增韧改性对玻纤织物增强酚醛复合材料性能影响研究

选择了3种不同分子量的聚乙烯醇缩丁醛作为增韧剂对酚醛树脂进行增韧改性,通过夹层结构滚筒剥离强度,材料的60s垂直燃烧、烟密度、热释放速率等性能测试研究不同分子量和添加量的增韧剂对材料韧性和阻燃性能的影响。研究发现高分子量增韧剂对材料滚筒剥离强度的改善效果最明显,5%的添加量即能达到11%的低分子增韧剂的增韧效果;除增韧剂的添加量外,增韧剂分子量也对材料的阻燃性能有明显影响。最后通过复合材料的力学性能测试,发现经低、中、高3种分子量的增韧剂增韧的复合材料的层间剪切强度均得到了明显改善,分别提高了29%、81%和71%。     

Monomer casting nylon-6-b-polyether amine copolymers: Synthesis and properties

MC nylon-6-b-polyether amine copolymers were prepared with macro-initiator based on amino-terminated polyether amine functionalized with isocyanate via in-situ polymerization. It was found that the introduction of polyether amine delayed the polymerization process of caprolactam by increasing apparent activation energy and pre-exponential factor, resulting in the decrease of molecular weight of nylon-6. The motion of molecular chain of the copolymers was easy because of the decreased hydrogen bonds and weakened inter-molecular forces. The physical entanglement of molecular chains of the copolymers was significant and strong which increased the entanglement density. Only the nylon-6 phase crystallized in the copolymers and the crystal grain size, spherulite size and crystallinity of the copolymers decreased. A small amount of γ crystal formed at high polyether amine content. The copolymers presented obvious strain hardening behavior in stress-strain curves and the loss factor dramatically increased while the glass transition temperature and storage module decreased. The fracture surface of the copolymers became rough and presented hairy structure, indicating that the toughening mechanism of the copolymers corresponded to the multi-layer crack extension mechanism.     

Voids and their effect on the strain rate dependent material properties and fatigue behaviour of non-crimp fabric composites materials

The manufacture of composite structures is inevitably linked to the formation of voids. Several non-destructive techniques are potentially able of detecting defects, but just the exact knowledge of the effects of defects on the mechanical properties allows the definition of thresholds for the purpose of quality management. In this paper an experimental program for characterizing the effect of voids on the composite materials behaviour is presented. Therefore glass fibre non-crimp fabric reinforced epoxy composites were produced using vacuum assistant resin transfer moulding. For obtaining various void contents specially modified process parameters were used. Nominally defect free specimens are compared with flawed specimens. Tensile testing at different loading speeds and fatigue tests in tension-compression loading are performed.     

Miscibility analysis,viscoelastic properties and morphology of cyclic olefin copolymer/polyolefin elastomer (COC/POE) blends

Miscibility of cyclic olefin copolymer/polyolefin elastomer (COC/POE) blends over full composition range was investigated through determination of viscoelastic characteristics both at melt and solid state as well as by direct morphological analysis using experimental and theoretical approaches. The melt viscosity, storage modulus and Han diagrams were used for analyzing the rheological behavior. It was found that the storage modulus of neat COC was higher than that of neat POE, while the modulus of the blends were in between the modulus of the neat components. Palierne and Gramspacher–Meinssner models were used in order to predict the storage and loss moduli of COC and POE. Better correspondence of Palierne model with the experimental results was observed as compared to the other model. Contrary to the Veenstra model, the calculated modulus via Coran model was reasonably in good agreement with the experimental results for blends with co-continuous morphology. Dynamic mechanical investigations have revealed that COC/POE blends were immiscible which firmly supported the morphological and rheological findings.     

环氧树脂基双组分水性聚氨酯的制备及其在木器涂料中的应用

为提高双组分水性聚氨酯的室温交联速度，将 N-苄基乙醇胺引入到环氧树脂制备了环氧树脂基水性多元醇，表征了多元醇的化学结构，并测定了其相对分子质量、粒径分布和玻璃化温度等主要技术参数。将环氧树脂基水性多元醇与多异氰酸酯配合制备了双组分水性聚氨酯，采用红外光谱法研究了室温交联反应过程。研究结果表明：多元醇分子结构中引入苄胺基加快了双组分水性聚氨酯的交联反应速度。将双组分水性聚氨酯制备成水性木器涂料，漆膜具有优异的耐冲击性、附着力、柔韧性、光泽、耐液体介质、硬度、丰满度等性能。     

Comparison between voxel and consistent meso-scale models of woven composites

The applicability of voxel meshes to model the mechanical behavior of woven composites at the mesoscopic scale is studied and compared to consistent Finite Element (FE) meshes. The methods are illustrated by mechanically modeling a Representative Unit Cell (RUC) of a composite made of four layers of glass fiber plain weave fabric embedded in an epoxy matrix. Mesh convergence is studied to determine the minimum element size necessary to obtain a correct yarn volume fraction. The comparison between both methods is based on (i) homogenized macroscopic elastic properties, (ii) local stress fields, and (iii) first damage prediction. Even if a good agreement is obtained for the elastic properties, the stress concentrations due to the steplike shape of voxels induce significant differences between both methods in terms of first damage prediction.     

Controlling Au electrode patterns for simultaneously monitoring electrical actuation and shape recovery in shape memory polymer

This paper presents an effective approach to achieve efficient electrical actuation and monitoring of shape recovery based on patterned Au electrodes on shape memory polymer (SMP). The electrically responsive shape recovery behavior was characterized and monitored by the evolution change in electrical resistance of patterned Au electrode. Both electrical actuation and temperature distribution in the SMP have been improved by optimizing the Au electrode patterns. The electrically actuated shape recovery behavior and temperature evolution during the actuation were monitored and characterized. The resistance changes could be used to detect beginning/finishing points of the shape recovery. Therefore, the Au electrode not only significantly enhances the electrical actuation performance to achieve a fast electrical actuation, but also enables the resistance signal to detect the free recovery process.     

Polarity Effect and Electromagnetic Radiation of Partial Discharge Accompanying Growth of Electrical Tree

We have investigated the characteristics of radiated electromagnetic (EM) waves from positive and negative partial discharges (PD) in epoxy resin and cross‐linked polyethylene. We found that there is a correlation among the EM level from PD, the positive PD current, and electrical trees. Therefore, the growth of an electrical tree produces a lot of positive PD. We have also investigated the characteristics of the frequency region of EM waves from PD in air, insulating oil, and liquid epoxy in addition to the above insulators. EM waves were detected in the frequency region of 40 MHz to 300 MHz from positive and negative PD in epoxy resin and cross‐linked polyethylene. EM waves were also detected in the frequency region of 40 MHz to 150 MHz from positive and negative PD in air. In the case of insulating oil and liquid epoxy, EM waves were detected in the frequency regions of 40 MHz to 150 MHz from positive PD, and 40 MHz to 250 MHz from negative PD. The frequency region differed depending on the material and the discharge polarity. Our investigation indicates that the cause is differences in electric field strength at the time of PD occurrence.     

Preparation and characterization of water-borne epoxy shape memory composites containing silica

Shape memory silica/epoxy composites were successfully prepared by hydrolysis of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) within the epoxy matrix via latex, freeze-drying, and hot-press molding method. The silane coupling agent 3-triethoxysilylpropylamine (KH550) was introduced to improve the interfacial properties between the in-situ generated silica particle and epoxy matrix. The morphology structure and the effect of the content of the in-situ formed silica on the mechanical and shape memory properties of the silica/epoxy composites were studied. The experimental results indicated that the silica particles were homogenously dispersed and well incorporated into the epoxy matrix. Significant improvements were achieved in the mechanical property of the organic–inorganic hybrid materials. The silica/epoxy composites exhibited high shape recovery and fixity ratio approximately 100% even after 10 thermo-mechanical cycles.     

Improvement of the electrical resistivity of epoxy resin at elevated temperature by adding a positive temperature coefficient BaTiO_3-based compound

The DC electrical resistivity-temperature characteristic is an important property for insulating materials to operate at a high stress level. In order to improve the DC electrical resistivity at elevated temperature in a targeted way, a positive temperature coefficient(PTC) material(Ba Ti O3-based compound(BT60)) was selected as the filler in this paper, whose electrical resistivity has a PTC effect when the temperature exceeds its Curie temperature. The BT60 was treated with hydrogen peroxide and(3-Aminopropyl) triethoxysilane. Epoxy composites with different loadings of BT60 fillers(0 wt%, 0.5 wt%, and 2 wt% of epoxy) were prepared, denoted as EP-0, EP-0.5, and EP-2. It was shown that BT60 was able to maintain the DC breakdown strength when its loading was less than 2 wt% of epoxy. As the temperature exceeds 60 °C,BT60 will compensate for the negative temperature coefficient effect of epoxy resin to some extent. The electrical resistivity of EP-2 was improved by 55% compared with that of neat epoxy at 90 °C. It was found that the potential barrier at the grain boundary of BT60 and the deep traps in the interface between BT60 and the epoxy resin hinder the migration of carriers and thus increase the electrical resistivity of epoxy composite.