Niță, Alexandra; Bârsănescu, Paul (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      Polymeric materials are nowadays widely employed as much for the manufacturing of a lot of daily objects as in the high-tech sector. These materials are well known for the extremely complex behavior strongly depending on ...
    • Friction in the Microtribosystems.Influence of Condensed Water 

      Olaru, Dumitru; Stamate, Ciprian; Dumitrescu, Alina; Ianus, Gelu (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      To evaluate the influence of condensed water on the rolling friction in the microtribosystems, the authors used a micro tribometer consisting in a driving rotational disc in contact with 3 microballs which sustain an ...
    • Characterization of Materials Surface by X-Ray Reflectivity Measurements 

      Gheorghieș, Constantin; Gheorghieș, Livia; Atanasiu, Valeriu (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      The mechanical or physical properties of surface determine a certain behaviour of material in various working conditions. For example, the roughness of surface influences the value of friction coefficient. X-ray reflectivity ...
    • Tribological Behaviour of Molybdenum Disulphide Nanoparticles 

      Ilie, Filip; Constantin, Tita (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      l dichalcogenides, are well known for their solid lubricating behaviour. Thin films of MoS2 exhibit extremely low coefficient of friction in dry environments, and are typically applied by mixing in oil, grease or impregnated ...
    • Particularities of Rubber Lip Seals Used for Pneumatic Linear Drives 

      Podaru, Geanina; Ciortan, Sorin; Bîrsan, Iulian; Deleanu, Lorena (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      The paper presents some particular aspects of reciprocating rubber lip seals for pneumatic linear drives. This study is focused on the following tribological aspects: friction variation under linear velocity, determination ...
    • A Fast Numerical Method to Predict Elastic Fields due to Eigenstrains in an Isotropic Half-Space Part I: Algorithm Overview 

      Spânu, Sergiu; Diaconescu, Emanuel (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      A fast algorithm to predict elastic fields due to arbitrarily shaped eigenstrains in an elastic, isotropic half-space is advanced in this paper. The inclusion domain is partitioned in a set of cuboids of uniform eigenstrains, ...
    • Diffractometry Analysis on Non-Conventional Treated Steels after Tribological Tests 

      Papadatu, Carmen-Penelopi; Gheorghieș, Constantin; Ștefănescu, Ioan (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      Two steel grades were subjected to a nitro-carburized thermo-chemical treatment after thermo-magnetic treatments. The contact was studied employing the concept of tribosystem and tribomodel. The structural aspects into ...
    • Estimation of the Operability Index of a Containership Operating in the Black Sea 

      Rusu, Liliana; Bernardino, Mariana (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      The calculation of the operability index, which represents the percentage of time during which the ship is operational, depends on the wave climate of the ocean area where the ship operates, the dynamic response of the ...
    • Steel on Silicon Nitride Hybrid Tribological Systems Lubricated by Kerosene. Tests on a fFour-Ball Machine 

      Paleu, Viorel (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      The kerosene can be used not only as a fuel for jet engines, but also as lubricant of the various mechanisms of modern jet aircrafts and turbine helicopters [1]. In order to determine the wear resistance of hybrid ...
    • Aspects of Rheological Behavior of Rapeseed Oil 

      Șolea, Liviu; Ștefănescu, Ioan; Chiriță, George (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      This paper presents a study of dynamic viscosity variation with shear rate for rapeseed oils obtained from different stages of processing and the hydraulic oil grade H32. For each of the 6 types of oils studied was determined ...
    • Sliding Indentation Behaviour of x 65 Hydrogenated Steel Grade 

      Spânu, Constantin; Teletin, Claudiu; Crudu, Ion; Mereuță, Valentin (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      The paper presents an experimental research on non-hydrogenated and hydrogenated X 65 steel samples. The steel was obtained from a continuous casting slab, this grade being used in petroleum industry. The hydrogen has an ...
    • The Behaviour of Two Non-Conventionally Treated Steels During Corrosion Process 

      Papadatu, Carmen-Penelopi (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      This paper presents an analysis on two steel grades, subjected to nitriding thermo-chemical treatment after classic / thermo-magnetic treatments (in direct current/alternative current). It was estimated the durability of ...
    • Statistical Assessment of Surface Quality Using 3D Profilometry Parameters 

      Deleanu, Lorena; Andrei, Gabriel; Ciortan, Sorin; Cantaragiu, Alina; Besnea, Aida; Trufașu, Cătălin; Podaru, Geanina (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      he paper presents a statistical analysis for quality assessment of metallic surfaces and coating in order to use the conclusions for improving coating technology. Surface investigation was done with the help of a 3D ...
    • An Analytical Procedure to Incorporate the Bauchinger Effect on Fretting Fatigue Models 

      Buciumeanu, Mihaela; Palaghian, Liviu; Sousa Miranda, António; Silva, Filipe Samuel (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      This paper proposes a modification on SWT model concerning the prediction on fretting fatigue life, in order to take into account the material deviation from the ideal elastic-plastic behaviour, the so-called “Bauschinger ...
    • Characterisation of Particulate Epoxy Composites 

      Bîrsan, Iulian-Gabriel; Bria, Vasile; Cîrciumaru, Adrian; Roman, Igor (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      Among composites, the polymer matrix ones are the cheapest and the easiest to form but they show major disadvantages such as poor electrical and thermal conductivity, low fire resistance etc. In the case of any composite, ...
    • On the Effect of Spectral Characteristics of Roughness on Contact Pressure Distribution 

      Crețu, Spiridon; Bălan, Mihaela Rodica; Urzică, Ana (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      In the first part of the paper, the matrix containing the roughness heights is obtained by a linear transformation of the Gaussian input matrix, the coefficients of the transformation matrix being found as solutions of a ...
    • A Numerical Solver for the Wheel-Rail Contact Subjected to Combined Loads 

      Crețu, Spiridon; Bărbînță, Constantin-Ioan (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      A working algorithm, able to be incorporated into a computer code, has been developed to solve the stress state in the general case of non-Hertzian contacts. Brent’s method has been involved to find the contact point for ...
    • Damage Prediction in Fatigue Corrosion Processes 

      Băicean, Svetlana; Palaghian, Liviu; Buciumeanu, Mihaela; Mereuță, Valentin (Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2009)
      The paper aims to establish an algorithm for determining the values and evolution of the stress concentration factor in corrosive environment, and establish its influence on the fatigue strength of steel required in a ...