
Diran Apelian, Sc.D.
Publications
- "Light
metals find an academic champion" (Volume 3 Issue 4, 2000/Volume 4
Issue 1, 2001 Materials Today)
-
"Prediction of Distortion and Residual Stresses in Heat Treated
Components" by Diran Apelian (appeared
in the July 2001 issue of
AdvancedMaterials & Processes; reproduced here with
permission)
- CHTE
Project Focuses on Solution Treatment of Aluminum Alloys
(December 2000 Advanced Materials & Processes)
-
Showing Their Metal (Spring 2000 WPI Journal)
- Aluminum & Education: Reaching Out to
Tomorrow's Engineers and Design Engineers and Designers (Spring 2000
Aluminum Now)
- Q.G. Wang, D. Apelian, L. Arnberg, S. Gulbrandsen-Dahl, J. Hjelen,
"Solidification of the Eutectic Phase in Hypoeutectic Al-Si
Alloys", AFS Transactions 1999, in press.
- C. H. Caceres, L. Wang, D. Apelian and M. Makhlouf, "Alloy
Selection for Die Castings Using the Quality Index", AFS Transactions
1999, in press.
- L. Wang, D. Apelian, and M. Makhlouf, "Iron Bearing Compounds in
Al-Si Die Casting Alloys - Their Morphology and the Conditions Under which
They Form", AFS Transactions 1999, in press.
- S. Makarov, D. Apelian, R. Ludwig, "Inclusion Removal and
Detection in Molten Aluminum: Mechanical, Electromagnetic, and Acoustic
Techniques", AFS Transactions 1999, in press.
- S. Makarov, R. Ludwig, D. Apelian, "Resonant Oscillation of a
Liquid Metal Column Driven by Electromagnetic Lorentz Force Sources,"
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. USA, vol 105, No. 4, pp. 2216-2225 ,
1999.
- S. Makarov, R. Ludwig, and D. Apelian, "The Effect of a Short
Pulse of Current on Small Particles in a Conducting Fluid," Journal
of NDE, vol. 18, No. 3, 1999, in press.
- S. Makarov, R. Ludwig, and D. Apelian, "Electromagnetic
visualization technique for non-metallic inclusions in a melt,"
Measur. Sci. Technol., vol. 10, pp. 1047-1053, 1999.
- S. M. Abkowitz, A. Laitinen, D. Apelian, "Shot Sleeve Life
Extensions with New MMC Materials", Light Metal Age, Vol. 57, Nos. 1,
2, pp. 114-116, 1999.
- R. Ludwig, S. Makarov, D. Apelian, "Three-Dimensional Solution
and Experimental Confirmation for the Electric Resistivity Testing of
Surface-Breaking Defects in Green-State Powder Metallugy Compacts",
Journal of NDE, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 153-156, 1998.
- S. Makarov, R. Ludwig, D. Apelian, "Numerical Solution of a
Direct 3D Electrostatic Resistivity Test of Green-State Metal Powder
Compacts," Review of Progress in NDE USA, vol. 17(B), 1427-1434,
1998.
- L. Parmenter, D. Apelian, and F. Jensen, "Development of
Statistically Optimized Test Method for the Reduced Pressure Test",
AFS Transactions, pp. 439-452, 1998.
- L. Wang, D. Apelian, M. M. Makhlouf, "Fatigue Properties of
Aluminum Die-Casting Alloys", AFS Transactions, pp. 155-162,
1998.
- D. Apelian, "Consultant's Corner", International Journal of
Powder Metallurgy, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 41-42, 1999.
- R. Ludwig, D. Apelian, "A Novel Crack Detection Methodology for
Green Compacts Using An Array Electrostatic Sensor", in the
Proceedings of P/M2Tech 99, (June 1999, Vancouver, B.C.,
published by MPIF, Princeton, NJ, in press.
- S. Shankar, D. Apelian, "The Role of Alloy Chemistry on the
Formation of Intermetallic Compounds at the Melt/Die Interface", in
the Proceedings of the 5th International Molten Aluminum
Processing Conference, November 8-10, 1998, published by AFS, Des Plaines,
Il; pp. 209-230, 1998.
- S. Dasgupta, D. Apelian, "Interaction of Initial Melt
Cleanliness, Casting Process and Product Quality: Cleanliness Requirements
Fit for a Specific Use", in the Proceedings of the 5th
International Molten Aluminum Processing Conference, November 8-10, 1998,
published by AFS, Des Plaines, Il; pp. 233-258, 1998.
- L. Wang, M. Makhlouf, D. Apelian, "Effect of Alloy Chemistry on
the Solidification Characteristics of Al-Si-Cu Die Casting Alloys",
in the Proceedings of the 5th International Molten Aluminum
Processing Conference, November 8-10, 1998, published by AFS, Des Plaines,
Il; pp. 173-188, 1998.
- S. Dasgupta, L. Parmenter, D. Apelian, F. Jensen, "Relationship
Between the Reduced Pressure Test and Hydrogen Vcontent of the Melt",
in the Proceedings of the 5th International Molten Aluminum
Processing Conference, November 8-10, 1998, published by AFS, Des Plaines,
Il; pp. 283-300, 1998.
- D. Apelian, "Clean Metal Processing of Aluminum", invited
keynote, in the Proceedings of the First International Aluminum Casting
Technology Symposium, October 12-15, 1998, Rosemont, Il, published by ASM,
Metals Park, OH, pp. 153-162, 1998.
- Q. G. Wang, D. Apelian and J. R. Griffiths, "Microstructural
Effects on the Fatigue Properties of Aluminum Castings", in the
Proceedings of the First International Aluminum Casting Technology
Symposium, October 12-15, 1998, Rosemont, IL, published by ASM, Metals
Park, OH, pp. 217-224, 1998.
- R. Ludwig, G. Bogdanov, W. Michaelson, D. Apelian,
"Instrumentation Development for Crack Detection of Surface and
Subsurface Defects in Green State P/M Compacts Through Multi-Probe
Electric Resistivity Testing", in the Proceedings of The Review of
Progress in Quantitative Non-destructive Evaluation, held in Salt Lake
City, Utah, July 21-24, 1998.