High-frequency dielectric properties of BSTO ceramic prepared with hydrothermal synthesized SrTiO3 and BaTiO3 powders

BSTO dielectric ceramic was prepared from SrTi03 and BaTi03 powders synthesized by hydrothermal method, as well as from Bao.sSro.4TiO3 powder synthesized by conventional solid-state reaction. The former can be sintered at a relatively low temperature of 1120 ℃. Characterization by SEM showed that the grain shapes of both ceramics are cubical, though the grain size of the former is much smaller. Dielectric constants measured at 20℃ were shown to vary with frequency in the range from I kHz to 2 MHz and dc bias field, and further that the dielectric loss of the former to be less than 2 × 10^- 3 in the frequency range of 20 kHz to 1 MHz, much smaller than that of the latter sample. For the former, temperature dependence of dielectric constant is much flatter and there exists an extended phase transition diffusion covering a wide temperature range of Curie temperature To. The smaller grain size of the former depresses the dc bias electrical field dependence of dielectric constant. The tunability is 7% under a bias field of 0.6 kV/mm dc.     

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes added to Na2CO3/MgO composites for thermal energy storage

Na2CO3/MgO composites with added multi-walled carbon nanotubes （MWCNTs） were prepared and tested as phase change materials （PCMs） for thermal energy storage. Na2CO3/MgO composite PCMs were prepared and their chemical compatibility and thermal stability were studied. MWCNTs introduced with Na2CO3/MgO composite PCMs were also investigated and scanning electron microscopy （SEM） characterization was used to demonstrate the uniform dispersion of MWCNTs in Na2CO3/MgO composite PCMs. The composites with added MWCNTs still display good thermal stability with mass losses lower than 5%. Introducing MWCNTs into composite Na2CO3/MgO PCMs by material formation/calcination signifi.cantly enhances the thermal conductivity of the composite PCMs. The thermal conductivity of the composite PCMs was found to increase with an increase in the weight fraction of the added MWCNTs and an increase in the testing temperature. This study may present a promising way to prepare high temperature phase change materials with superior properties such as improved thermal stability.     

Skin temperature oscillation model for assessing vasomotion of microcirculation

It has been proved that there exists a certain correlation between fingertip temperature oscillations and blood flow oscillations. In this work, a porous media model of human hand is presented to investigate how the blood flow oscillation in the endothelial frequency band influences fingertip skin temperature oscillations. The porosity which represents the density of micro vessels is assumed to vary periodically and is a function of the skin temperature. Finite element analysis of skin temperature for a contra lateral hand under a cooling test was conducted. Subsequently, wavelet analysis was carried out to extract the temperature oscillations of the data through the numerical analysis and experimental measurements. Furthermore, the oscillations extracted from both numerical analyses and experiments were statistically analyzed to compare the amplitude. The simulation and experimental results show that for the subjects in cardiovascular health, the skin temperature fluctuations in endothelial frequency decrease during the cooling test and increase gradually after cooling, implying that the assumed porosity variation can represent the vasomotion in the endothelial frequency band.     

Nonlocal thermo-elastic constitutive relation of fibre-reinforced composites

The effective properties of composite materials have been predicted by various micromechanical schemes.For composite materials of constituents which are described by the classical governing equations of the local form,the conventional micromechanical schemes usually give effective properties of the local form.However,it is recognized that under general loading conditions,spatiotemporal nonlocal constitutive equations may better depict the macroscopic behavior of these materials.In this paper,we derive the thermo-elastic dynamic effective governing equations of a fibre-reinforced composite in a coupled spatiotemporal integral form.These coupled equations reduce to the spatial nonlocal peridynamic formulation when the microstructural inertial effects are neglected.For static deformation and steady-state heat conduction,we show that the integral formulation is superior at capturing the variations of the average displacement and temperature in regions of high gradients than the conventional micromechanical schemes.The approach can be applied to analogous multi-field coupled problems of composites.     

Elastic-plastic deformation of sandwich rod on elastic basis

Sandwich composite material possesses advantages of both light weight and high strength. Although the mechanical behaviors of sandwich composite material with the influence of single external environment have been intensively studied, little work has been done in the study of mechanical property, in view of the nonlinear behavior of sandwich composites in the complicated external environments. In this paper, the problem about the bending of the three-layer elastic-plastic rod located on the elastic base, with a compressibly physical nonlinear core, has been studied. The mechanical response of the designed three-layer elements consisting of two bearing layers and a core has been examined. The complicated problem about curving of the three-layer rod located on the elastic base has been solved. The convergence of the proposed method of elastic solutions is examined to convince that the solution is acceptable. The calculated results indicate that the plasticity and physical nonlinearity of materials have a great influence on the deformation of the sandwich rod on the elastic basis.     

THE STABILITY OF AN AXIALLY ACCELERATING BEAM ON SIMPLE SUPPORTS WITH TORSION SPRINGS

The axially moving beams on simple supports with torsion springs are studied. The general modal functions of the axially moving beam with constant speed have been obtained from the supporting conditions. The contribution of the spring stiffness to the natural frequencies has been numerically investigated. Transverse stability is also studied for axially moving beams on simple supports with torsion springs. The method of multiple scales is applied to the partialdifferential equation governing the transverse parametric vibration. The stability boundary is derived from the solvability condition. Instability occurs if the axial speed fluctuation frequency is close to the sum of any two natural frequencies or is two fold natural frequency of the unperturbed system. It can be concluded that the spring stiffness makes both the natural frequencies and the instability regions smaller in the axial speed fluctuation frequency-amplitude plane for given mean axial speed and bending stiffness of the beam.     

ELASTOPLASTIC ANALYSIS OF CYLINDRICALLY ORTHOTROPIC COMPOSITE LAMINA WITH A CIRCULAR HOLE UNDER UNIFORM PRESSURE

This paper presents the standard parametric representation of the Tsai-Hill yieldcriterion in a state of plane stress and the equations governing the stress distribution in acylindrically orthotropic composite lamina with a circular hole under uniform pressure forthe three cases: (a) elastic state.(b) limit state and (c) elastoplastic state. The formulasfor the yield pressure and the limit pressure have been obtained.     

Strength and deformation behaviors of veined marble specimens after vacuum heat treatment under conventional triaxial compression

The mechanical behaviors of rocks affected by high temperature and stress are generally believed to be significant for the stability of certain projects involving rocks, such as nuclear waste storage and geothermal resource exploitation. In this paper, veined marble specimens were treated to high temperature treatment and then used in conventional triaxial compression tests to investigate the effect of temperature, confining pressure, and vein angle on strength and deformation behaviors. The results show that the strength and deformation parameters of the veined marble specimens changed with the temperature, presenting a critical temperature of 600℃. The triaxial compression strength of a horizontal vein(β = 90°) is obviously larger than that of a vertical vein(β = 0°). The triaxial compression strength,elasticity modulus, and secant modulus have an approximately linear relation to the confining pressure. Finally,Mohr–Coulomb and Hoek–Brown criteria were respectively used to analyze the effect of confining pressure on triaxial compression strength.     

Facile synthesis and electrochemical properties of MnO2/carbon nanotubes

The poor electrical conductivity of MnO2 limits its use as an electrode material. To overcome this limitation, we report an easy and rapid approach to deposit nanosized MnO2 onto multi-wall carbon nanotubes functionalized with hydroxyl groups （MWCNTs-OH） by chemical reduction of KMnO4 with MnSO4 in aqueous solution under ambient conditions. Characterization with XRD and TEM reveals that the obtained MnO2/MWCNTs-OH composite is nanocrystalline and partially covered by Mn02 nanosheets with a thick- ness of 1-3 nm at a MnO2 loading of 20 wt%. Cyclic voltammetry （CV） and galvanostatic charge-discharge measurements reveal that the MnO2/MWCNTs-OH composite with a MnO2 loading of 20 wt% has a relatively high specific capacitance of 234 F/g at a scan rate of 2 mV/s and exhibits good cycling stability. Furthermore, the oxygen reduction reaction （ORR） shows that MnO2/MWCNTs-OH composite may have potential applications as a non-noble metal electrocatalyst in fuel cells and metal-air batteries.     

Effects of stress ratio on fatigue life of carbon-carbon composites

Cyclic loading causes cumulative damage and therefore degrades the inelastic properties of composite materials. Present work investigates the damage development under tension-tension fatique, and the effect of stress ratio on the fatigue life of carbon-carbon (C/C) composites at room temperature at a frequency of 3 Hz. The fatigue damage has been identified through ultrasonic non-destructive technique, optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy.From the S-N curve it has been observed that the endurance strength of C/C composite is quite high; approximately 85% of the ultimate tensile strength. The fatigue life of C/C composites has also been observed to increase with the stress ratio. Matrix cracks, filament splitting within the yarns, complete delamination and the nucleation of the interfacial flaws have been identified as the failure mechanisms during the fatigue tests. On the other hand, the failure modes during the static test were found to be complete fiber fracture accompanied by partial delamination. A statistical fatigue life distribution for carbon-carbon composites has also been presented in this paper.     

热处理对Ni/Ti2AlC复合材料显微组织和摩擦学性能的影响

通过真空热压烧结方法制备Ni/Ti₂AlC复合材料,并对材料进行热处理,考察了两种不同热处理工艺对复合材料的显微组织和室温及800 ℃下摩擦学性能的影响. 结果表明:烧结后,Ni/10%Ti₂AlC复合材料包含Ni基固溶体、TiC_x、Ni₃Al和少量Al₂O₃,而Ni/50%Ti₂AlC主要由Ni₂TiAl、TiC_x、Ti₃NiAl₂C和少量Al₂O₃组成. 分别于1 200和1 350 ℃热处理16 h后,Ni/10%Ti₂AlC中的Ni₃Al相和Ni/50%Ti₂AlC中的Ti₃NiAl₂C相消失. 热处理导致TiC_x相的生长,复合材料显微组织得到优化,同时材料保持了高度致密性. 热处理后,两种复合材料的维氏硬度下降,这主要归结于Ni₃Al强化相的消失和碳化物的长大. 随着热处理温度的升高,室温下复合材料的磨损率降低,这主要归结于热处理优化了显微组织,提高了两相结合强度,进而抑制了TiC_x颗粒的脱出,减少了磨粒磨损的发生;800 ℃摩擦条件下,热处理前后,复合材料均表现出较低的摩擦系数和磨损率,这主要归结于高温下磨损表面形成的由TiO₂、NiO和NiTiO₃组成的润滑膜所起到的减摩抗磨作用,此外,热处理使得显微组织更均匀,更有利于磨损表面TiO₂和NiTiO₃润滑相的形成,对摩擦学性能有利.      

碳纤维增韧的陶瓷基复合材料在高温高应变率下的压缩力学行为

利用高温电子万能试验机和具有高温同步自组装功能的Hopkinson压杆对二维C/SiC复合材料 进行了应变率为10-4~103s-1,温度为293~1273K下的单轴压缩力学性能测试。实验结果表明:二维C/ SiC复合材料破坏时并未表现出典型的脆性破坏,而是在应力达到压缩强度时出现了显著的应变软化,在经 历了较大的变形后才最终破坏,同时材料还表现出良好的高温承载能力及一定的温度和应变率依赖性。随着 温度的升高,复合材料的压缩强度呈降低的趋势。与准静态下室温压缩时相比,材料在1273K 时的压缩强 度的降低程度不超过30%,但压缩强度对应变率的敏感性随着温度的升高而增大。由于高温下试样氧化,C/ SiC复合材料压缩强度对应变率的敏感性在温度为1073K时显著增大。     

泡沫镍/聚氨酯双连续复合材料的液滴冲蚀行为研究

利用液滴冲蚀试验装置,开展了泡沫镍/聚氨酯双连续复合材料和纯聚氨酯的液滴冲蚀试验研究,并采用PIV系统,测量了液滴冲蚀中液滴速度和直径. 结果表明:随着冲击能量的增加,复合材料表现出比纯聚氨酯更好的抗液滴冲蚀性能;泡沫镍结构参数对复合材料的液滴冲蚀行为有重要影响,泡沫镍孔径越小、体密度越大,复合材料的抗冲蚀能力越强;密集的金属骨架能有效阻挡高速液滴的破坏作用,并为树脂基体提供较强的阴影保护效应和地毯保护效应,显著提高复合材料的抗冲蚀性能.      

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WATER-COOLED GRANITE UNDER HIGH TEMPERATURE1)

通过对高温加热-遇水快速冷却后的花岗岩试样进行单轴和三轴实验,研究了800°C内高温花岗岩遇水快速冷却后的力学性质随温度和围压的变化规律。实验结果表明：(1)400°C为高温加热-遇水快速冷却对花岗岩力学性质影响的阈值;(2)同一温度条件下,峰值偏应力、峰值应变随围压的增大而增大;弹性模量随围压的增大先增大后减小;(3)单轴实验中,温度低于400°C时,岩样表现为复合破坏,随着温度的升高破坏形式转变为拉破坏;三轴实验中,岩样整体上表现为剪切破坏。     

Elastic and Dielectric Properties of Active Ag/BaTiO<Subscript>3</Subscript> Composites

This study examines the elastic and dielectric properties of active composites consisting of barium titanate (BaTiO₃) and silver (Ag) constituents using experimental and numerical approaches. The elastic constants including Young’s modulus, shear modulus and Poisson’s ratio were measured by resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (RUS), a nondestructive dynamic technique, while a dielectric (impedance) spectroscopy was used to measure the relative permittivity and dielectric loss at different frequencies. The dielectric tests were also conducted at temperature ranges from ?50 to 200 °C where the two phase transformations of barium titanate at around 0 °C and 120 °C were examined. The experimental results in this study were compared to data available in the literature. In addition to the experimental work, a numerical method is also considered in order to study the effects of blending silver into barium titanate on the effective elastic and dielectric properties of the composite and the local field fluctuations. For this purpose, two micromechanics models describing the detailed composite microstructures were constructed. The first model is based on two dimensional (2D) images of realistic microstructures obtained by the scanning electronic microscopy (SEM), while the second model is based on randomly generated three-dimensional (3D) microstructures with spherical particles. The effects of loading direction, porosity, particle shape and dispersion were examined using the micromechanics models. Numerical predictions of the effective elastic and dielectric constants were compared to the experiment results.     

铝/硅橡胶复合材料动态压缩行为的研究

通过向开孔泡沫铝中填充硅橡胶而制备了铝 /硅橡胶复合材料 ,在Hopkinson压杆实验装置上对这种材料进行了动态压缩实验 ,分析了其动态压缩应力 应变响应特征 ,并与开孔结构泡沫铝的压缩行为进行了比较。结果表明 :铝 /硅橡胶复合材料的压缩应力 应变响应具有两个阶段的特征 ,即弹性和塑性变形阶段 ;这种复合材料具有较强的应变率效应 ,随应变率的提高 ,其屈服强度和流动应力显著上升。     

MoS2和PTFE改性炭纤维织物复合材料的摩擦磨损性能研究

采用玄武三号栓-盘式摩擦磨损试验机研究了炭纤维织物及辐照PTFE粉和MoS2粉改性炭纤维织物复合材料的摩擦磨损性能,考察了MoS2的添加量及环境温度对改性炭纤维织物复合材料的摩擦磨损性能的影响,并用配备X射线能量色散谱的扫描电子显微镜对其磨损表面和偶件栓表面进行了观察和分析.结果表明:MoS2改性炭纤维织物可以明显改善炭纤维织物复合材料的摩擦磨损性能,而PTFE的加入则不利于其摩擦磨损性能的改善;当MoS2质量分数在5%～15%之间时,MoS2可以有效降低炭纤维织物复合材料的摩擦系数;当MoS2质量分数为10%时,MoS2改性炭纤维织物复合材料的综合摩擦磨损性能最佳;在不同温度条件下,MoS2改性炭纤维织物复合材料的摩擦系数和磨损率均低于炭纤维织物材料;当温度达到240 ℃时,炭纤维织物复合材料的磨损率急剧增大,但MoS2改性炭纤维织物复合材料的磨损率比炭纤维织物材料降低近35%.     

温度对Cu-12.5Ni-5Sn-石墨自润滑复合材料摩擦学性能的影响

采用粉末冶金方法制备出了Cu-12.5Ni-5Sn-石墨自润滑复合材料，通过改变石墨的含量来研究该复合材料的力学性能和在不同摩擦试验温度下的摩擦磨损性能，采用SEM和Raman分析磨损表面，进而讨论复合材料的摩擦、磨损和润滑机制. 结果表明:复合材料的硬度和屈服强度随着石墨含量的增加而逐渐降低；温度对不同石墨含量的复合材料的摩擦磨损性能有显著的影响，在室温下，石墨质量分数为1%和3%的石墨复合材料的摩擦系数和磨损率明显小于5%石墨复合材料；在300 ℃下，石墨质量分数为3%时，复合材料的摩擦磨损性能最好；在500 ℃下，石墨质量分数为5%的石墨复合材料的摩擦磨损性能最好. 在室温下，复合材料具有较好自润滑性的主要原因是形成了几乎光滑连续的石墨润滑膜. 在300和500 ℃下，由金属氧化物和石墨组成的混合物润滑膜是复合材料保持自润滑性的主要原因.