Rheology/morphology/flow conditions relationships for polymethylmethacrylate/rubber blend

Viscoelastic behavior, phase morphology and flow conditions relationships in polymer/rubber blends have been investigated. The importance of such correlations is illustrated on polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)/rubber blends subjected to different flow conditions both under small and large deformations. In small-amplitude oscillatory shear (the morphology does not change during the flow) the elastic modulus G of the concentrated blends shows a secondary plateau, G _p , in the low frequency region. This solid-like behavior appears for rubber particle contents beyond the percolation threshold concentration (15%). Morphological observations revealed that for concentrations higher than 15%, the particles are dispersed in a three-dimensional network-type structure.In capillary flow it was found that the network-type structure was destroyed and replaced by an alignment of particles in the flow direction. This morphological modification resulted in a decrease in both viscosity and post-extrusion swell of the blends. Morphological observations revealed that the ordered structure in the flow direction was concentrated only in the skin region of the extrudate, where the shear stress is higher than the secondary plateau, G _p . A simple kinetic mechanism is proposed to explain the observed morphology.Similarly, steady shear measurements performed in the cone-and-plate geometry revealed alignment of particles in the flow direction for shear stress values higher than G_p.Presented in part at the Symposium Recent Developments in Structured Continua Montréal (Canada) 26–28 May 1993 and at the 45th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Quebec, October 15–18 (1995)     

爆炸荷载作用下钢筋混凝土梁的动力响应及破坏形态分析

对基于Timoshenko梁理论建立的非线性动力有限元法作了改进。根据压区理论得到混凝土的平均剪应力和平均剪应变关系,建立了能反映箍筋的抗剪作用的材料模型;此外,对结构在爆炸荷载作用下可能出现的各种响应现象进行了描述,以准确地预测梁破坏时不同位置截面上钢筋和混凝土的受力、变形及破坏情况。应用改进的材料模型,对爆炸荷载作用下的五个钢筋混凝土试验梁的动力响应和破坏形态进行了数值模拟,结果表明,该数值方法能较好地模拟钢筋混凝土梁的弯曲、弯剪和剪切等破坏形态。     

钢筋混凝土轴心受压构件的非线性稳定性

采用我国混凝土规范GB50010-2002规定的混凝土应力一应变关系,考虑混凝土强度、构件长细比及混凝土徐变,从构件的非线性理论出发对钢筋混凝土轴心受压构件的承载力进行了研究,给出了混凝土构件临界状态时的构件边缘应变和纵向弯曲系数的计算公式。研究表明,徐变对轴心受压构件的承载力有很大影响。当不考虑混凝土徐变时,按本文公...     

桥梁空间分析中预应力效应分析方法研究

预应力技术在桥梁中的广泛使用,使得桥梁结构受力状况复杂,对预应力混凝土桥梁进行空间分析是必要的;但由于预应力筋数量庞大且形状复杂,对预应力空间效应的模拟是预应力混凝土桥梁空间分析的难点。从预应力筋的实际作用机理出发,提出在预应力张拉阶段用等效节点荷载来模拟预应力对结构的作用;而在预应力管道灌浆后,将预应力筋作为结构的一部分,用实体退化单元进行结构分析,并用两算例对本文的方法进行了验证。结果表明,该方法能真正模拟预应力的空间效应,可用于预应力混凝土桥的空间分析。     

含孔隙混凝土二维细观建模方法研究

根据混凝土的细观组成和结构特点,对传统二维建模方法加以继承与改进,提出了一种高效的分步入侵判定算法.将孔隙直观地反映在模型中,建立了不同的含孔隙混凝土细观模型.对含圆形、椭圆形、多边形骨料与圆形、椭圆形孔隙的混凝土标准试件分别进行了建模研究,结果表明本文的算法具有较强适用性.同时,通过对不同面积率与多种形状骨料/孔隙混凝土的大量建模进一步验证了该算法的效率.模拟了混凝土试件在单轴压缩下的准静态力学性能,分析了混凝土内部孔隙对其裂纹扩展的主要路径、破坏模式以及宏观力学性能的显著影响.     

不同材料弹体超声速侵彻钢筋混凝土靶的结构破坏对比实验

设计了超声速钻地结构弹,采用203 mm口径的火炮,开展了25 kg量级弹体在1100~1300 m/s速度范围内侵彻钢筋混凝土靶的实验研究,应用数值仿真对弹体侵彻钢筋混凝土靶的过程进行了模拟计算。基于实验和仿真结果,对超声速侵彻条件下两种金属材料弹体的结构响应、质量损失等问题进行了分析。结果表明:在超声速侵彻钢筋混凝土靶的过程中,两种金属材料的弹体结构变形破坏形式主要为头部侵蚀和侧壁磨蚀,头部侵蚀量的大小与弹体壳体材料有关,高强度G50钢材料更适合用于1200 m/s速度量级的超声速侵彻环境。对出现的“径缩”现象作了初步分析,并对今后工程应用的结构弹体设计提出了指导意见。     

组合式十字形钢管混凝土柱偏压力学性能试验研究

设计了一种由槽钢和方形钢管拼焊形成的组合式十字形钢管混凝土柱,将其灵活地布置在框架结构的中节点,可使柱肢与填充墙等厚,有效地提高建筑使用面积。共制作了6根组合式十字形钢管混凝土柱试件,考虑了偏心距和长细比两种变化参数。通过对其进行偏心受压试验研究,考察了试件的破坏形态和荷载-挠度曲线,并分析了其在不同偏心距和长细比下的荷载-应变曲线发展规律。结果表明:组合式十字形钢管混凝土柱中钢管和槽钢对混凝土的约束作用强,表现为较高的延性系数;偏心距或长细比越大,试件的极限承载力及弹性刚度越小,且偏心距越大延性越好,长细比对延性影响不显著;在受拉侧纵向应变基本上符合平截面假定,在受压侧纵向应变不符合平截面假定。     

高速气体与椭圆柱云相互作用的数值研究

高速颗粒流在天文、自然灾害、工业安全、医疗工业和国防等领域有着重要应用。采用基于分层流模型的直接数值模拟方法,对平面激波与椭圆柱云的相互作用进行数值研究,重点关注椭圆柱横截面的不同长短轴之比和椭圆柱横截面长轴与来流方向所成角度对流场的影响,从气体来流方向上的速度、x轴和y轴方向上的均方根速度、动能、内能和湍动能的分布上进行分析,对能量在计算域的上游区域、椭圆柱云区域和下游区域进行定量分析。同时针对椭圆柱改进了一维体积平均模型,利用该模型拟合了由直接数值模拟得到的反射激波和透射激波位置,获得了最适配的一维体积平均模型中的人工有效阻力系数,并探讨此系数的分布规律。     

A column‐switching HPLC‐MS/MS method for mucopolysaccharidosis type I analysis in a multiplex assay for the simultaneous newborn screening of six lysosomal storage disorders

Lysosomal storage disorders comprise a group of rare genetic diseases in which a deficit of specific hydrolases leads to the storage of undegraded substrates in lysosomes. Impaired enzyme activities can be assessed by MS/MS quantification of the reaction products obtained after incubation with specific substrates. In this study, a column‐switching HPLC‐MS/MS method for multiplex screening in dried blood spot of the lysosomal enzymes activities was developed. Mucopolysaccharidosis type I, Fabry, Gaucher, Krabbe, Niemann–Pick A/B and Pompe diseases were simultaneously assayed. Dried blood spots were incubated with substrates and internal standards; thereafter, supernatants were collected with minor manipulations. Samples were injected, trapped into an online perfusion column and, by a six‐port valve, switched online through the C₁₈ analytical column to perform separation of metabolites followed by MS/MS analysis. A total of 1136 de‐identified newborn screening samples were analyzed to determine references for enzymes activity values. As positive controls, we analyzed dried blood spots from three patients with Pompe, one with Fabry, one with Krabbe disease and two with MPS I, and in all cases the enzyme activities were below the cutoff values measured for newborns, except for an MPS I patient after successful hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Cetyl‐alcohol‐reinforced hollow fiber solid/liquid‐phase microextraction and HPLC–DAD analysis of ezetimibe and simvastatin in human plasma and urine

A new cetyl‐alcohol‐reinforced hollow fiber solid/liquid‐phase microextraction (CA–HF–SLPME) followed by high‐performance liquid chromatography–diode array detection (HPLC–DAD) method was developed for simultaneous determination of ezetimibe and simvastatin in human plasma and urine samples. To prepare the CA–HF–SLPME device, the cetyl‐alcohol was immobilized into the pores of a 2.5 cm hollow fiber micro‐tube and the lumen of the micro‐tube was filled with 1‐octanol with the two ends sealed. Afterwards, the prepared device was introduced into 10 mL of the sample solution containing the analytes with agitation. Under optimized conditions, calibration curves plotted in spiked plasma and urine samples were linear in the ranges of 0.363–25/0.49–25 μg L^?1 for ezetimibe/simvastatin and 0.193–25/0.312–25 μg L^?1 for ezetimibe/simvastatin in plasma and urine samples, respectively. The limit of detection was 0.109/0.174 μg L^?1 for ezetimibe/simvastatin in plasma and 0.058/0.093 μg L^?1 for ezetimibe/simvastatin in urine. As a potential application, the proposed method was applied to determine the concentration of selected analytes in patient plasma and urine samples after medication and satisfactory results were achieved. In comparison with reference methods, the CA–HF–SLPME–HPLC–DAD method demonstrates considerable potential in the biopharmaceutical analysis of selected drugs.