THE EFFECT OF BILINEAR BEHAVIOUR ON THE DIRECTION AND MAGNITUDE OF THE PEELING MOMENT IN A BI-MATERIAL BEAM

In this work a bi-material beam exhibiting partly bilinear behaviour under a uniform temperature change is analyzed. The essence of solution is based on the approach of Timoshenko’s mechanics of materials. The main aim of the present analysis is to understand the effect of the bilinear behaviour on the peeling moment. This theoretical mechanics model mentioned here can give us useful insights to improve the resistance against the delamination.     

Flexural reinforcement of concrete floor slabs by carbon fiber textiles

The effect of carbon fiber textile for flexural reinforcement to deteriorated reinforced concrete floor slab is tested in laboratory by cutting out six specimens from existing structure aged more than 70 years. The repair method between concrete and carbon fiber textile is used as experimental parameter. From the test results, deformation, bond characteristic of carbon fiber textile and the applicability of carbon fiber textiles to flexural reinforcement of floor slabs are discussed.     

Interfacial cracking in ceramic laminates

The lamination of composite elements such as sheets or fibres made from ceramic powders represents a cheap and easy way of making tough ceramics. The fabrication and failure behaviour of such layered structures is described. It is shown that crack growth along the interfaces is dominated by dynamic effects due to the storage of excess elastic energy and that effects of loading state, in the silicon carbide/graphite system at least, appear to be relatively unimportant. Crack deflection at interfaces is also discussed and it is shown that observations made in these systems are not consistent with existing theories. Various possibilities are investigated.     

Scratching behavior of elastomeric poly(dimethylsiloxane) coatings

Scratch testing has been performed on elastomeric poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) coatings on stainless steel with a spherical indenter. The friction coefficient (horizontal‐to‐normal force ratio) during scratching decreases with increasing normal load. This result can be explained by assuming that during scratching the contact area is determined by elastic deformation and the horizontal force is proportional to the contact area. With increasing driving speed, the friction coefficient increases, but the rate of increase decreases; this suggests that the scratching of the PDMS coating is a rate process and that the viscoelastic property of the coating influences its frictional behavior. Below a critical normal load, which increases with the coating thickness, the PDMS coating recovers elastically after being scratched so that there are no scratch marks left behind. Above the critical normal load, the coating is damaged by a combination of delamination at the coating/substrate interface and through‐thickness cracking. When the coating is damaged, there is an increase in the friction coefficient, and the friction force displays significant fluctuations. Furthermore, the critical normal load increases with the driving speed; this implies that time is needed to nucleate damage. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 40: 1530–1537, 2002     

Non-linear buckling for the surface rectangular delamination of laminated piezoelectric shells

An analytical method is presented to study the non-linear buckling characteristic of rectangular local delamination near the surface of fiber-reinforced piezoelectric lamination shells under coupled mechanical and electric loads. The stacking sequence of fiber reinforced lamination shells with piezoelectric layers is considered as symmetry, but the stacking sequence of rectangular local delamination sub-shells is arbitrary. Based on the nonlinear displacement mode of delaminated sub-shells, the effects of electric fields, the geometrical, physical parameters and stacking sequences of piezoelectric laminated shells on the non-linear local buckling for rectangular delamination near the surface of piezoelectric laminated base-shells are solved.     

Encapsulation of Functional Organic Compounds in Nanoglass for Optically Anisotropic Coatings

A novel approach is presented for the encapsulation of organic functional molecules between two sheets of 1 nm thin silicate layers, which like glass are transparent and chemically stable. An ordered heterostructure with organic interlayers strictly alternating with osmotically swelling sodium interlayers can be spontaneously delaminated into double stacks with the organic interlayers sandwiched between two silicate layers. The double stacks show high aspect ratios of >1000 (typical lateral extension 5000 nm, thickness 4.5 nm). This newly developed technique can be used to mask hydrophobic functional molecules and render them completely dispersible in water. The combination of the structural anisotropy of the silicate layers and a preferred orientation of molecules confined in the interlayer space allows polymer nanocomposite films to be cast with a well‐defined orientation of the encapsulated molecules, thus rendering the optical properties of the nanocoatings anisotropic.     

复杂载荷下复合材料对称层合板的椭圆形分层屈曲

应用Ｒａｙｌｅｉｇｈ－Ｒｉｔｚ法对含有单个椭圆形分层的复合材料对称层板在压剪载荷联合作用下的脱层屈曲问题进行了分析计算。给出相应于不同的椭圆长短半轴之比ａ／ｂ值下及不同椭回主轴的偏角时，脱层屈曲的临界应变值。此计算考虑了层板的拉伸剪切藕合刚度影响及子层本身弯曲－扭转耦合刚度，和拉伸－弯曲耦合刚度的影响，给出有工程参考价值的计算结果。     

含层间短裂纹层合板的解析－分区变分解法

将层板横截面分为含裂纹区与不含裂纹区，在每一区内，根据夏变函数理论与特征函数展开法，得到了各自区内满足所有支配方程、裂纹表面边界条件与层间连续条件的位移与应力的特征展开式，然后利用分区广义变分原理满足裂纹表面边界以外的边界条件以及两区之间的交界条件，并由此求得奇异场控制量（广义应力强度因子）。     

脱层梁-板的后屈曲分析

研究了含任意位置脱层的梁-板的后屈曲问题.采用小参数摄动法,导出了系统的一阶和二阶控制方程,边界条件,连续条件,平衡条件及相容条件.在算例中给出了梁-板的后屈曲响应曲线,且与有关文献进行了比较.