The stress–strain curves of the pure SR and SR composites are presented in Figure 3(a), indicating that the stresses at 100% strain and 300% strain increase with increasing content of BT particles. The main reason for the increased stress at definite elongation is the reinforcing effect of the inorganic particles [38]. In addition, the elongation at break of the SR composites decreased after adding BT particles, attributed to the BT particles acting as physical links, thus limiting the flexibility of macromolecular silicone. Because of increasing interfacial areas between the BT particles and SR matrix, the number of physical links increased significantly in the system, decreasing the elongation at break of the SR composites with …show more content…
Two factors can be used to explain this phenomenon. The first one is the BT particles interact strongly with the macromolecular SR, thus restricting the mobility of the molecular chains. The second one is the polymer chain entanglement limits the movement of polymer chains [38]. The interface polarization will increase the dielectric constant as well as the dielectric loss of the composites. As shown in Figure 4(b), the dielectric loss tangent of the BT/SR composites is larger than that of the pure SR at low frequency. In addition, the dielectric loss displays a sharp decrease at a low frequency (lower than 1 kHz), caused by the DC leakage current. However, the electrode polarization can be excluded as there is no simultaneous decrease in the dielectric constant and dielectric loss with increasing frequency [42]. However, because of the weak polarization of the silicone matrix, the dielectric loss tangent of all the samples is lower than 0.015. The low dielectric loss means just a little energy dissipation during actuation, a big advantage for dielectric elastomer.
The electromechanical performance of the SR composites was tested using circular actuators. Considering the safety and utility, the loaded electric field on the samples was 50 kV/mm. The actuated strains of the BT/SR composites are shown in Figure 5(a). With increasing electric field, the actuated strain of the samples increases significantly, because it is proportional to the square
The tensile testing was done on the three composite specimens (90°, and two 45°) were completed with a servo-hydraulic load frame with a wedge. The one in the lab was the MTS 647 hydraulic wedge grip and an 810 material test system. The specimens had strain gages with a Wheatstone bridge to collect data such as time, distance, load, axial strain, and transverse strain. From the strain gages, evidence can support how and when the specimen material failed under the stress being applied to it. The test was run for three times on three different specimens. The first specimen that was tested in the hydraulic load was the 0°/90° specimen, which is made of carbon and epoxy laminate composite.
Dynamic mechanical analysis showed that increasing fiber content provides an improvement in the rigidity of the composites. Cardanol modified resol reinforced nanoclay composite was prepared and mechanical properties of the final composites were improved by doping a 6 wt% of nanoclay in cardanol modified resol (CMR) into the epoxy matrix. The results show that a 15 wt% of CMR in epoxy is a most suitable ratio (Nguyen et al 2007).
However, the absence of plastic deformation does not mean that composites are brittle materials like monolithic ceramics. The heterogeneous nature of composites result in complex failure mechanisms which impart toughness. Fiber-reinforced materials have been found to produce durable, reliable structural components in countless applications. The unique characteristic of composite materials, especially anisotropy, require the use of special design
Your research is almost like mines except you seek to find out the relationship between benefit/offending , while mines look to try and understand if general strain theory causes individuals to do offensive deeds.
In contrast, there are a range of sociological theories that attempt to explain the cause of crime. One example of this is the ‘Structural Strain Theory’ developed by functionalist Robert Merton. This functionalist view states that societies are branded by both culture and social structure. Culture creates goals for people in society whilst social structure supplies (or fails to supply) the means for people to achieve those goals. In a well-integrated society people attempt to achieve these goals in an acceptable and appropriate way according to the explicit and implicit rules of that society. Therefore the goals and means in this society are balanced, however when an imbalance occurs, this is what causes deviant behaviour transpire. One paradigm that explains this theory is people who aspire to be economically successful (goal) will get a job to earn money (appropriate means of reaching that goal) and this type of person is called a conformist. However someone from a lower class who may not have the opportunity to receive a good education in order to get a job therefore they will surpass the acceptable means of reaching this goal. Therefore they are more likely to conduct deviant behaviour to reach this goal e.g. theft and this type of person is called an innovator according to Merton due to their acceptance of the cultural
Composite materials have been evaluated with a matrix properties unsaturated polyester resin by conducting mechanical testing, including the pressure, compression, hardness and impact resistance.. While wood flour helped add to the balance between the original compression strength reductions up to 3 wt. wood flour and then reduce the strength. The results confirmed that the best promote and 3% by weight of wood flour consider the compression strength
As for ductility, the material with most ductility was found to be the thermoplastic polymer (HDPE). Two tests were conducted on the HDPE samples at different speeds. As a result, the HDPE sample pulled at lower speed exhibited greater ductility. Ductility was calculated by obtaining the percent elongation of each material sample. This correlates with the idea that the material that deforms the most before fracture, possesses greater ductility. The highest percent elongation obtained was 191,
Carboxyl- or amine-terminated copolymers of butadiene and acrylonitrile (CTBN and ATBN, respectively) are soluble in most liquid epoxies. The end groups react with the epoxy matrix during the curing process and the rubber separates to form discrete particles. Increasing the fracture resistance of epoxies with CBTN or ABTN rubber particles does have deficiencies. Incorporation of a low-Tg component often reduces the glass transition temperature of the composite material [12]. Similarly, incomplete separation of the rubber during cure may plasticize the epoxy network [14, 15]. Both the tensile modulus and yield strength of epoxies may be reduced upon rubber modification [16]. Sultan and McGarry [17] attributed the toughening effect mainly to the crazing of the epoxy matrix. Bascom et al.[12] accredited the high toughness values of CTBN modified epoxy to an increase in the plastic zone size. A rubber stretching and tearing mechanism was proposed by Kunz et al. [18] as the major toughening mechanism for rubber modified plastics (also known as
The trick is that polytetrafluoroethylene and silicone surfaces are not bonded together by chemical binders.Zinc Oxide Nanocrystals (ZnONC) The general aspect of water chestnuts or quadrupeds allows polytetrafluoroethylene and silicon surfaces to be "nailed" together, without any chemical driving bonds forming strong mechanical bonds. A water chestnut is an ancient weapon of destruction, including four spines so gathered together, when thrown on the ground. Under certain growth conditions, the ZnONC takes the form of a water chestnut with four arms each having a hexagonal cross section and a tetrahedral core.According to Xin Jin, a graduate student currently working on her Ph.D. thesis, “it’s like stapling two non-sticky materials from the inside with the crystals. When they are heated up, the nano tetrapods in between the polymer layers pierce the materials, sink into them, and get anchored.” Her colleague and supervisor, Dr. Yogendra Kumar Mishra, explains the adhesive principle: “If you try to pull out a tetrapod on one arm from a polymer layer, the shape of the tetrapod will simply cause three arms to dig in deeper and to hold on even
Carbon fiber in all aspects is a material consisting of thin fibers of nearly pure carbon made by subjecting various organic raw materials to high temperatures, combined with asynthetic resins to produce a strong, lightweight material use in construction of aircraft and spacecraft (dictionary 2016). This composite material dates back to the 1950s where the tensile strength of carbon fiber was discovered and put into work. 50 years later carbon fiber is still well used and in great demand as the benefits of it proved to be great for the race car industry. The purpose of this project is to examine the mechanical properties of carbon fiber, and the benefits that it provides to the race car industry as well as predicting what other applications will occur in the
Composites have the ability to be light weight, corrosion resistance, and could be manufactured. Another quality that certain composites have is the control of thermal stresses. An example would be a joint where a CFRP is connected to titanium (Rufin, 2014). With Composites structures gives the opportunity to use adhesive bonding for connecting structures of the aircraft together and adhesive bonded patches. Adhesives and composites work sometimes better than adhesives with metals because of the characteristic change. Adhesive bonding is an aerodynamic bond that is low weight and prevents fatigue. It is known that adhesive bonding is better than mechanical fastening as in bolts or rivets. Some of the bonding features are connects any material together, prevents corrosion, and costs less than bolts or rivets. Adhesive bonding is important to aircraft design as seen in Figure 2 due to “high resistance to dynamic loads, and resistance to extreme and sometimes very rapid temperature changes, from sub-zero in the stratosphere to ground-level temperatures in desert climates” (Petrie, 2008). The Airplane in the figure has all the import joints connected with adhesive bonding. Figure 2: Adhesive bonding areas on a plane (Petrie, 2008)
This part of study aims to use FST with isolation to ascertain depression model and exhibit specific characteristic stress features such as behavioral reflecting, immobility, sadness, anxiety, disturbances in, or components of, higher order behavioral dimensions which are changeable and unpredictable. These are closely related to the mechanism of occurrence and development of depression in human and also affected the genetic and neuro-biochemical patterns.
The building materials available to engineers today are vastly improved over those of the past. One class which has seen wide spread usage in many fields are composites. These new materials first appeared on the aerospace scene in the early 1970’s, for these materials were found to provide many benefits over the previous metal-based designs.
Polymer Matrix Composites: Most commonly used matrix materials are polymeric. In general the mechanical properties of polymers are inadequate for many structural purposes. In particular their strength and stiffness are low compared to metals and ceramics. These difficulties are overcome by reinforcing other materials with polymers. Secondly the processing of polymer matrix composites need not involve high pressure and doesn’t require high temperature. Also equipments required for manufacturing polymer matrix composites are simpler. For this reason polymer matrix composites developed rapidly and soon became popular for structural
Some ceramics are used in orthopaedic applications such as bone repair, bone augmentation and joint replacement but their use in this field is not as extensive or widespread as metals and polymers because ceramics have poor fracture toughness. This severely limits the use of ceramics in load bearing applications (Davis, 2003).