A theory of nonlinear AC response in coated composites

A method for determining effective dielectric responses of Kerr-like coated nonlinear composites under the alternating current (AC) electric field is proposed by using perturbation approach. As an example, we have investigated the composite with coated cylindrical inclusions randomly embedded in a host under an external sinusoidal field with finite frequency ω. The local field and potential of composites in general consists of components with all harmonic frequencies. The effective nonlinear AC responses at all harmonics are induced by the coated nonlinear composites because of the nonlinear constitutive relation. Moreover, we have derived the formulae of effective nonlinear AC responses at the fundamental frequency and the third harmonic in the dilute limit.     

新型C/C-Cu复合滑动导电材料电摩擦磨损行为研究

采用无压熔渗工艺制备一种新型的具有自润滑耐磨性能的炭纤维整体织物/炭-铜(C/C-Cu)复合材料,在改装的MM-2000型环-块摩擦磨损试验机上考察其载流摩擦磨损性能,探讨外加直流电对摩擦磨损行为的影响并分析其作用机理.结果表明:电流方向决定了复合材料摩擦面磨屑层存在与否,对摩擦系数有较大影响.正接条件下复合材料的摩擦系数和磨损率高于负接条件下.电流强度对C/C-Cu复合材料磨损率影响较为显著.随电流强度增大,磨损率增大,磨损机制由犁削磨损向黏着磨损转变.摩擦系数随电流强度的增大先升高后降低.     

粗集料对超高性能水泥基材料动态力学性能的影响

采用大掺量超细工业废渣取代水泥、最大粒径为2.5 mm的天然砂取代粒径为600 m的磨细石英砂,并掺加了最大粒径为10 mm的高弹高强粗集料,制备出抗压强度达200 MPa的超高性能水泥基复合材料。并采用分离式霍普金森压杆装置对不同纤维掺量的钢纤维增强超高性能水泥基复合材料（ultra-high performance steel fiber reinforced cementitious composites, UHPSFRCC）试件进行了高速冲击压缩实验,研究了应变率和纤维掺量对该材料抗冲击性能的影响规律及粗集料发挥的作用。结果表明,UHPSFRCC的抗冲击能力随纤维掺量的增加而增强;动态强度随应变率的提高相应地增大;动态性能因掺入用作粗集料的玄武岩碎石而得到了相应的改善。还分析了超高性能水泥基复合材料具有高动态性能的机理。     

锡青铜纤维基自润滑复合材料的机械和摩擦磨损性能研究

采用粉末冶金工艺制备了以锡青铜纤维为基体,以ＰＴＦＥ和ＭｏＳ２固体润滑剂为复合润滑相应的自润滑材料,考察了其机械性能和摩擦磨损性能,并与以锡青铜粉为基体的同种自润滑材料进行了性能对比。结果表明：纤维基材料的抗拉强度和冲击韧性分别为粉末基材料的２￣６倍和２￣８倍,且具有良好的渗透性,因纤维体通孔多和具有蜂窝结构,有利于润滑剂的渗透和贮存,因而相应的复合材料的自润滑性能良好。     

The Influence of Polyurethane Component on the Properties of Polyurethane-Rubber Composites Obtained from Waste Materials

Properties of the polyurethane-rubber composites obtained from used products were studied. The influence of the amount of polyurethane glue and amount of isocyanate diphenylmethane 4,4′-diisocyanate (MDI) on composites selected properties was observed.

The dynamic thermo-mechanical analysis allowed us to determine the glass transition temperature Tg and the course of the relaxation processes in the composites. The analysis of the changes in the storage module E′ and loss module E^″ as a function of temperature enabled the calculation of the activation energy for relaxation processes of various polyurethane glues and polyurethane-rubber composites.     

Homogenization of long fiber reinforced composites including fiber bending effects

This paper presents a homogenization method, which accounts for intrinsic size effects related to the fiber diameter in long fiber reinforced composite materials with two independent constitutive models for the matrix and fiber materials. A new choice of internal kinematic variables allows to maintain the kinematics of the two material phases independent from the assumed constitutive models, so that stress–deformation relationships, can be expressed in the framework of hyper-elasticity and hyper-elastoplasticity for the fiber and the matrix materials respectively. The bending stiffness of the reinforcing fibers is captured by higher order strain terms, resulting in an accurate representation of the micro-mechanical behavior of the composite. Numerical examples show that the accuracy of the proposed model is very close to a non-homogenized finite-element model with an explicit discretization of the matrix and the fibers.     

Preparation and mechanical properties of poly(γ-benzyl l-glutamate) modified nano-silica reinforced polyurea composites

To improve the mechanical properties of polyaspartate polyurea (PAEP), functionalized nano-silica reinforced polyurea composites were prepared. The original nano-silica (O-SiO₂) was treated with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES), and the amino group at the end of APTES was used as the initiation site to realize the coating modification of poly(γ-benzyl l -glutamate) (PBLG) onto O-SiO₂. The dispersion, wettability, and interfacial properties of functionalized nano-silica (PBLG-SiO₂) in PAEP were analyzed. The tensile and tear properties of PBLG-SiO₂/PAEP composites were tested, and the reinforcement mechanism was revealed. The results showed the dispersibility of PBLG-SiO₂ in PAEP had been improved markedly. The contact angle of PBLG-SiO₂ with PAEP was 29.31°, which was significantly lower than that of O-SiO₂ (76.48°). The adhesion work between PBLG-SiO₂ and PAEP was 97.16 mJ/m², an increase of 51.7% compared with O-SiO₂. When the content of PBLG-SiO₂ was 2 phr, the tensile strength, Young's modulus, and tear strength of PAEP composites reached the maximum of 17.43 MPa, 157.12 MPa, and 127.38 N/mm, an increase of 33.6%, 77.9%, and 71.3%, respectively, compared with pure PAEP. The analysis of cross-section showed that the strengthening mechanism of PBLG-SiO₂ on PAEP was mainly manifested by non-planar cracks, deflection and bifurcation of cracks, and plastic deformation of PAEP matrix caused by peeling of PBLG-SiO₂ from matrix.     

Synthesis of multiwalled carbon nanotube/fluorine‐containing poly(p‐phenylene benzoxazole) composites exhibiting greatly enhanced dielectric constants

A series of high‐performance polymer/carbon nanotube (CNT) composites with different nanotube contents have been prepared via condensation of N‐silylated diamino terminated precursor of the polymer with acid chloride‐functionalized CNTs and subsequent thermal cyclodehydration. The composites have been fully characterized by infrared and Raman spectroscopy, electron microscopy, and thermal analysis. Various interesting morphologic features including helical structures have been observed in the composites as a result of covalent attachment of the polymer. The composites exhibit excellent thermal stability and a significant improvement in the dielectric constant and mechanical strength with the inclusion of CNTs. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012     

The deformation of B4C particle in the B4C/2024Al composites after high velocity impact

In the present work, B₄C/2024Al composites with volume fraction of 45% were prepared by a pressure infiltration method. The microstructure of the crater bottom of B₄C/2024Al composite after impact was characterized by transmission electron microscope (TEM), which indicated that recovery and dynamic recrystallization generated in Al matrix, and the grain size distribution was about from dozens of nanometer to 200 nm. Furthermore, the plastic deformation was observed in B₄C ceramic, which led to the transformation from monocrystal to polycrystal ceramic grains. The boundary observed in this work was high-angle grain boundary and the two grains at the boundary had an orientation difference of 30°.