For composites to compete in vehicle suspension applications, it is essential to control their failure by utilising their strength in principal direction instead of shear. This can be achieved efficiently by employing a new configuration instead of existing one. This study marries between an elliptical configuration and the woven roving composites.
In this paper, the influence of ellipticity ratio on performance of woven roving wrapped composite elliptical springs has been investigated both experimentally and numerically. A series of experiments was conducted for composite elliptical springs with ellipticity ratios (a/b) ranging from one to two. Typical failure histories of their failure mechanism are presented and discussed. In general, this study demonstrated that composites elliptical spring can be used for light and heavy trucks and meet the requirements, together with substantial weight saving. The results showed that the ellipticity ratio significantly influenced the spring rate and failure loads. Composite elliptic spring with ellipticity ratios of a/b 2.0 displayed the highest spring rate. 相似文献
A study of growth rates of NaClO3 and NaBrO3 has been carried out using a small growth cell by in situ observation. Normal growth rates of (100) faces of NaClO3 and (111) faces of NaBrO3 along 〈110〉 direction are measured under relatively high supersaturation ranging from 3–8%. In the initial stages of growth,
(100), (110) and (111) faces develop in NaClO3 and gradually all the faces are replaced by the (100) faces only. In the case of NaBrO3, mostly (111) faces develop with occasional occurrence of small (100) faces at the intersection of (111) faces. The growth
mechanisms are investigated from growth rate vs supersaturation plots and from the observations of surface features. In the
present supersaturation range, the growth mechanism appears to be due to two-dimensional growth mechanism. 相似文献
Ti/Sn/TiC powder mixtures were first employed to synthesize Ti2SnC powder by pressureless sintering in the temperature range of 950–1250 °C at vacuum atmosphere. Ti2SnC began to form at 950 °C, its content increased with increasing temperature. High purity of Ti2SnC was obtained by sintering the mixtures with deficient Sn and TiC at 1200 °C for 15 min. A reaction mechanism was proposed to explain the formation of Ti2SnC. The Ti2SnC powder was characterized by scan electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Using the above mixtures and process, the Ti2SnC ceramic powder can be obtained on a larger scale. 相似文献