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Impact of nanocomposite material to counter injury in physical sport in the tennis racket

  • Hao Jin;Bo Zhang;Xiaojing Duan
    • Advances in nano research
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.435-442
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    • 2023
  • Sports activities, including playing tennis, are popular with many people. As this industry has become more professionalized, investors and those involved in sports are sure to pay attention to any tool that improves athletes' performance Tennis requires perfect coordination between hands, eyes, and the whole body. Consequently, to perform long-term sports, athletes must have enough muscle strength, flexibility, and endurance. Tennis rackets with new frames were manufactured because tennis players' performance depends on their rackets. These rackets are distinguished by their lighter weight. Composite rackets are available in many types, most of which are made from the latest composite materials. During physical exercise with a tennis racket, nanocomposite materials have a significant effect on reducing injuries. Materials as strong as graphite and thermoplastic can be used to produce these composites that include both fiber and filament. Polyamide is a thermoplastic typically used in composites as a matrix. In today's manufacturing process, materials are made more flexible, structurally more vital, and lighter. This paper discusses the production, testing, and structural analysis of a new polyamide/Multi-walled carbon nanotube nanocomposite. This polyamide can be a suitable substitute for other composite materials in the tennis racket frame. By compression polymerization, polyamide was synthesized. The functionalization of Multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) was achieved using sulfuric acid and nitric acid, followed by ultrasonic preparation of nanocomposite materials with weight percentages of 5, 10, and 15. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) confirmed a synthesized nanocomposite structure. Nanocomposites were tested for thermal resistance using the simultaneous thermal analysis (DTA-TG) method. scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis was used to determine pores' size, structure, and surface area. An X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) analysis was used to determine their amorphous nature.

Integrity Evaluation of Sleeve Extension Composites Manufactured by Fiber Placement System (FPS) (Fiber Placement System(FPS)에 의해 제조된 복합재료 Sleeve Extension의 성형 건전성 평가)

  • Kong Jin-Woo;Kim Jin-Bong;Kim Tae-Wook;Ju Jin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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    • 2004.04a
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    • pp.254-257
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    • 2004
  • Fiber placement system (FPS) carries out an advanced composites process which orients high strength reinforcing fibers in specific directions. The process includes wet winding, thermoset tape winding, thermoset prepreg placement and thermoplastic prepreg placement. FPS have the advantage of tape laying and filament winding with computer control and software. Using FPS can reduce costs, cycle times, structural weight, and handwork/rework when manufacturing composite parts. The sleeve extension is a part of the helicopter rotator systems. In this study, The sleeve extension composites were manufactured using FPS and tensile properties of this composites were characterized using universal testing machine(UTM).

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Preparation and Dielectric Properties of Ceramic(BNT)-Polymer(LCP) Composite (세라믹(BNT)-폴리머(LCP) 복합체 제조 및 유전특성)

  • Park, Myoung-Sung;Chun, Myoung-Pyo;Cho, Jung-Ho;Nam, Joong-Hee;Choi, Byung-Hyun;Nahm, Sahn
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.22 no.11
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    • pp.935-940
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    • 2009
  • In this research, the composites (100-x)LCP-xBNT (x = 0, 10, 20, 30, 40 vol.%) were fabricated with thermoplastic LCP(Liquid Crystal Polymer) and BNT($BaNd_2Ti_4O_{12}$) which is a high frequency dielectric material. Their dielectric properties, mechanical strength and microstructure were investigated by Impedance analyser, Instron and SEM. In order to fabricate LCP-BNT composites, LCP resin was put into the twin screw type mixer($310^{\circ}C$), melted by keeping for 10 min. After that, BNT filler was dispersed with melted LCP resin for 15 min. in the mixer. For measuring the dielectric properties and mechanical strength, Composite specimens were made by pressing composite granule (LCP-BNT) with 7 ton in the mold at $310^{\circ}C$. With increasing the BNT content (0~40 vol.%) of the composite, Its dielectric constant increased, dielectric loss and flexural strength decreased. The dielectric constant and flexural strength of composites with 20~30 vol.% of BNT filler are 4.1~6.0 and 35~55 MPa respectively. BNT/LCP composite is the potential substrate material for the high frequency application.

Inverse Estimation of Thermal Properties for APC-2 Composite (역열전도 기법을 이요한 복잡재료의 열물성치의 산정)

  • Jeong, Beop-Seong;Kim, Seon-Gyeong;Kim, Hui-Jun;Lee, U-Il
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.673-679
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    • 2001
  • The objective of this work is to estimate the temperature dependent thermal properties of the APC-2 composite using a inverse parameter estimation technique. The present inverse method features the estimation of the thermal conductivity and the volumetric heat capacity, which are dependent on the temperature inside the composite. Furthermore, the thermal conductivity is directionally dependent because of the aniosotropy of the composite. An on-line temperature measurement system with a suitable method of heating is built. A composite slab is fabricated using thermoplastic prepreg for the investigation. The corresponding computer code for evaluating the thermal properties inversely using the temperature reading transmitted from the measurement system is developed. The parameterized form is used for the rapid and stable estimation. The modified Newtons method is adopted for the solution technique of the inverse analysis. The estimated results are compared with the measured data from a previous study for the verification.

Mechanical Properties of GMT-Sheet on Press joined Molding (프레스 접합성형 GMT-Sheet의 기계적 성질)

  • Kim, H.;Choi, Y.S.;Lee, C.H;Han, G.Y.;Lee, D.G
    • Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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    • 2000.04a
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    • pp.157-163
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    • 2000
  • The application as the parts of an automobile, using the property of GMT-Sheet, is increasing. In order to exchange the parts of an automobile for GMT-Sheet, at first, the establishment and joining problem of exact joining strength must be determined. We have studied it using composites which is not same each other fiber oriented condition so as to determine joining strength and joining condition of GMT-Sheet. In this study, the result of experiment of forming condition concerned joining problem of GMT-Sheet is this ; joining efficiency of GMT-Sheet, increases as lap joint length L increases. Increase of compression ration cause decrease of joining efficiency after of GMT-Sheet, joining. In the viewpoint of recycling, randomly oriented composite of GMT-Sheet is desirable more than unidirectional oriented composite. We have better design the structure so as not occur to stress centralization on the joining part.

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Improved Electrical Conductivity of a Carbon Nanotube Mat Composite Prepared by In-Situ Polymerization and Compression Molding with Compression Pressure

  • Noh, Ye Ji;Kim, Han Sang;Kim, Seong Yun
    • Carbon letters
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.243-247
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    • 2012
  • A fabrication method to improve the processability of thermoplastic carbon nanotube (CNT) mat composites was investigated by using in-situ polymerizable and low viscous cyclic butylene terephthalate oligomers. The electrical conductivity of the CNT mat composites strongly depended on the compression pressure, and the trend can be explained in terms of two cases, low and high compression pressure, respectively. High CNT mat content in the CNT mat composites and the surface of the CNT mat composites with fully contacted CNTs was achieved under high compression pressure, and direct contact between four probes and the surface of the CNT mat composites with fully contacted CNTs gave resistance of $2.1{\Omega}$. In this study the maximum electrical conductivity of the CNT mat composites, obtained under a maximum applied compression pressure of 27 MPa, was 11 904 S $m^{-1}$, where the weight fraction of the CNT mat was 36.5%.

Mechanical Properties of GMT-Sheet on Press joined Molding (프레스 접합성형 GMT-Sheet의 기계적 성질)

  • Kim, Hyuk;Choi, Yu-Sung;Lee, Dong-Ki;Han, Gil-Young;Kim, Yi-Gon
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.553-553
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    • 2000
  • The application as the parts of an automobile, using the property of GMT-Sheet, is increasing. In order to exchange the parts of an automobile for GMT-Sheet, at first, the establishment and joining problem of exact joining strength must be determined. We have studied it using composites which is not same each other fiber oriented condition so as to determine joining strength and joining condition of GMT-Sheet. h this study, the result of experiment of forming condition concerned joining problem of GMT-Sheet is this ; joining efficiency of of GMT-Sheet, increases as lap joint length L increases. Increase of compression ratio causes decrease of joining efficiency after of GMT-Sheet joining. In the viewpoint of recycling, randomly oriented composite of GMT-Sheet is desirable more than unidirectional oriented composite. We has better design the structure so as not to occur to stress centralizatien on the joining part.

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Effect of Molding Condition on Mechanical properties during Joining of GMT-Sheet (GMT-Sheet의 접합에 있어서 기계적 성질에 미치는 성형조건의 영향)

  • Kim, H.;Choi, Y.S.;Seo, J.;Han, G.Y.;Lee, D.G.
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.111-119
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    • 2001
  • The application as the parts of an automobile, using the property of GMT-Sheet, is increasing. In order to exchange the parts of an automobile for GMT-Sheet, at first, the establishment and problem of exact joining strength must be determined. We have studied it using composites which is not same each other fiber oriented condition so as to determine joining strength and joining condition of GMT-Sheet. In this study, the result of experiment of forming condition concerned joining problem of GMT-Sheet is this; joining efficiency of GMT-Sheet, increases as lap joint length L increases. Increase of compression ratio causes decrease of joining efficiency after of GMT-Sheet joining. In the viewpoint of recycling, randomly oriented composite of GMT-Sheet is desirable more than unidirectional oriented composite. We has better design the structure so as not to occur to stress centralization on the joining part.

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A Study on Properties of the Glass Fiber Reinforced PPS Composites for Automotive Headlight Source Module (자동차 전조등 광원 모듈용 유리섬유강화 PPS 복합재료 특성 연구)

  • Heo, Kwang-Yeol;Park, Sung-Min;Lee, Eun-Soo;Kim, Myung-Soon;Sim, Ji-Hyun;Bae, Jin-Seok
    • Composites Research
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.293-298
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, Glass Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic (GFRTP) for automotive headlight source module was fabricated by compounding and injection molding using PPS (Poly Phenylene Sulfide) resin with glass fiber which has three cross section (round type, cocoon type, flat type). Tensile, flexural, impact properties were investigated on effect of cross section, glass fiber contents. And it was observed flatness, dimensional stability, fluidity depending on glass fiber cross section. As a result, flat glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic's mechanical properties were most excellent. Also, dimensional stability and flatness showed better results when using flat glass fiber.

Half-dome Thermo-forming Tests of Thermoplastic Glass Fiber/PP Composites and FEM Simulations Based on Non-orthogonal Constitutive Models (열가소성 유리섬유/PP 복합재의 반구돔 열성형 평가 및 비직교 구성방정식을 이용한 FEM 수치해석)

  • Lee, Wonoh
    • Composites Research
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.236-242
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    • 2016
  • In this work, tensile and in-plane shear tests for thermoplastic glass fiber/polypropylene composites were performed at a thermo-forming temperature and their properties were characterized and mathematically expressed by using the non-orthogonal constitutive model. As for the thermo-forming test, half-dome experiments were carried out by varying the usage of a releasing agent and the weight of holders. As results, the optimum final shape having well-aligned symmetry and no wrinkle formation was obtained when the releasing agent was used, and it was found that the careful control of a holding force is crucial to manufacture the healthy product. Furthermore, FEM simulations based on the non-orthogonal model showed similar final shapes and tendency of wrinkle formation with experimental results, and confirmed that wrinkles increase with less holding force and higher punch force is required under high frictional condition.