Glass-fibre-reinforced composites with enhanced mechanical and electrical properties - Benefits and limitations of a nanoparticle modified matrix

Nanoparticles and especially carbon nanotubes (CNTs) provide a high potential for the modification of polymers. They are very effective fillers regarding mechanical properties, especially toughness. Furthermore, they allow the implication of functional properties, which are connected to their electrical conductivity, into polymeric matrices. In the present paper, different nanoparticles, as fumed silica and carbon black, were used to optimise the epoxy matrix system of a glass-fibre-reinforced composite. Their nanometre-size enables their application as particle-reinforcement in FRPs produced by the resin-transfer-moulding method (RTM), without being filtered by the glass-fibre bundles. Additionally, an electrical field was applied during curing, in order to enhance orientation of the nanofillers in z-direction. The interlaminar shear strengths of the nanoparticle modified composites were significantly improved (+16%) by adding only 0.3 wt.% of CNTs. The interlaminar toughness G_Ic and G_IIc was not affected in a comparable manner. The laminates containing carbon nanotubes exhibited a relatively high electrical conductivity at very low filler contents, which allows the implication of functional properties, such as stress-strain monitoring and damage detection.     

Stress formation in evaporated amorphous Ge-Se and Ge-Se-Ga(Tl, B) thin films

Thin amorphous chalcogenide films from the GeSe_x (x = 1-5), (GeSe₄)_100−yGa_y and (GeSe₅)_100−y Ga(Tl, B)_y (y = 5, 10, 15, 20) systems have been prepared by thermal evaporation and characterized with respect to their internal stress using a cantilever technique. The correlations between the stress, the composition and the structure of the films were investigated. The obtained results were related with some structural and mechanical parameters of the glasses like mean coordination number, number of constrains per atom, density, compactness, microhardness and Young's modulus. For all investigated chalcogenide films a stress relaxation with the time was observed as a result of spontaneous structural rearrangements.     

Thermoelectric properties of Bi and Cu co-doped Ca3Co2O6single crystals

Single crystals of Bi and Cu-doped Ca₃Co₂O₆were synthesized in a molten K₂CO₃flux. Using an obtained single crystal of (Ca_0.985(5)Bi_0.015(5))₃(Co_0.990(3)Cu_0.010(3))₂O₆elongated to the c-axis direction of the crystal structure, the electric resistivity (ρ) and Seebeck coefficient (S) were measured from room temperature to over 1000 K in air. The single crystal showed p-type semiconducting behavior with ρ values of 1.8 Ω cm at 303 K and 0.017 Ω cm at 1000 K. The S values were +254 μ VK^{− 1} at 325 K, +360 μ VK^{− 1} at 420 K, and +214 μ VK^{− 1} at 1000 K. The power factor (S ² ρ ^{− 1}) increased with an increase of temperature and attained 2.70 × 10^{− 4} Wm^{− 1}K^{− 2} at 1000 K.     

氧化铝颗粒增强铜基复合材料线切割加工研究

采用粉末冶金方法制备了Al2O3/CU复合材料.研究了电参数对复合材料线切割加工速度和表面粗糙度的影响;用扫描电镜分析了复合材料线切割加工表面的SEM形貌.结果表明:选用较大的峰值电流和较短的脉冲宽度,可对复合材料进行较理想的电火花线切割加工;复合材料加工表面是由相互重叠的放电凹坑和凸缘组成,表面粘附有基体金属的球形熔滴和Al2O3颗粒.     

土工合成材料在软土路基工程中的应用

软土具有含水量高、孔隙比大、渗透性小、压缩性高、抗剪强度低、触变性显著等不利的工程性质。在软土地区修筑高等级公路，一直是公路建设的一个重大技术难题。简述了土工合成材料的种类、作用及其在软土路基工程中的应用机理，并结合实例分析土工织物的应用效果。     

土的渗透性预测方法与工程应用

基于长江河口地区沉积物的特点,分析了该区域天然沉积土的渗透性能,得出渗透系数显著偏低的结论。采用孔隙特征预测土的渗透系数的方法,成功预测了长江口北岸天然沉积土的渗透系数,预测得到的渗透系数高出室内渗透试验结果一个数量级以上。这一结果应用于通启高速公路建设,取得了良好的经济和社会效益,具有很高的参考价值。