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Characterization of the mechanical behavior of PEKK polymer and C/PEKK composite materials for aeronautical applications below and above the glass transition temperature

  • Pedoto, Giuseppe;Smerdova, Olga;Grandidier, Jean-Claude;Gigliotti, Marco;Vinet, Alain
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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    • v.7 no.6
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    • pp.475-493
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    • 2020
  • This paper is focused on the characterization of the thermomechanical properties of semicrystalline poly-ether-ether-ketone (PEKK) and of carbon fiberreinforced thermoplastic based laminated composites (C/PEKK) below and above the glass transition temperature (Tg). Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) and tensile tests are carried out on both pure PEKK polymer and [(±45)2, +45]s C/PEKK composite samples, showing a significant similarity in behavior. The employment of a simple micromechanical model confirms that the mechanical and physical behavior of the polymer and that of the matrix in the composite are similar.

Creep of stainless steel under heat flux cyclic loading (500-1000℃) with different mechanical preloads in a vacuum environment using 3D-DIC

  • Su, Yong;Pan, Zhiwei;Peng, Yongpei;Huang, Shenghong;Zhang, Qingchuan
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.759-768
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    • 2019
  • In nuclear fusion reactors, the key structural component (i.e., the plasma-facing component) undergoes high heat flux cyclic loading. To ensure the safety of fusion reactors, an experimental study on the temperature-induced creep of stainless steel under heat flux cyclic loading was performed in the present work. The strains were measured using a stereo digital image correlation technique (3D-DIC). The influence of the heat haze was eliminated, owing to the use of a vacuum environment. The specimen underwent heat flux cycles ($500^{\circ}C-1000^{\circ}C$) with different mechanical preloads (0 kN, 10 kN, 30 kN, and 50 kN). The results revealed that, for a relatively large preload (for example, 50 kN), a single temperature cycle can induce a residual strain of up to $15000{\mu}{\varepsilon}$.

Mechanical behavior of composite gel periodic structures with the pattern transformation

  • Hu, Jianying;He, Yuhao;Lei, Jincheng;Liu, Zishun;Swaddiwudhipong, Somsak
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.50 no.5
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    • pp.605-616
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    • 2014
  • When the periodic cellular structure is loaded or swelling beyond the critical value, the structure may undergo a pattern transformation owing to the local elastic instabilities, thus leading to structural collapse and the structure changing to a new configuration. Based on this deformation-triggered pattern, we have proposed the novel composite gel materials. This designed material is a type of architectural material possessing special mechanical properties. In this study, the mechanical behavior of the composite gel periodic structure with various gel inclusions is studied further through numerical simulations. When pattern transformation occurs, it results in a different elastic relationship compared with the material at untransformed state. Based on the obtained nominal stress versus nominal strain behavior, the Poisson's ratio and corresponding deformed structure patterns, we investigate the performance of designed composite materials and the effects of the uniformly distributed gel inclusions on composite materials. A better understanding of the characteristics of these composite gel materials is a key to develop its potential applications on new soft machines.

A Study on the Design for the Air Impeller of a Finishing Tool Unit (피니싱 툴 유니트의 에어 임펠러 설계에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Hyun-Jin;Kang, Ik-Soo;Lee, Seung-Yong;Jang, Eun-Sil;Park, Sun-Myung;Choi, Seong-Dae
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.312-319
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    • 2015
  • The grinding and furbishing process as the finishing process for molds include the works such as the grinding, buffing, lapping and polishing among others. A finishing tool unit is applied to this finishing process for the burr, lapping, polishing and others of molds. A finishing tool unit can carry out the flexible machining, depending on the machining allowance for objects to be cut on the basis of the instrumental driving mechanism which enables the up, down, left and right floating, which is applied in link with the dedicated cutters and robot machining systems. This study selected the shape to increase the rotatory force of an impeller when air is discharged during the driving of a finishing tool unit, and reflected it to the impeller designing. In addition, the study analyzed each flow velocity and pressure distribution per air pressurization value and finally analyzed the rotating torque to suggest the optimal conditions in designing impellers.

Study on the local damage of SFRC with different fraction under contact blast loading

  • Zhang, Yongliang;Zhao, Kai;Li, Yongchi;Gu, Jincai;Ye, Zhongbao;Ma, Jian
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.63-70
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    • 2018
  • The steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) shows better performance under dynamic loading than conventional concrete in virtue of its good ductility. In this paper, a series of quasi-static experiments were carried out on the SFRC with volume fractions from 0 to 6%. The compressive strength increases by 38% while the tension strength increases by 106% when the fraction is 6.0%. The contact explosion tests were also performed on the ${\Phi}40{\times}6cm$ circular SFRC slabs of different volume fractions with 20 g RDX charges placed on their surfaces. The volume of spalling pit decreases rapidly with the increase of steel fiber fraction with a decline of 80% when the fraction is 6%, which is same as the crack density. Based on the experimental results, the fitting formulae are given, which can be used to predict individually the change tendencies of the blast crater volume, the spalling pit volume and the crack density in slabs with the increase of the steel fiber fraction. The new formulae of the thickness of damage region are established, whose predictions agree well with our test results and others. This is of great practical significance for experimental investigations and engineering applications.

A Study on Rolling Contact Fatigue of Rail by Damage Mechanics (손상역학에 의한 레일의 구름접촉피로 연구)

  • Kang, Sung-Soo
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.931-937
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    • 2008
  • The rail/wheel rolling contact affects the microstructure in the surface layer of rail. Recently. continuum damage mechanics allows us to describe the microprocesses involved during the straining of materials and structures at the macroscale. Elastic and plastic strains. the corresponding hardening effects are generally accepted to be represented by global continuum variables. The purpose of continuum damage mechanics is to introduce the possibility of describing the coupling effects between damage processes and the stress-strain behavior of materials. In this study. the continuum damage mechanics caused by elastic deformation was briefly introduced and applied to the fatigue damage of the rails under the condition of cyclic loading. The material parameter for damage analysis was first determined so that it could reproduce the life span under the compressive loading in the vicinity of fatigue limit. Some numerical studies have been conducted to show the validity of the present computational mechanics analysis.

Crack propagation and deviation in bi-materials under thermo-mechanical loading

  • Chama, Mourad;Boutabout, Benali;Lousdad, Abdelkader;Bensmain, Wafa;Bouiadjra, Bel Abbes Bachir
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.50 no.4
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    • pp.441-457
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    • 2014
  • This paper presents a finite element based numerical model to solve two dimensional bi-material problems. A bi-material beam consisting of two phase materials ceramic and metal is modelled by finite element method. The beam is subjected simultaneously to mechanical and thermal loadings. The main objective of this study is the analysis of crack deviation located in the brittle material near the interface. The effect of temperature gradient, the residual stresses and applied loads on crack initiation, propagation and deviation are examined and highlighted.