简介:Weinvestigatehigh-modulusdegradablematerialsintendedtoreplacemetalsinbiomedicalapplications.Thesearetypicallycompositescomprisingapolylactide(PLA)matrixreinforcedwithphosphateglassfibres,whichprovidereinforcementsimilartoE-glassbutareentirelydegradableinwatertoproduce,principally,calciumphosphate.Wehavemadecompositesusingavarietyoffibrearchitectures,fromnon-wovenrandommatstounidirectionalfibretapes.Flexuralpropertiesintheregionof30GPamodulusand350MPastrengthhavebeenachieved-directlycomparabletoquotedvaluesforhumancorticalbone.Incollaborationwithothergroupswehavebeguntoconsiderthedevelopmentoffoamedsystemswithstructuresmimickingcancellousboneandthishasshownsignificantpromise.Thefibresinthesefoamedstructuresprovideimprovedcreepresistanceandreinforcementoftheporewalls.Todatethematerialshaveexhibitedexcellentcellularresponsesinvitroandfurtherstudiesareduetoincludeconsiderationofthesurfacecharacterofthematerialsandtheinfluenceofthisoncellinteraction,bothwiththecompositesandtheglassfibresthemselves,whichshowpromiseasastandaloneporousscaffold.
简介:TheconstitutiveequationforasemiconcentratedfibresuspensionintheOldroyd-Bfluidhasbeenderivedfromastatisticalmodelofsuchasuspensionbyemployingthemoleculartheoryforpolymericliquids.Tocircumventtheoreticaldifficultiesinviscoelasticfluidmechanics,severalsimplifiedmodelsareusedtoaccountfortheinteractionsoffibresandpolymermolecules.Someofmaterialfunctionsarecalculatedintermsoftheconstitutiveequation.
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简介:ResearcheffortsmadesofartosimulatefibresuspensionflowsarelimitedtofibresuspensionsinNewtonianfluids.Thoughshortfibrecompositesaremostlymadeofpolymers,lackofsuitableconstitutiveequationsforfibresuspensionsinviscoelasticfluidsfrustratesattemptstosimulateflowsofthesesuspensions.ApreliminaryworkdonebytheauthorledtoaconstitutiveequationforsemiconcentratedfibresuspensionsintheOldroyd-Bfluid.Thispaperdescribesthemathematicalformulationoftheflowproblemsforsuchasuspensionandthenumericalproceduretosolvethem.Somenumericalresultsofflowpastasphereinatubearealsopresented.
简介:Fibrestressofglassfibrereinforcedpolymericcopmositesonloadisdeterminedbyusingopticalfibreasmodelfiberandbymeansoflaserinterferencemethod.Inaddition,theoriginationoffibrestressduringmouldingprocessofcompositesandtherelationbetweenfiberstressofloadedcompositesandexternalstressareexamined.Theexperimentsshowthatfibrestressisrelatedtomolecularstructureofinterfacialmaterialsandstructureofinterfaciallayers.Whenstressistransferredfrommatrixtofibre,eachinterfaciallayerhasdifferentstressgradientanddeformability.Thispropertycanbecharacterizedbyintroducinganinterfacialstresstransfercoefficientktothetwo-phasemodel.
简介:Theprincipleofnewopticalfibrepressuretransducerisanalysed,andinge-niousdesignschemeofthistransducerisvigen.Thisnewtransducerspecimenisprovidedwithfollowingcharacteristics;experimentaltransmittingdistanceis20m(actuallyupto1000m);systemsensitivityis0.1mV/Pa;powerconsumptionoftheprobeislessthan125μW.Finally,somepointsoftheappraisementaregiveninthispaper.
简介:Surfaceoriginatedkinkbandsconsistofanimportantfailuremodeforfibre-reinforcedcompo-sitesundercompression.Themechanicalbehaviorofthefibrebridgingkinkbandsisexploredhereininthecontextofthepost-microbucklingtheory.Expressionsofbridgingforceareobtainedfortheentirepostbucklingprocessofthefibresexhibitingweakorstronghardening.Thepostbucklingformulationofthefibresisappliedtoyieldthetoughnessincrementduetotheadvancingkinkbands,andconsequentlyleadstoaquantitativepre-dictionontheoverallcompressivestressstraincurvesofthefibre-reinforcedcomposites.
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简介:Wereviewtheuseofhollow-corephotoniccrystalfibre(HC-PCF)forhighpowerlaserbeamdelivery.AcomparisonofbandgapHC-PCFwithKagome-latticeHC-PCFonthegeometry,guidancemechanism,andopticalpropertiesshowsthattheKagome-typeHC-PCFisanidealhostforhighpowerlaserbeamtransportationbecauseofitslargecoresize,lowattenuation,broadbandtransmission,single-modeguidance,lowdispersionandtheultra-lowopticaloverlapbetweenthecore-guidedmodesandthesilicacore-surround.ThepowerhandlingcapabilityofKagome-typeHC-PCFisfurtherexperimentallydemonstratedbymillijoulenanosecondlasersparkignitionand~100μJsub-picosecondlaserpulsetransportationandcompression.
简介:Theblastresistanceofstructuresusedinbuildingsneedstobeinvestigatedduetotheincreasedthreatofaterroristattack.ThedamagedonebyCompositionBorPowergeltosteelfibrereinforcedreactivepowderconcrete(SFRPC)panelsandordinaryreinforcedconcrete(RC)panelsofequivalentstaticflexuralstrengthiscompared.A0.5kgchargewasdetonatedatadistanceof0.1mfromthe1.3m×1.0m×0.1m(thick)panels,whichweresimplysupportedandspaning1.3m.Dynamicdisplacementmeasurements,high-speedvideorecordingandvisualexaminationofthepanelsforspallandbreachwereundertaken.TheSFRPCpanelswithstoodthebarechargeblastbetterthanthereinforcedordinaryconcretepanels.Neithertypeofpanelwasbreachedusinga0.5kgcharge.TheRCpanelexhibitedmorespallingwhenCompositionBwasused.UndersuccessiveCompositionBloadingconditions,theRCpanelwasbreached.IncomparisontheSFRPCpanelwasnotbreached.ExposuretofragmentingchargeloadingconditionsconfirmedtheseperformancedifferencesbetweentheSFRPCpanelandthereinforcedordinaryconcretepanel.
简介:Weldabilityofpolyetheretherketone(PEEK)withpolyetherimide(PEI)istested.AndcarbonfiberreinforcedPEEKlaminatesareresistanceweldedusingstainlesssteelmeshheatingelement.Theeffectsoftheweldingtimeandweldingpressureonthelapshearstrengthofjointsareinvestigated.ResultsshowthatPEEKcanhealwithPEIwellinweldingconditionandthelapshearstrengthofPEEK/CF(carbonfibre)jointincreaseslinearlywithweldingtime,butreachesamaximumvaluewhenweldingpressurerangingfrom0.3MPato0.5MPawithconstantweldingtime.ThefracturecharacteristicsofsurfaceareanalyzedbySEMtechniques,andfourtypesoffracturemodesoflapshearjointsaresuggested.
简介:Fibre-opticmagneticsensorswithmagnetostrictivefilmsareusedasall-fibreMach-Zehnderinterferometertodetecttheopticalphaseshift,whichiscausedbythemagnetostriction-inducedstrainstransferredfromthemsgnetostrictivefilmtothefibre.Atheoreticalmodelbasedontheplanestrainapproximationanduniformaxialstrainisdevelopedtodeterminethemagneto-mechano-opticaltransferrelationsinthiskindofsensors.Theexpressionforthemodelispresentedaswellasrelationofthephaseshiftinthefibretothemagneticandelasticpropertiesofthemagnetostrictivefilmcoatedonthefibre.Andfromthemodel,thethicknessofthefilmhassignificantinfluenceonthephaseshift.