Filler effect of fine particle sand on the compressive strength of mortar

The river sand, which is a non-pozzolanic material, was ground into 3 different particle sizes. Portland cement type I was replaced by the ground river sands at 10wt%-40wt% of binder to cast mortar. Compressive strengths of mortar were investigated and the filler effect of different fine particles of sand on the compressive strength of mortar was evaluated. The results show that the compressive strength of mortar contributed from the filler effect of smaller particles is higher than that of the coarser ones. The difference in compressive strength of mortar tends to be greater as the difference in ground river sand fineness increases. The results also suggest that ASTM C618 specification is not practically suitable for specifying pozzolan in concrete since the strength activity index of mortar containing ground river sand (high crystalline phase) with 33.8wt% of particles retained on a 45-μm sieve can pass the strength requirement.     

Creep and microstructure of electrical discharge machinable Si3N4 composites

The compression creep behaviour of silicon nitride sintered with the aid of Y₂O₃ and Al₂O₃ and containing TiN particles was studied between 1260 and 1340°C at stresses ranging from 100 to 300 MPa. The volume fraction Φ of TiN particles was varied from 0 to about 40 vol % and two particle sizes: 1 μm and 2.5 μm were studied. The dominant creep mechanism of the matrix was viscous creep (n = 1) up to 1340°C and 200 MPa. The effect of the TiN addition on the creep behaviour was marked by a decrease of the creep strength with increasing volume fraction and decreasing particle size of TiN. In the same way, the steady state creep rate increased as the ratio Φ/d. In the microstructure, cavities and microcracks along particle/matrix interfaces show that a cavitational mechanism develop from the particles in the composite.     

冷却工艺对Ti微合金化高强钢组织和硬度的影响

通过热模拟实验,研究了冷却工艺参数对Ti微合金化高强钢组织和硬度的影响.结果表明:当终冷温度为700℃时,随着冷却速度的增大,铁素体和珠光体组织得到了显著细化,实验钢硬度增加;随着终冷温度的降低,多边形铁素体晶粒尺寸呈减小趋势,铁素体和珠光体含量逐渐降低,珠光体片层间距逐渐减小,贝氏体含量增加,相变强化和细晶强化共同作...     

TiC-WC粒度和微观结构与WC粒度和微观结构的关系及其对硬质合金性能的影响

研究了WC粒度和微观结构对TiC-WC固溶体粒度和微观结构及合金性能的影响。结果表明,TiC-WC固溶体粒度随WC粒度的增粗而增大,其亚晶尺寸随WC亚晶尺寸的增大而减小,而微观应变则随WC微观应变的减小而增大。TiC-WC固溶体和合金之间的微观结构存在着良好的依赖关系。由大的亚晶尺寸和低微观应变的TiC-WC固溶体制取的合金,其抗弯强度和冲击韧性较好。     

低温下氢气还原氧化铁的动力学研究

 用热重分析法研究了低温下不同粒度氧化铁的氢还原动力学,得出在同一温度下,铁矿粉粒度从107.5 μm降到2.0 μm后,由于粉体的表面积大幅度增加,提高了粉气接触面积,从而使得化学反应的速度提高了8倍左右,还原反应的表观活化能从78.3 kJ/mol降低到36.9 kJ/mol;当反应速度相同时, 粒度6.5 μm的粉体的反应温度比107.5 μm的降低了80 ℃左右。同时,通过理论推导和实验结果表明,当反应扩散层厚度相同时,铁矿粉粒度越小,反应扩散层厚度越薄,其还原率越高。     

Fracture at elevated temperatures in a particle reinforced composite

The tensile fracture behavior of a cast and extruded 2014 aluminum alloy metal matrix composite (MMC) reinforced with 10, 15, and 20 vol.% aluminum oxide particles was investigated as a function of temperature between 100 and 300°C and hold time, and compared with the unreinforced alloy. In addition, the effect of aging condition was investigated in a 15 vol.% composite tested at 200°C. At lower temperature the composites have higher yield strength and UTS than the unreinforced material, and both decrease with increasing temperature. At higher temperatures all the materials have similar strength levels. The elongation is lower in the composites, decreasing with increasing level of reinforcement and increasing with increasing temperature, except at the highest temperature where all the composites are about the same. The microstructural damage in the composites also varies with temperature: particle fracture dominates at lower temperatures and interparticle voiding is the main damage feature at elevated temperatures. The time at temperature, and hence the degree of overaging, has little effect on the observed trends in the composite, in contrast with the unreinforced material where the density of voids decreases with increasing hold times. The transition temperature where the major damage changes from particle cracking to interparticle voiding increases with volume fraction and particle size, and decreases with overaging. The cracked particle density and void density both increase with strain, and the highest rate of increase occurs in the overaged material. In general, the tendency for particle cracking is reduced and for interparticle voiding is increased by any factor which permits accomodation of strain by the matrix, such as lower volume fraction of particles, small particle size, nonclustered particle distribution, and matrix softening from underaging or overaging.     

Effect of overaging and particle size on tensile deformation and fracture of particle-reinforced aluminum matrix composites

The effect of reinforcement particle size and overaging treatment on the tensile behavior and fracture morphology of a 2080/SiC/20 _p composite was investigated. Tensile behavior was profoundly influenced by particle size and matrix strength. The composite strength increased with a decrease in particle size, while overaging greatly reduced the strength of the composite, independent of particle size. Almost all particles on the fracture plane were fractured, and the amount of particle fracture in the composites was insensitive to overaging and particle size, due to the excellent bonding between SiC particles and the Al matrix. Fractography showed that void nucleation in the matrix of peak-aged composites took place primarily at very fine SiC particles, which were much smaller than the average SiC particle size. Subsequent failure took place by the tearing topography surface (TTS) mechanism. In the overaged composite, composites failed by a more conventional void nucleation and growth process, where void nucleation took place at coarsened S precipitate particles, resulting in smaller and more elongated voids.     

Influence of particle size and volume percent of flaky mo particles on the mechanical properties of AI2O3/Mo composites

The influence of particle size and volume percent of Mo particles on flake-forming behavior of Mo powders during a ball milling process and three-point flexural strength and fracture toughness of A1₂O₃ composites reinforced with flaky Mo particles have been investigated. The flake-forming behavior of Mo powders mixed with A1₂O₃ powders becomes prominent with increasing Mo particle size, while remaining almost independent of Mo volume percent. The microstructure of the composites reinforced with flaky Mo particles is anisotropic, depending on the arrangement of these Mo particles in the A1₂O₃ matrix. The microdispersion of flaky Mo particles contributes remarkably to an increase in both flexural strength and fracture toughness. The flexural strength increases with decreasing Mo particle size, while the fracture toughness increases with increasing Mo particle size, which corresponds to an increase of the flake-forming tendency of these particles. Furthermore, the flexural strength and fracture toughness can be simultaneously improved by increasing the volume fraction of flaky Mo particles. The microstructural observations indicate that the improvement in strength may be attributed to a grain-refining effect due to inhibition of grain growth of the matrix by the presence of Mo particles. In addition, the improvement in fracture toughness may be due to plastic deformation of Mo particles at a crack tip, which is accelerated more by the flaky rather than the small spherical shape.     

球磨时间对钨粉粒度分布及形貌影响

通过改变球磨时间,获得不同粒度分布的钨粉颗粒,分析球磨时间对钨粉粒度分布和形貌特征的影响,提高粒度分布在目标区间（5～11 μm）的钨粉颗粒体积分数。结果表明,球磨的前2 h对原料中大颗粒钨粉的影响较大,钨粉颗粒最大粒径由134 μm迅速下降到20 μm左右。随着球磨时间的增加,钨粉粒度分布指标减缓下降,除粒径变小外,颗粒形貌基本无变化,但是在球磨10 h后开始出现团聚现象。综合分析可知,球磨时间的改变对钨粉粒度分布指标影响较大,球磨时间为8 h时,可获得粒度分布最窄的钨粉颗粒,在目标区间的钨粉颗粒体积分数达到75%。     

Simplified Window Glass Design Procedure

This paper presents a simplified window glass design procedure (SWGDP) as an alternative to the comprehensive window glass design procedure described in ASTM E 1300, “Standard practice for determining the load resistance of glass in buildings.” Although ASTM E 1300 provides a technically robust treatment of the strength of window glass and window glass constructions, architects and engineers will find ASTM E 1300 difficult to use. The SWGDP presented herein uses the same failure prediction methodology to characterize the annealed window glass strength that underlies ASTM E 1300. By reducing the number of basic glass strength charts to one, the voluminous strength adjustment factors in ASTM E 1300 to one simple table, and the computation of window glass lite center deflections to simple graphs requiring no computations to use, the SWGDP achieves simplicity in its approach to window glass design.     

Ductile fracture of mechanically alloyed iron-yttria alloys

The influence of Y₂0₃ particle content on the tensile fracture of mechanically alloyed iron has been studied for a series of dispersion-strengthened alloys containing up to 10 vol pct particles. When compared to the behavior of spheroidized steels, the present results indicate that at comparable volume fractions of particles, the Fe-Y₂0₃ alloys exhibit a much decreased tensile ductility. Observations of microscopic damage indicate that this is a consequence of rapid void nucleation at small strains, limited void growth, and enhanced void linking, especially at high particle contents. Analysis of these observations suggests (a) a surprisingly high oxide particle-matrix interfacial bond strength, (b) an influence of rapid strain hardening at small strains in creating high flow stresses, which assist void initiation, (c) enhanced void nucleation at high volume fractions of particles due to neighboring particles and voids, and (d) an accelerated void-linking process at high volume fractions of particles when interparticle spacing approaches particle/ void size. J.B. KOSCO, formerly Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University.     

Microstructural effects on the tensile and fracture behavior of aluminum casting alloys A356/357

The tensile properties and fracture behavior of cast aluminum alloys A356 and A357 strongly depend on secondary dendrite arm spacing (SDAS), Mg content, and, in particular, the size and shape of eutectic silicon particles and Fe-rich intermetallics. In the unmodified alloys, increasing the cooling rate during solidification refines both the dendrites and eutectic particles and increases ductility. Strontium modification reduces the size and aspect ratio of the eutectic silicon particles, leading to a fairly constant particle size and aspect ratio over the range of SDAS studied. In comparison with the unmodified alloys, the Sr-modified alloys show higher ductility, particularly the A356 alloy, but slightly lower yield strength. In the microstructures with large SDAS (>50 μm), the ductility of the Sr-modified alloys does not continuously decrease with SDAS as it does in the unmodified alloy. Increasing Mg content increases both the matrix strength and eutectic particle size. This decreases ductility in both the Sr-modified and unmodified alloys. The A356/357 alloys with large and elongated particles show higher strain hardening and, thus, have a higher damage accumulation rate by particle cracking. Compared to A356, the increased volume fraction and size of the Fe-rich intermetallics (π phase) in the A357 alloy are responsible for the lower ductility, especially in the Sr-modified alloy. In alloys with large SDAS (>50 μm), final fracture occurs along the cell boundaries, and the fracture mode is transgranular. In the small SDAS (<30 μm) alloys, final fracture tends to concentrate along grain boundaries. The transition from transgranular to intergranular fracture mode is accompanied by an increase in the ductility of the alloys.     

The tensile response of a fine-grained AA5754 alloy produced by asymmetric rolling and annealing

Asymmetric rolling (ASR) followed by annealing has been used to produce very fine grain sizes in the commercial Al-3 wt pct Mg alloy, AA5754. The appropriate rolling and annealing practice can produce grain sizes as small as 1 μm, and the tensile response of this fine-grained material has been compared with that of other fine-grained alloys produced by alternative methods. It is shown that the material obeys a Hall-Petch relationship, with a slope very similar to that of AA5754 produced by equal-channel angular extrusion (ECAE) and by conventional hot and cold rolling. The high yield strengths at fine grain sizes are accompanied by a low tensile elongation, which reflects the stress-strain response of very fine grain sizes. The stress-strain response can be described by the Voce equation, with the dislocation-accumulation rate decreasing with decreasing grain size and the rate of dynamic recovery being controlled by the Mg solute. Tensile elongations generally decrease with decreasing grain size, but a duplex grain structure appears to provide a good compromise between strength and elongation.     

Membrane capacitance changes associated with particle uptake during phagocytosis in macrophages

We report the use of capacitance measurements to monitor particle uptake after cellular exposure to phagocytic stimuli. In these studies, human monocyte-derived macrophages (HMDMs) and cells from the murine macrophage-like cell line J774.1 were exposed to immune complexes or sized latex particles (0.8 or 3.2 micron in diameter). An average decrease in cell capacitance of 8 pF was seen after exposure of the cells to immune complexes. Cells in which particle uptake was inhibited by cytochalasin B treatment before exposure to immune complexes showed an average increase of 0.5 pF. The decrease in membrane capacitance after exposure of cells to particulate stimuli was absent with the soluble stimulus, platelet-activating factor, further confirming that decreases in membrane capacitance were due to particle uptake. Exposure of cells to sized latex particles resulted in a graded, stepwise decrease in membrane capacitance. The average step size for 0.8-micron particles was 250 fF, and the average step change for the larger 3.2-micron particles was 480 fF, as calculated from Gaussian fits to the step size amplitude histograms. The predicted step size for the individual particles based upon the minimum amount of membrane required to enclose a particle and a specific capacitance of 10 fF/micron2 was 20 and 320 fF, respectively. The step size for the smaller particles deviates significantly from the predicted size distribution, indicating either a possible lower limit to the size of the phagocytic vacuole or multiple particles taken up within a single phagosome. Dynamic interaction between phagocytosis and exocytosis was observed in a number of cells as a biphasic response consisting of an initial rapid increase in capacitance, consistent with cellular exocytosis, followed by stepwise decreases in capacitance.     

Magnetite Particle Size Distribution and Pellet Oxidation

Oxidation of magnetite pellets is commonly performed to prepare strong pellets for ironmaking. This article presents a contribution to quantitative understanding of fundamental pellet oxidation kinetics, based on measured oxidation kinetics of magnetite particles and pellets. The commonly observed “plateau” oxidation behavior is confirmed to be consistent with the effect of very large differences in magnetite particle sizes in the concentrate from which pellets are produced. The magnetite particles range in size from less than a micron to several tens of a microns; changing the size distribution by inert sintering of pellets decreases both the plateau level of oxidation and the specific surface area, in ways that are compatible with an assumed Rosin-Rammler magnetite particle size distribution.     

Thermo-Chemo-Mechanics of ASR Expansion in Concrete Structures

The critical nature of the alkali-silica reaction (ASR) on premature concrete deterioration requires the quantitative assessment, in time and space, of the chemomechanical impact of ASR expansion on the dimensional stability of concrete structures. In particular, the coupled problem of heat diffusion and ASR kinetics can be critical, as the ASR is a thermoactivated chemical reaction. The quantitative analysis of these coupled effects on both material and structural level is the main objective of this paper. Starting from the governing micromechanisms of ASR expansion, a chemoelastic model is developed that accounts for ASR kinetics and the swelling pressure exerted by the ASR reaction products on the skeleton. This chemoelastic model is a first-order engineering approach to capture timescale and magnitude of ASR expansion. It is shown that the realistic prediction of ASR structural effects requires the consideration of two timescales: (a) A latency time associated with the dissolution of reactive silica; and (2) a characteristic time associated with the ASR product formation. In addition, a dimensional analysis of the governing equations reveals that the ASR deterioration of “massive” concrete structures is driven by the simultaneous activation of heat diffusion and reaction kinetics within a surface layer defined by a characteristic ASR heat diffusion length. In turn, in “slender” structures, it is the simultaneous activation of moisture diffusion and ASR kinetics that drives the surface layer delamination. This is illustrated through finite-element case studies of ASR effects in structures of different dimensions: a concrete gravity dam and a bridge box girder.     

Si-Ti-B掺杂金刚石/硬质合金复合体的性能

金刚石粒度和掺杂量两因素对Si-Ti-B掺杂金刚石/硬质合金复合体的金刚石层的抗弯强度和耐磨性的综合影响,可以归结为平均自由程与机械性能的关系。在强度(或耐磨性)与平均自由程的关系曲线中,存在最大值。对于低掺杂量材料,强度随平均自由程(粘结相层厚度)的减少而降低。对于高掺杂量材料,强度随粘结相层厚度的增大而下降。Si-Ti-B掺杂烧结金刚石的耐热性高于钴粘结金刚石。     

Drug eruptions in Bangkok: a 1-year study at Ramathibodi Hospital

Concentration of camphorquinone initiator, exposure time of the light source and particle size of a radiopaque glass filler have been varied for an indigenously developed light-curing dental composite and the changes in the microhardness, compressive strength and diametral tensile strength studied. Higher initiator concentration and exposure times are found to improve the microhardness values while a concentration above 0.25% does not signify any drastic improvement in compressive and diametral strength. Changes in properties are found to be statistically significant at low initiator concentrations. A filler particle size around 1 microm is found to give better properties compared with larger sizes.