When temperatures increase, most materials tend to expand, causing a change in material dimensions. When two materials that exhibit different thermal expansion behaviors are in direct contact, such as ...
pv magazine International: Strategies to reduce perovskite solar cell degradation caused by thermal stress
A group of researchers led by Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) in Germany and China’s Henan University investigated repeated thermal stress cycles, reflecting diurnal cycles, on the degradation of metal ...
Bdcnetwork.com: 5 factors that can affect thermal stress break risk of insulated glass units
Thermal stress is one of many factors that can cause glass to break, even when it is not impacted by a projectile. Such failures usually are not a testament to the quality of the glass, but rather the ...
5 factors that can affect thermal stress break risk of insulated glass units
MSN: How Negative Thermal Expansion Alloys Are Reshaping Telescope Stability for Exoplanet Discovery
How Negative Thermal Expansion Alloys Are Reshaping Telescope Stability for Exoplanet Discovery
Managing thermal and mechanical stress in multi-die assemblies will require a detailed knowledge of how and where a device will be used, how it will be packaged, and where stresses could cause ...
EurekAlert!: Bio-inspired copper composite achieves zero thermal expansion with high thermal conductivity and toughness
Zero-thermal-expansion (ZTE) materials are widely used in precision optics, cryogenic equipment, sensors, where even small temperature changes can cause performance problems. Yet creating ZTE ...
Bio-inspired copper composite achieves zero thermal expansion with high thermal conductivity and toughness
Flir thermal cameras are helping scientists at the University of Sussex in the UK to undertake groundbreaking stress studies in great apes. These advanced thermal cameras help ecologists see ...