Self healing by Cu precipitation in deformed Fe-Cu-B-N-C

Steels are among the most widely used construction materials as their mechanical properties can be tuned over a very wide range of desired combinations of strength formability and other properties. However, when exposed for long times to high temperatures steel components can exhibit premature and low-ductility creep fracture, which arises from...

Beijing and Rotterdam eco cities? Using 100 criteria for a classification of ecological cities paper

Climate change forces cities to go for climate mitigation, or for adaptation activities. Cities aware of their environmental challenges have introduced policies and programs todeal with these issues. They want to become more ecological or eco cities. Many cities claim to be ecological cities, but there are no non-ambiguous definitions of...

Electric mobility & the urban environment; the Schiphol case

The introduction of electric mobility is one of the promising options to create a more sustainable mobility system for the future. Electric vehicles offer the promise of major reductions in local CO2, NOX and particulate emissions. In addition, electric vehicles are silent, easy to service and have high ‘well-to-wheel’ energy efficiency. However...

Enhancing the creep life of steels by self-healing through dynamic in-service precipitation

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Product service systems and sustainable mobility: An electric vehicle introduction case

A product service system (PSS) is a function-oriented business model aimed at providing sustainability of both consumption and production. A PSS is defined as a marketable set of products and services capable of jointly fulfilling user needs. In theory PSSs are normally shown realized with smart products. The first PSS were largely motivated by...