A fibre microbuckling model for predicting the notched compressive strength of composite sandwich panels

Cohesive-zone models have been successfully applied to predicting the damage from notches in engineering materials loaded intension. They have also been used to determine the growth of fibre microbuckling from a hole in a composite laminate under compression. The usual strategy is to replace the in elastic deformation associated with plasticity or microbuckling with a line crack and to assume some form of stress-displacement bridging law across the crack faces. This paper examines recent published experimental data for notched glass-fibre epoxy/honey comb sand wich panels loaded in uniaxial compression. A plastic fibre kinking analysis and a linear softening cohesive-zone model are used for the prediction of the unnotched and open-hole compressive strength and the theoretical results are found to be in a good agreement with experimental data. Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 73–84, January–February, 2007.     

声纳方程的瞬态形式讨论

本文提出用瞬态信号的能谱级代替稳态信号的声强级来定义声纳参数，并以短柱声散射为例，运用数值模拟方法，验证用能谱级定义声纳参数，声纳方程是比较有效的，这为应用声纳方程处理瞬态声信号从而获得目标强度提供了一种有效可行的方法。     

Interfacial tension of the chiral Potts model

We calculate the interfacial tension of theN-state chiral Potts model by solving the functional relations for the transfer matrices of the model with skewed boundary conditions. Our result is valid for the general physical model (with positive Boltzmann weights) and at all subcritical temperatures. The interfacial tension has been calculated previously for the superintegrable chiral Potts model with skewed boundary conditions. UsingZ-invariance, Baxter has argued that the interfacial tension of this model should be the same as the interfacial tension of the general physical model. We show that this is indeed the case.     

EVOLUTION OF THE MICROCRACKS IN WHISKER TOUGHENING CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES

The modified equivalent inclusion theory by the authors and the internalvariable theory are employed to investigate the evolution of the microcracks in whiskertoughening ceramics and the influence of the microcracks on the mechanical propertiesof the material. The effect of residual thermostrain, whisker content and aspect ratio isconsidered. The modulus, initial nonlinear load, strength and nonlinear constitutiverelation are calculated and some important conclusions are given.     

Anion binding and transport by steroid-based receptors

The steroid nucleus is well-established as a scaffold for anion receptors. The bile acids are especially useful, providing inexpensive starting points with helpful substitution patterns. This article describes developments since an earlier review in 2003. Included are podand and cyclic structures, uncharged and positive receptors, and various arrays of H-bond donor and other binding functionality. Applications have been found in anion sensing, selective extractions, transport across bilayer membranes, and the discovery of antibiotics.     

Super edge-magic strength of fire crackers, banana trees and unicyclic graphs

A graph G(V,E) is called super edge-magic if there exists a bijection f from V∪E to {1,2,3,…,|V|+|E|} such that f(u)+f(v)+f(uv)=c(f) is constant for any uv∈E and f(V)={1,2,3,…,|V|}. Such a bijection is called a super edge-magic labeling of G. The super edge-magic strength of a graph G is defined as the minimum of all c(f) where the minimum runs over all super edge-magic labelings of G and is denoted by sm(G). The super edge-magic strength of some families of graphs are obtained in this paper.     

Influence of the β‐crystalline phase on the mechanical properties of unfilled and calcium carbonate‐filled polypropylene: Ductile cracking and impact behavior

The β‐crystalline form of isotactic poly(propylene) (PP) has been long recognized to have a greater mechanical absorption capacity than the α‐crystalline form. This is of major importance for improving impact properties and crack resistance of injection‐molding parts. Unfilled PP samples together with calcium carbonate‐filled PP samples having various β/α‐phase ratios, with nearly constant morphological parameters, have been investigated from the standpoint of ductile crack propagation and impact behavior. The presence of the β‐crystalline phase turned out to improve both properties. The β spherulites are notably more prone to craze initiation than α spherulites that display a propensity for cracking. Subsequent crack propagation appears to be faster in the latter ones. The plastic zone ahead from the crack tip broadens, and the specific plastic energy increases with increasing β‐phase content. The lower elastic limit of the β phase is likely to promote the early crazing. However, the suspected higher density of tie molecules in β spherulites provides more numerous and stiffer microfibrils. The impact strength of PP is also improved by the presence of β crystals as a result of greater energy‐absorption capabilities. However, filled samples turned out insensitive to the β phase. A discussion is made about the origins of the β‐phase‐induced improvement of the mechanical properties. The possible role of the β → α transition is also explained. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 40: 31–42, 2002     

Polyisophthalamides with phenylsulfonyl pendent groups

A series of polyisophthalamides containing phenylsulfonyl groups was prepared from seven aromatic diamines and 5-phenylsulfonylisophthalic acid by the phosphorylation condensation method, and from 5-phenylsulfonylisophthaloyl chloride by the solution polycondensation method at low temperature. When compared to the analogous unmodified polyisophthalamides, the modified ones were found to be essentially amorphous, and they showed better solubility in organic solvents, and slightly higher glass transition temperatures. Thermogravimetric analysis showed that the polyisophthalamides containing pendent phenylsulfonyl groups have thermal stabilities similar to the unmodified ones. Mechanical strength of films and water sorption were also investigated. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Behavior of concrete cylinders confined by carbon-composite tapes and prestressed yarns 1. Experimental data

The results of a comprehensive test program for the mechanical behavior of round concrete specimens confined by carbon-fiber epoxy tapes and prestressed carbon yarns are reported. Five different concrete batches of compressive strength from 20 to 100 MPa and the confinement of various thickness and pretension level were investigated. The specimens, which were subjected to monotonic or repeated compressive loadings, showed a nonlinear stress-strain behavior with a significant ductility and increased ultimate strength, in contrary to the brittle behavior of plain concrete. The limit of linearity on the stress-strain diagrams of the confined concrete roughly coincided with the ultimate strength of plain concrete. Above this limit, the damage accumulation and plastic deformations proceeded in the confined specimens. This fact was evidenced by the increasing slope of deformation diagrams in unloadings and repeated loadings and by the pronounced residual strains. The limit of linearity could be raised significantly by pretension of the carbon yarns during their winding. Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 21–44, January–February, 2006.