Particle size,size distribution and morphological evaluation of glass fiber reinforced plastic (GRP) industrial by-product

The waste management of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GRP) materials, in particular those made with thermosetting resins, is a critical issue for the composites industry because these materials cannot be reprocessed. Therefore, most thermosetting GRP waste is presently sent to landfill, in spite of the significant environmental impact caused by their disposal in this way. The limited GRP waste recycling worldwide is mostly due to its intrinsic thermosetting properties, lack of characterization data and unavailability of viable recycling and recovery routes. One of the possibility for re-using GRP industrial by-product is in form of powder as a partial aggregate replacement or filler addition in cement based composites for applications in sustainable construction materials and technologies. However, the feasibility of this kind of reutilization strongly depends on the morphology and particle size distribution of a powder made up of polymer granules and glass fibers. In the present study, the use of image analysis method, based on scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and ImageJ processing program, is proposed in order to evaluate the morphology of the particles and measure the particle size and size distribution of fine GRP waste powder. The obtained results show a great potential of such a method in order to be considered as a standardized method of measurement and analysis in order to characterize the grain size and size distribution of GRP particles before exploiting any compatibility issue for its recycling management.     

Kinematics of layered reinforced-concrete planar beam finite elements with embedded transversal cracking

In this work crack formation and development is addressed and implemented in a planar layered reinforced-concrete beam element. The crack initiation and growth is described using the strength criterion in conjunction with exact kinematics of the interlayer connection. In this way a novel embedded-discontinuity beam finite element is derived in which the tensile stresses in concrete at the crack position reaching the tensile strength will trigger a crack to open. Since the element is multi-layered, in this way the crack is allowed to propagate through the depth of the beam. The cracked layer(s) will involve discontinuity in the cross-sectional rotation equal to the crack-profile angle, as well as a discontinuity in the position vector of the layer’s reference line. A bond–slip relationship is superimposed onto this model in a kinematically consistent manner with reinforcement being treated as an additional layer of zero thickness with its own material parameters and a constitutive law implemented in the multi-layered beam element.     

混凝土轴拉加卸载随机损伤模型的建立与试验验证

为了分析及深入探讨混凝土在受拉加载及卸载情况下的力学特性,基于随机损伤本构关系提出了一种混凝土轴拉加卸载模型,推导出了混凝土加卸载的应力 应变关系表达式.为了印证理论表达式,进行了混凝土轴向拉伸及加卸载的试验研究,测得了混凝土的材料参数及其相应的轴拉加卸载应力-应变曲线.结合模型的计算结果,对混凝土的轴拉加卸载试验结果进行了对比分析,结果表明:混凝土轴拉加卸载模型能够预测混凝土的极限强度,同时能描述混凝土的强度软化、加载过程中的弹模折减及卸载后的塑性变形.     

Epitaxial growth of borophene on substrates

Borophene, a two-dimensional (2D) planar boron sheet, has attracted dramatic attention for its unique physical properties that are theoretically predicted to be different from those of bulk boron, such as polymorphism, superconductivity, Dirac fermions, mechanical flexibility and anisotropic metallicity. Nevertheless, it has long been difficult to obtain borophene experimentally due to its susceptibility to oxidation and the strong covalent bonds in bulk forms. With the development of growth technology in ultra-high vacuum (UHV), borophene has been successfully synthesized by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) supported by substrates in recent years. Due to the intrinsic polymorphism of borophene, the choice of substrates in the synthesis of borophene is pivotal to the atomic structure of borophene. The different interactions and commensuration of borophene on various substrates can induce various allotropes of borophene with distinct atomic structures, which suggests a potential approach to explore and manipulate the structure of borophene and benefits the realization of novel physical and chemical properties in borophene due to the structure–property correspondence. In this review, we summarize the recent research progress in the synthesis of monolayer (ML) borophene on various substrates, including Ag(1 1 1), Ag(1 1 0), Ag(1 0 0), Cu(1 1 1), Cu(1 0 0), Au(1 1 1), Al(1 1 1) and Ir(1 1 1), in which the polymorphism of borophene is present. Moreover, we introduce the realization of bilayer (BL) borophene on Ag(1 1 1), Cu(1 1 1) and Ru(0 0 0 1) surfaces, which possess richer electronic properties, including better thermal stability and oxidation resistance. Then, the stabilization mechanism of polymorphic borophene on their substrates is discussed. In addition, experimental investigations on the unique physical properties of borophene are also introduced, including metallicity, topology, superconductivity, optical and mechanical properties. Finally, we present an outlook on the challenges and prospects for the synthesis and potential applications of borophene.     

Experimental study on the fiber pull-out of composites using digital gradient sensing technique

A method to measure the stress field at the fiber tip in the fiber pull out test was proposed by using a digital gradient sensing technique. First, the principle of digital gradient sensing is introduced, and the non-contact optical system of digital gradient sensing developed. Then, a fiber reinforced composite model specimen, where a nail was inserted in epoxy resin to act as a fiber, was performed, and a pull out test was conducted on the specimen using the digital gradient sensing technique. Finally, the angular deflections contour at the fiber tip was obtained, and the stress intensity factor was extracted from the angular deflections. The results show that the stress intensity factor at the fiber tip extracted from the angular deflections agreed with the results calculated by the finite element method.     

Principal parametric and three-to-one internal resonances of flexible beams undergoing a large linear motion

A set of nonlinear differential equations is established by using Kane‘s method for the planar oscillation of flexible beams undergoing a large linear motion. In the case of a simply supported slender beam under certain average acceleration of base, the second natural frequency of the beam may approximate the tripled first one so that the condition of 3 : 1 internal resonance of the beam holds true. The method of multiple scales is used to solve directly the nonlinear differential equations and to derive a set of nonlinear modulation equations for the principal parametric resonance of the first mode combined with 3 : 1 internal resonance between the first two modes. Then, the modulation equations are numerically solved to obtain the steady-state response and the stability condition of the beam. The abundant nonlinear dynamic behaviors, such as various types of local bifurcations and chaos that do not appear for linear models, can be observed in the case studies. For a Hopf bifurcation,the 4-dimensional modulation equations are reduced onto the central manifold and the type of Hopf bifurcation is determined. As usual, a limit cycle may undergo a series of period-doubling bifurcations and become a chaotic oscillation at last.     

简支梁振台的理论解及位移测试

利用由机械振动理论推导出的等截面简支梁的理论解,推导出了带集中质量的简支梁振动台的理论解,并通过分析动态条件下简支梁的位移与应变之间的关系,证明了:在动态条件下梁的位移与应变之间存在很好的正比关系。利用梁的位移与应变之间正比关系,如果在梁上适当位置粘贴应变片,通过测试应变就能准确地测得梁的动态位移。本文通过实例证明了该方法确实可行,理论解与实测结果非常吻合。这为简支梁的动态测试提供了有效而简便的方法。     

负温钢纤维混凝土受压损伤过程的实验研究

利用岩石力学试验系统(RMT)对负温下钢纤维混凝土进行了单轴压缩实验,测得了-5℃、-10℃、-15℃、-20℃下钢纤维混凝土的应力-应变曲线、杨氏模量、极限应力、泊松比等。实验结果表明材料的强度、杨氏模量随温度的下降而上升,尤其是当温度由-10℃下降至-15℃时,这些物理量变化特别显著,之后它们将逐渐趋于某一稳定值。本文对钢纤维混凝土力学性能的温度效应进行了分析并对实验结果进行了细观上的讨论。最后针对负温钢纤维混凝土应力-应变曲线的特点,基于塑性力学和损伤力学理论,建立了负温钢纤维混凝土的含损伤本构方程。该方程物理概念清晰,形式简单,具有一定的应用参考价值。     

复合纤维增强混凝土阻尼测试装置开发与试验研究

纤维与聚合物的掺入可以明显改善混凝土材料的阻尼性能。本文首先给出了正弦交变激励下粘弹性材料三点弯曲梁阻尼特性关系,其次首次自主开发了大尺寸材料的阻尼性能测试装置,然后利用开发的装置在频率(0.5~2.0Hz)条件下测定了6种不同配比复合纤维增强阻尼混凝土的损耗因子与储存模量,最后对纤维的阻尼增强机理进行了初步探讨。试验结果表明:复合纤维增强阻尼混凝土与素混凝土相比,提高了混凝土的损耗因子80%~200%。主要原因是聚合物分子在外力作用下的内耗增加了普通混凝土的阻尼能力,而纤维的阻尼增强机理在于纤维的掺入增加了纤维与水泥基材的界面摩擦力。     

不连续岩石梁的失稳解析

本文根据不连续岩石梁的物理力学特性提出了无拉力岩石梁的力学解析模型。根据Ｆｒｅｅｂｏｄｙ法及Ｃａｓｔｉｇｌｉａｎｏ定量导出了不连续梁各物理量的求解方程式。进而采用挠度增量δｍａｘ＾ｉ＋１＝δｍａｘ＾ｉ＋Δδ↑－的逐次解析方法，求解了不连续梁的失稳问题，得出了与Ｆ．Ｄ．Ｗｒｉｇｈｔ的试验值相吻合的结果。探讨了不连续岩石梁在不同荷载条件下的失稳特性。