Measuring and modeling the rheological data of diglycidylether of bisphenol‐A during polymerization for finite element analyses

Finite element analyses (FEA) of thermosets are often performed on the basis of rheological data for fully cured resin. For the FEA of thermosets during curing, a material model is established and a technique is demonstrated, which allows the rheological data of the linear viscoelastic material to be derived. As the moduli are sensitive to conversion, all measured properties are related to temperature and conversion. Therefore the basis for the rheological data has to be a suitable reaction kinetic. Based on the kinetics shear and compression properties are measured independently and modeled mathematically with the focus to gain a formulation, which is suitable for FEA. The considered time constants are in the range between one second and one month as these times are relevant for the investigated relaxation times. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 90: 1868–1872, 2003     

Evaluation of Slow Crack Growth Resistance in Ceramics for High-Temperature Applications

The slow (subcritical) crack growth (SCG) resistance of Si₃N₄ and SiC ceramics has been evaluated by a stepwise loading test on bending bars precracked by Vickers indentation. Three highly refractory materials were selected for the evaluation: i.e., (1) high-purity Si₃N₄ sintered by hot isostatic pressing (HIP) without additives and (2,3) α - and β - SiC pressureless sintered with B and C addition. Under the hypothesis of linear elastic behavior at high temperature, which was found satisfied in the present materials, the SCG resistance was expressed in terms of initial stress intensity factor critical for SCG failure within a predetermined lifetime. The present method was found useful in shortening the testing time and consistent with other traditional fatigue tests (e.g., static-fatigue test): It is recommended as a screening test for materials under research and development. Among the materials tested in the present study, the highest SCG resistance up to 1440°C was found in the high-purity Si₃N₄ without additives.     

Ideal-gas thermodynamic properties for natural-gas applications

Calculating caloric properties from a thermal equation of state requires information such as isobaric heat capacities in the ideal-gas state as a function of temperature. In this work, values for the parameters of thec _p ⁰ correlation proposed by Aly and Lee were newly determined for 21 pure gases which are compounds of natural gas mixtures. The values of the parameters were adjusted to selectedc _p ⁰ data calculated from spectroscopic data for temperatures ranging from 10 to 1000 K. The data sources used are discussed and compared with literature data deduced from theoretic models and caloric measurements. The parameters presented will be applied in a current GERG project for evaluating equations of state (e.g., the AGA 8 equation) for their suitability for calculating caloric properties.     

Thermomechanical stress fields in high-temperature fibrous composites. I: Unidirectional laminates

This two-part paper presents a closed-form procedure for evaluation of estimates of local thermomechanical stress fields in two-phase fibrous composites and laminates. The first part is concerned with a unidirectional elastic laminate subjected to uniform mechanical loads and to uniform changes in temperature. Both phases are assumed to be elastic, with temperature-dependent moduli and expansion coefficients; the solution reflects the influence of thermomechanical interactions. Exact solutions are not possible for any real system, because the local geometry is not known in detail. Instead, estimates of the fields are found from a modified Mori-Tanaka approximation. Examples are presented for two SiC/Ti---Al---Nb composites. Local stresses of interest are found after cooling from fabrication to room temperature. The presence of local yielding, and the influence of coupling terms on the local stress magnitudes are examined. Extension of the results to laminated plates is presented in Part II (Dvorak, G.J., Chen, T. & Teply, J., Composites Science and Technology, 43 (1992) 359–368, this issue).     

Synthesis and characterization of poly(siloxane-urethane)s

A series of polyurethane block copolymers based on hydroxy-terminated polydimethylsiloxane and poly(propylene glycol) soft segments of molecular weights 1818 and 2000, respectively, were synthesized. The hard segments consisted of 4,4′-diphenylnethane diisocyanate and 1,4-butanediol as the chain extender. Samples with different molar ratios were prepared. We tried to synthesize polydimethylsiloxane-based polyurethanes (PDMS-PU) containing a hard block as major fraction and a soft block as minor fraction for preparing toughened rigid systems. After a study of the pure polydimethylsiloxane-based polyurethane and poly(propylene glycol)-based polyurethane (PPG-PU), (mixed polyol)-based block copolymers and blends of PDMS-PU and PPG-PU were synthesized, and characterized by means of differential scanning calorimetry, tensile testing and scanning electron microscopy. In (mixed polyol)-based copolymers and lower hard-segment content blends, macro-phase separation occurred, but blends with higher hard-segment contents showed significant reduction in amounts of phase separation.     

镀铜／镍聚丙烯腈纤维填充复合材料电磁波屏蔽性能的研究

研究了镀铜／镍的聚丙烯腈纤维填充ＡＢＳ树脂制得的复合材料的导电性及电磁波屏蔽性能，复合材料的导电性主要与导电纤维的填加量有关，导电纤维与基体树脂间的相容状况、复合加工时某些工艺条件等对复合材料的导电性也有较大的影响，电磁波屏蔽性能随导电纤维填加量的增加而提高，加入适当的偶联剂有助于改善和复合材料的电磁波屏蔽性能。     

Safety,liveness and fairness in temporal logic

In this paper we present syntactic characterization of temporal formulas that express various properties of interest in the verification of concurrent programs. Such a characterization helps us in choosing the right techniques for proving correctness with respect to these properties. The properties that we consider include safety properties, liveness properties and fairness properties. We also present algorithms for checking if a given temporal formula expresses any of these properties.This work is partly supported by NSF grant CCR-9212183. A preliminary version of this paper appeared in the Fourth ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing.     

Teflon－AF~R──新一代的电子和光电功能聚合物材料

ＴｅｆｌｏｎＡＦ是新一代高性能的Ｔｅｆｌｏｎ氟碳树脂。完全非晶态的ＴｅｆｌｏｎＡＦ具有许多突出优点，如在１９０ｎｍ厚度内的完全透明度，低折射率（１．２９～１．３１）；突出的介电性能（在塑料家族中具有最低的介电常数）；良好的力学性能；宽温区的热性能和优良的化学惰性及在选定的全氟化溶剂内受限制的溶解性等等。ＴｅｆｌｏｎＡＦ在高科技领域中具有广泛的应用前景。如用作在光纤和集成光学方面的重要材料，半导体和工艺材料，介电和释放材料，特殊性能的化学和工业材料以及生物医学材料等。     

自韧Si3N4陶瓷的显微结构及其性能研究

利用热压的方法制得室温断裂韧性和抗弯强度分别为１１．２ＭＰａ·ｍ￣（１／２）、８２３ＭＰａ，高温（１３５０℃）断裂韧性和抗弯强度分别为２３．９ＭＰａ·ｍ￣（１／２）、６３０ＭＰａ的自韧Ｓｉ＿３Ｎ＿４陶瓷。研究了显微结构和力学性能之间的关系。结果表明：玻璃相的含量、β－Ｓｉ＿３Ｎ＿４的长径比等对性能有重要影响。分析了自韧Ｓｉ＿３Ｎ＿４陶瓷的增韧机理，通过ＳＥＭ明显观察到Ｓｉ＿３Ｎ＿４中存在裂纹偏转、分支和β－Ｓｉ＿３Ｎ＿４拔出现象。