Poly(butylene terephthalate)/organoclay nanocomposites prepared by in situ interlayer polymerization and its fiber (II)

Intercalated nanocomposites with poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) incorporated between the montmorillonite layers were synthesized from dimethyl terephthalate and 1,4-butane diol by using an in situ interlayer polymerization. The PBT nanocomposites were melt-spun at different organoclay contents to produce monofilaments. The samples were characterized by using wide angle X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, thermal analysis, and tensile testing. The extent of the clay layer in the PBT was confirmed by using X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy, and the clay layer was found to be highly dispersed on a nanometer scale. The addition of only a small amount of organoclay was enough to improve the thermo-mechanical properties of the PBT hybrid fibers. The hybrids were extruded with various draw ratios (DRs) to examine the tensile mechanical property of the fibers. At DR=1, the ultimate tensile strength of the hybrid fibers increased with the addition of clay up to a critical content and then decreased. However, the initial modulus monotonically increased with increasing amount of organoclay in the PBT matrix. When the DR was increased from 1 to 6, for example, the strength and the initial modulus values of the hybrids containing 3 wt% organoclay decreased linearly.     

Cocurrent downflow circulating fluidized bed (downer) reactors — A state of the art review

In the last decade, cocurrent downflow circulating fluidized bed reactors, called “downer” reactors, have been proposed as an alternative to upflow circulating fluidized bed, or “riser”, reactors. In this paper, published results on downer studies are summarized and future directions of research are recommended. Downer reactors are shown to have several distinct advantages over upflow circulating fluidized bed reactors and can potentially be used in many industrial processes, mainly due to a more uniform gas and solids flow structure compared with risers.     

Design of a slave arm of a surgical robot system to estimate the contact force at the tip of the employed instruments

Acquisition of the contact force at the instrument tip can enable better performance, e.g. transparency of the haptic feedback in the surgical robot systems. It is, however, difficult to measure the contact force directly due to technical limitations in attaching sensors to the tip of the instruments. This paper proposes a method to estimate the forces by installing the sensors away from the instrument tip. The proposed method employs specially designed mechanical parts of the slave robot, i.e. a slider cover plate for the z-axis translational force along the insertion direction, and docking clamps for the rotational pivot torques around the fulcrum point. Strain gauges are attached to specially designed places with enhancing shapes. The simulation results of the force estimation are presented to confirm the strain concentration area. The proposed method is validated with quantitative experimental results. Calibrated weights are determined upon the comparison of the strain value with a calibrated 6-axis force/torque sensor. The percentage error in the force calibration is about 5~8% calculated by the root mean square error (RMSE) of force-sensing performance. In addition, it can be computed by considering only the bending phase of each sensor although the hysteresis is observed from the calibration graph.     

Chemical properties of femoral gland secretions in the desert iguana,Dipsosaurus dorsalis

This study investigates the chemistry of femoral gland secretions in the desert iguana,Dipsosaurus dorsalis (Lacertilia: Iguanidae), and discusses their possible functional significance. Electrophoretic and proton NMR studies indicated that the secretions are composed of approximately 80 % protein and 20% lipid material. Individual differences in polyacrylamide gel banding patterns of femoral gland proteins were found. Reflectance spectroscopy revealed that the secretions strongly absorb longwave ultraviolet light, a feature that may be important in the localization of secretion deposits in the environment.     

膜生物反应器技术处理洗浴废水的工程应用

根据洗浴废水的水质水量，设计了生物接触氧化和膜生物反应器相结合的处理工艺(水量为120m^3／d)。通过对工艺相关设计参数的选取和调试运行结果表明，该工艺具有处理效果稳定、抗冲击负荷强以及操作简便等优点。     

低氟含量低表面能自清洁氟碳涂料的研究

以氟单体和丙烯酸酯类单体通过聚合物的分子结构设计，合成了一类总氟含量不超过12％的低氟含量的含氟丙烯酸树脂，所制备的氟碳涂料的涂层的表面能低，具有自清洁功能。分析了该涂层中极性与非极性官能团的分子取向机理，测定了纯水水珠在不同含氟单体均聚物和共聚物清漆漆膜上以及在含氟丙烯酸树脂涂层上的接触角，探明了含氟丙烯酸树脂涂层的总氟含量与表面能的关系、含氟官能团在涂层中的分布，探讨了低氟含量的含氟丙烯酸树脂涂料的涂层自清洁机理。     

聚氨酯橡胶摩擦轮有限元及疲劳寿命分析

针对汽车滑板输送机聚氨酯橡胶摩擦轮的开裂问题,对摩擦轮与滑板之间的相互作用进行预压紧力和接触摩擦驱动有限元分析,获得摩擦轮的应力和变形分布等结果.在获得摩擦轮周向应力分布的基础上,根据疲劳裂纹扩展公式对聚氨酯橡胶部分进行疲劳寿命分析,验证是否满足设计要求.分析过程和结果能为聚氨酯橡胶摩擦轮的详细设计提供参考.     

柴油发动机活塞静强度分析

针对铁路运输向高速重载方向发展对机车发动机性能要求不断提高的问题,为确保柴油发动机工作的可靠性,对其活塞进行静强度分析.用HyperMesh建立某柴油发动机活塞的三维有限元模型,利用ANSYS对其进行有限元分析.综合考虑热负荷与机械负荷的耦合作用,确定活塞最大应力和最大应变分布的危险部位.分析结果可以为铁路机车柴油发动机活塞设计提供参考.     

丙烯酸型亲水涂料乳胶粒表面羧基分布的研究

研究了以苯乙烯为核,丙烯酸酯类为壳的核壳乳液,采用丙烯酸为功能性单体,成膜后羧基为极性基团分布在涂膜表面达到亲水目的。讨论了功能单体丙烯酸(AA)在乳胶粒表面的分布情况及其加量对涂膜亲水性的影响,通过电导滴定发现当AA的加入量为3%时,水相中游离的丙烯酸含量为5.57%,聚合物表面的羧基含量为36.11%,涂膜的亲水性达到最佳,水接触角为51.1°。本文还讨论了核壳法和核壳翻转法对乳胶粒表面羧基分布及涂膜亲水性能的影响,两者的电导滴定曲线形状一致,由两个当量点可以计算出水相中游离的丙烯酸含量为1.47%,而乳胶粒表面羧基分布的含量为43.59%,可见,用核壳翻转法合成的乳液,乳胶粒表面羧基分布含量比普通聚合方法合成的乳胶粒表面羧基分布含量高,涂膜亲水性进一步提高,水接触角降低为44.5°。     

影响氟改性硅丙乳液聚合及其聚合物膜表面特性的因素

采用种子乳液聚合方法制备了阴、阳离子型氟改性硅丙乳液,用红外光谱对聚合物进行了表征,考察了聚合温度、氟改性单体和种子乳液的用量、乳化剂用量和pH值等因素对转化率和聚合物膜与水之间接触角的影响。结果表明,该聚合物中含有聚硅氧烷链段和CF2基团;聚合温度对转化率的影响较显著;在阳离子乳化体系中,当聚硅氧烷种子乳液、含氟丙烯酸酯单体和乳化剂的用量分别为10%、10%和1.1%时,转化率可以达到90%左右,接触角达到104°以上;随着体系pH值的逐渐增大,阳离子型氟改性硅丙乳液的Zeta电位明显降低,但阴离子型乳液的Zeta电位变化较小。