Effect of Vacuum Impregnation-Dehydration on the Mechanical Properties of Apples

The effect of sucrose solution concentration and vacuum/atmospheric pressure periods on the mechanical properties of apples (Gala var.) was studied through a stress relaxation test. The empiric model proposed by Peleg was used to fit the curves and the parameters a (level of relaxation) and b (relaxation rate) were evaluated. The experimental results obtained in this study showed that vacuum impregnation conditions had a great influence on the final mechanical properties of the apples. The Peleg model fitted well the data from the stress relaxation curves and may be useful for assessing sample deformation resulting from the vacuum impregnation process.     

MVR空心桨叶干燥污泥的特性及动力学

基于空心桨叶干燥机建立了一套机械蒸汽再压缩式热泵干燥系统,将相同质量的污泥(100±0.1)kg,在真空压力约为95kPa、压缩机出口蒸汽温度为95~115℃进行恒温干燥实验,从而得到污泥干燥过程中含水率以及干燥速率等变化曲线,压缩机出口蒸汽温度为95~115℃,污泥临界湿含量从0.22增加到0.34。引入5种常用的污泥干燥模型,利用Origin软件对实验数据进行分段拟合分析,得到污泥加速阶段和降速阶段的干燥动力学模型MR=exp(-ktⁿ)。以分段函数形式表示的干燥方程分别为:MR=exp[-(2.78×10^-4T-0.01896)t^1.596],(加速阶段);MR=0.894-0.564(1.737×10^-4T-8.05×10^-3)t(恒速阶段);MR=exp[-(2.26×10^-4T-0.01365)t^1.984](降速阶段)。对实验得到的干燥模型进行验证,计算得到各干燥阶段污泥湿含量平均相对误差,并将实验所得干燥曲线和干燥速率曲线与模型计算值进行比较,可以看出分段处理能较好的描述污泥干燥规律。     

Stress relaxation behavior of 3501-6 epoxy resin during cure

Epoxy resins and other thermosetting polymers change from liquids to solids during cure. A precise process model of these materials requires a constitutive model that is able to describe this transformation in its entirety. In this study the viscoelastic properties of a commercial epoxy resin were characterized using a dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA). Specimens were tested at several different cure states to develop master curves of stress relaxation behavior during cure. Using this experimental data, the relaxation modulus was then modeled in a thermorheologically complex manner. A Prony (exponential) series was used to describe the relaxation modulus. An original model was developed for the stress relaxation times based on similar work by Scherer (16) on the relaxation of glass. Shift functions used to obtain reduced times are empirically derived based on curve fits to the data. The data show that the cure state has a profound effect on the stress relaxation of epoxy. More important, the relaxation behavior above gelation is shown to be quite sensitive to degree of cure.     

Relationship between Viscoelastic and Peeling Properties of Model Adhesives. Part 1. Cohesive Fracture

The viscoelastic and peeling properties of polybutadiene/tackifying resin compatible blends have been studied in detail. Viscoelastic properties have been described through the variations of the complex shear modulus, G*(ω), as a function of frequency, ω and peeling properties through the variations of peeling force (F) as a function of peeling rate (V).

After showing the objective character of the peeling curves obtained, the variations of the peeling force and peeling geometry have been studied as a function of volume fraction of the tackifying resin.

In this first paper, the analysis is focused on the first domain of the peeling curves, i.e. the cohesive fracture region. In this region, the peeling properties have been related to the viscoelastic properties in the terminal region of relaxation. It is shown that the longest relaxation time, τ_o, is a reducing parameter of the peeling curves, so a peeling master curve-which is independent of temperature, resin volume fraction and polymer molecular weight-may be defined. Furthermore, the variations of the test geometry as a function of peeling rate have been investigated: the variations of the radius of curvature of the aluminium foil have been analyzed with respect to the viscoelastic behavior of the adhesive, which in fact governs the test geometry.

A detailed analysis of all these features leads to a model which allows one to calculate the peeling curves in the cohesive domain from the adhesive formulation.     

EQUILIBRATION OF APPLE TISSUE IN OSMOTIC DEHYDRATION: MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES

The changes in density and porosity and the microstructural development of apple tissue throughout the equilibration in osmotic treatments were analyzed for different osmotic solution concentrations. The effect of vacuum impregnation of the sample with the osmotic solution, before the osmotic treatment was also studied. Two periods were differentiated in the process. For relatively short term treatments (24-48 h) cell walls shrunk or separated from plasmalemma because of the cell water loss while compositional pseudoequilibrium was achieved. Afterwards for long term treatments, a bulk flux of osmotic solution into the fruit tissue occurred in line with the relaxation of mechanical energy accumulated in the deformed cell wall matrix. So, the true equilibrium (chemical plus mechanical), achieved when no changes either in sample composition or weight occurred, implied cell wall sphericity and sample volume recovery. However, some degree of irreversibility was observed in cell wall recovery, especially for osmotic treatments at high concentration without previous vacuum impregnation of sample.     

EAA/NBR TPV压缩应力松弛可逆回复机制及模型构建

采用动态硫化法制备了乙烯-丙烯酸共聚物/丁腈橡胶热塑性硫化胶(EAA/NBR TPV),系统研究了其力学性能、微观结构、压缩应力松弛及可逆回复行为,探讨了可逆回复机制并构建了数学模型,还研究了橡塑比对可逆回复不同阶段应力松弛时间的影响。结果表明,当EAA/NBR质量比为40/60时,TPV综合性能最佳且应力松弛行为主要由EAA连续相提供,此时NBR分散相对应力松弛行为的影响较小;升高热处理温度或延长热处理时间均可显著加快TPV压缩应力松弛可逆回复程度;当热处理温度接近EAA树脂相熔点时,TPV可逆回复程度接近100%。     

Viscoelastic behavior of Cytec FM73 adhesive during cure

In this work, the viscoelastic properties of Cytec FM73 structural film adhesive were characterized. Several resin plates were cured using various process cycles to achieve a range of final cure states. Specimens cut from these plates were tested using a dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA) and the glass‐transition temperature at each degree of cure was determined. Stress relaxation tests at different temperatures were then performed using DMA in stress relaxation mode and time‐temperature superposition was used to generate master stress relaxation curves and associated shift functions for each degree of cure. Several different constitutive models were examined for their ability to describe relaxation modulus development during cure. A simple three‐parameter model consisting of a stretched exponential with cure‐dependent terms was found to provide the best results. The results indicate that of the parameters used in the model, relaxation time strongly depends on cure state. The empirical DiBenedetto equation was used to obtain an expression for glass‐transition temperature as a function of degree of cure. This expression was in turn used to derive a new relation to describe stress relaxation time as a function of degree of cure. The shift function was modeled using a simplified form of the Vogel equation with cure‐dependent coefficients. Good correlation between measured relaxation modulus and model predictions was observed. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, J Appl Polym Sci 91: 2548–2557, 2004     

发泡浆体流变特性对轻质混凝土匀质性的影响

为改善轻质混凝土匀质性,提升轻质混凝土力学性能,本文通过建立Herschel-Bulkley(H-B)塑性黏度计算模型,探究了发泡浆体流变特性对泡沫沉降和浆体中陶粒分布的影响。结果表明：随增稠剂掺量的增加,轻质混凝土发泡浆体的屈服应力和基于非线性H-B模型η_H-B=0.016 67K(80ⁿ-20ⁿ)(η_H-B为H-B模型得出的发泡浆体塑性黏度;K为一致性系数;n为流动指数)得到的塑性黏度增大,导致发泡浆体沉降距下降,陶粒在浆体中的分形维数提高;当发泡浆体塑性黏度大于1.74 Pa·s、屈服应力大于92.87 Pa时,可制备抗压强度大于10 MPa的轻质混凝土。由此可见,优化发泡浆体流变特性是克服陶粒在发泡浆体中易上浮问题的关键,可有效改善轻质混凝土匀质性,提升轻质混凝土力学性能。     

EQUILIBRATION OF APPLE TISSUE IN OSMOTIC DEHYDRATION: MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES

ABSTRACT

The changes in density and porosity and the microstructural development of apple tissue throughout the equilibration in osmotic treatments were analyzed for different osmotic solution concentrations. The effect of vacuum impregnation of the sample with the osmotic solution, before the osmotic treatment was also studied. Two periods were differentiated in the process. For relatively short term treatments (24–48 h) cell walls shrunk or separated from plasmalemma because of the cell water loss while compositional pseudoequilibrium was achieved. Afterwards for long term treatments, a bulk flux of osmotic solution into the fruit tissue occurred in line with the relaxation of mechanical energy accumulated in the deformed cell wall matrix. So, the true equilibrium (chemical plus mechanical), achieved when no changes either in sample composition or weight occurred, implied cell wall sphericity and sample volume recovery. However, some degree of irreversibility was observed in cell wall recovery, especially for osmotic treatments at high concentration without previous vacuum impregnation of sample.     

2-D Hydro-Viscoelastic Model for Convective Drying of Highly Deformable Saturated Product

The aim of this work was to simulate in two-dimensions the spatio-temporal evolution of the moisture content, the temperature, and the mechanical stress within a highly deformable and water saturated product during convective drying. The material under study was an elongated potato sample with a square section placed in hot air flow. A comprehensive hydro-thermal model had been merged with a mechanical model, assuming a viscoelastic material, a plane deformation, and an isotropic linear hydric-shrinkage of the sample. This model was validated on the basis of the average water content and core temperature curves for drying trials under different operating conditions. The material viscoelastic properties were measured by means of stress relaxation tests at different water contents. The viscoelastic behavior was described by a generalized Maxwell model whose parameters were correlated to water content. The simulations of the spatio-temporal distributions of mechanical stress were performed and interpreted in terms of product potential damage. The sample shape was also predicted all aver the drying process with reasonable accuracy.     

The Effects of Cure Conditions on the Relaxation Behavior of Thermosetting Adhesives

The ability to dissipate mechanical energy by plastic (viscous) deformation is an important strength consideration for structural adhesives. The bulk solid viscosity parameter, μ, used in spring-dashpot mechanical-model characterization of polymeric materials, provides a convenient measure of this capability. The viscosity parameter, in turn, can be related to the relaxation time for the material with the use of the elastic modulus.

This paper presents a study of the effects of cure temperature and time on the stress relaxation behavior of Metlbond 1113 modified-epoxy adhesive with carrier cloth. Short term (t=1/2 minute) relaxation data are successfully fitted with the modified Bingham mechanical model to obtain relaxation time and bulk solid viscosity parameter values corresponding to different cure conditions. Experimental results indicate that both the relaxation time and the bulk viscosity values behave in a bell-shaped increasing-decreasing manner with respect to the cure temperature for all cure time values. This behavior is similar to that of adhesive ultimate strength and elastic modulus as observed by us earlier.     

Quantifying the Relationship Between Peel and Rheology for Pressure Sensitive Adhesives

An attempt is made in this work to model quantitatively the peel force vs. rate behavior of a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape. The approach follows suggestions of previous authors in modeling the deformation of the PSA as uniaxial extension of individual strands. A debonding failure criterion based on stored elastic energy density is used. In this work, experimental measurements of dynamic mechanical master curves are used to provide the mechanical properties of the PSA in the model. The predictions are compared with experimental peel force vs. rate master curves on tapes made from those same adhesives. The only adjustable parameter for the fitting is the quantity related to the debonding criterion. In this set of natural-rubber-based PSAs, the general shape of the peel master curve and the changes in peel behavior associated with tackifier loading and rubber molecular weight are well explained by the model. The effect of changes in substrate chemistry are not well explained.     

Mechanical Characterization of Adhesive Layer in-situ and as Bulk Material

An extensive test series was conducted on bulk and in-situ adhesive specimens with a view to characterizing their mechanical properties under different loading modes and states of stress.

It was found that a good correlation exists between the in-situ and the bulk properties of shear yield strength and elastic modulus derived from torsion tests. The properties derived from uniaxial testing of the bulk adhesive were related to those of an in-situ adhesive layer in shear by a combined stress law which follows a modified Von Mises failure criterion. It was thus concluded that the basicelastic and strength characteristics of the in-situ adhesive under a compound state of stress may be evaluated through simple tests on the bulk material in uniaxial tension and compression.     

Prediction of stress–relaxation data of some nylons from stress–strain data

Six commercially available nylons were tested for stress–strain and stress–relaxation properties. Use was made of a recently revealed approach to predicting viscoelastic properties beyond the linear region from an analysis of the stress–strain curve. The equations used were three-dimensional employing the Halsey–Eyring viscoelastic model. The necessary constants were calculated and, when applied to the appropriate equations, reconstituted the stress–strain curve and predicted the stress–relaxation curves quite well.     

POE/EPDM TPV的结构与性能研究

采用动态硫化法制备了聚烯烃弹性体（POE）三/元乙丙橡胶（EPDM）热塑性硫化胶（TPV）,并对其力学性能、微相结构和应力松弛进行了研究。结果表明,POE/EPDM TPV的应力-应变曲线具有典型的弹性体特征;较POE而言,POE/EPDM TPV具有较低硬度和永久形变;EPDM橡胶相的粒径在几微米到几十微米之间,较均匀地分散在POE连续相中;TPV的应力松弛速率随EPDM用量的增加而降低,随应变的增大而加快。     

三维编织PE-UHMW纤维增强PMMA复合材料的力学性能研究

采用真空浸渍法制备了三维编织超高相对分子质量聚乙烯(PE-UHMW3D)/聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)复合材料，重点研究了该复合材料的力学性能、纤维体积含量对复合材料力学性能的影响以及吸湿前后力学性能的对比。研究表明，PE-UHMW3D/PMMA复合材料具有较好的冲击强度。纤维经表面处理后，其弯曲强度、弯曲模量、横向和纵向剪切强度均有不同程度的提高，冲击强度略有下降。随着纤维体积含量的增加，横向剪切强度增加，纵向剪切和弯曲强度增加到一定程度反而下降。吸湿平衡后的力学性能有所下降。     

Effect of impregnation time on performance of long glass fiber‐reinforced polypropylene composites

Long glass fiber (LGF)‐reinforced polypropylene (PP) composites were prepared using self‐designed impregnation device. Effects of impregnation time on mechanical properties, crystallization, dynamic mechanical properties, and morphology of PP/LGF composites were investigated. The experiment results demonstrate that the excellent tensile strength, Notched Izod impact strength was 152.9 MPa, 31.2 KJ/m², respectively, and the stiffness of PP/LGF composites was higher, when the impregnation time was 7.03 s. The excellent interfacial adhesion between PP and glass fiber indicates that PP/LGF composites possess the outstanding mechanical properties. The impregnation time scarcely influenced thermal properties of PP/LGF composites. J. VINYL ADDIT. TECHNOL., 24:174–178, 2018. © 2016 Society of Plastics Engineers     

Experimental and constitutive analyses of the stress relaxation behavior of glassy polymers

The physical mechanism underlying the mechanical behavior of glassy polymers has been studied over decades but remains a long-standing issue. A consensus view achieved is that the yield, flow, and stress relaxation behaviors are due to structural relaxation in the polymer mainly caused by chain conformation transitions. This is the key physical idea behind the many existing elastic–plastic constitutive models for glassy polymers. In this paper, such a constitutive model was employed for predicting and analyzing the stress relaxation of a glassy polymer. It is found that the model works well in predicting the pre-yield stress relaxation but significantly underestimates the post-yield stress relaxation. As considering the chain conformation transition alone leads to a dilemma for the model to concurrently represent the yield/flow and stress relaxation behaviors, the model was extended to incorporate an additional structural relaxation mechanism assumed to originate from the dissociation of weak linkages in the chain network. The extended model succeeds in concurrently representing the yield/flow, and stress relaxation behaviors in the whole deformation region, of which the reasons were analyzed. The knowledge revealed in this paper is instructive and may shed new light on understanding the structural relaxation and mechanical behavior of glassy polymers.     

Influence of temperature on viscoelastic–viscoplastic behavior of poly(lactic acid) under loading–unloading

Experimental data are reported on poly(lactic acid) (PLA) in tensile loading–unloading tests and relaxation tests under stretching and retraction at temperatures ranging from room temperature up to 50°C. Two characteristic features of the time‐dependent response of PLA are revealed: (i) with a decrease in minimum stress under retraction at a fixed temperature, relaxation curves change their shape from monotonically decaying with time (simple relaxation), to non‐monotonic (mixed relaxation) to monotonically increasing (inverse relaxation) and (ii) with an increase in temperature, inverse relaxation after unloading down to the zero stress evolves into mixed relaxation with a pronounced shift of the peak position to smaller relaxation times. Constitutive equations are derived for the mechanical behavior of PLA, and adjustable parameters in the stress–strain relations are found by fitting the observations. Ability of the model to predict the time‐dependent response under cyclic deformation is confirmed by numerical simulation. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 57:239–247, 2017. © 2016 Society of Plastics Engineers     

Applying modified hyperbranched polyester in hydroxyl‐terminated polyether/ammonium perchlorate/aluminium/cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (HTPE/AP/Al/RDX) composite solid propellant

Composite solid propellants demand fine and stable mechanical properties, creep resistance and stress relaxation performance during their long storage and usage time. In this study, modified hyperbranched polyester (MHBPE) was prepared and introduced into HTPE/AP/Al/RDX (HTPE, hydroxyl‐terminated polyether; AP, ammonium perchlorate; RDX, cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine) solid propellant as an effective additive. The static tensile and dynamic mechanical properties of this propellant before and after the introduction of MHBPE were evaluated. The elevated interfacial interaction by using MHBPE between the binder and RDX fillers improved the toughness and elasticity of the propellant. The enhancement mechanisms were also confirmed by the influence on the fracture surface morphology of the binder which was investigated by SEM. In addition, some influence on the dynamic mechanical properties of HTPE/AP/Al/RDX propellant caused by MHBPE was investigated by dynamic mechanical analysis. The creep behaviors of the HTPE/AP/Al/RDX propellants with and without MHBPE were also investigated at different stresses and temperatures. Reduced creep strain rate and strain were obtained for the modified propellant, implying enhanced creep resistance performance. The creep properties were quantitatively evaluated using a six‐element model and the long‐term creep performance of the propellant was predicted using the time–temperature superposition principle. A creep behavior of nearly 10⁶ s at 30 °C could be acquired in a short‐term experiment (800 s) at 30–70 °C. Moreover, the stress relaxation investigation of the propellants with and without MHBPE at ?40 °C, 20 °C and 70 °C suggested that MHBPE/HTPE/AP/Al/RDX propellant possessed better response ability to deformation. Thus, the application of MHBPE provides an efficient route of reinforcement to enhance the creep resistance and stress relaxation properties. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry