Low-dimensional carbon nanostructures are ideal nanofillers to reinforce the mechanical performance of polymer nanocomposites due to their excellent mechanical properties. Through molecular dynamics simulations, the mechanical performance of poly(vinyl alchohol) (PVA) nanocomposites reinforced with a single-layer diamond – diamane is investigated. It is found the PVA/diamane exhibits similar interfacial strengths and pull-out characteristics with the PVA/bilayer-graphene counterpart. Specifically, when the nanofiller is fully embedded in the nanocomposite, it is unable to deform simultaneously with the PVA matrix due to the weak interfacial load transfer efficiency, thus the enhancement effect is not significant. In comparison, diamane can effectively promote the tensile properties of the nanocomposite when it has a laminated structure as it deforms simultaneously with the matrix. With this configuration, the interlayer sp3 bonds endows diamane with a much higher resistance under compression and shear tests, thus the nanocomposite can reach very high compressive and shear stress. Overall, enhancement on the mechanical interlocking at the interface as triggered by surface functionalization is only effective for the fully embedded nanofiller. This work provides a fundamental understanding of the mechanical properties of PVA nanocomposites reinforced by diamane, which can shed lights on the design and preparation of next generation high-performance nanocomposites. 相似文献
A series of methacrylate-acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (MABS) resins was prepared using bulk polymerization. The polarity of the continuous phase and the compatibility of two phases were changed by adjusting the methyl methacrylate (MMA) content, choosing values that were close to styrene-butadiene rubber solubility value. The possibility of controlling the microstructure of the MABS resin by changing the polarity of the components and the compatibility of two phases was assessed. The dynamic mechanical analysis shows that the compatibility of two phases varies with the MMA content. The morphological analysis shows that increasing MMA contents results in a gradual decrease in the sub-inclusion structure with a network skeleton of rubber particles, and that all the particles become solid rubber when the MMA content reaches 75%. The sub-inclusion structure reappears but does not have a network skeleton when the MMA content is 90%. The impact strength and morphological analysis indicate that the solid rubber particles and the sub-inclusion structure with a network skeleton provide excellent toughness, while the sub-inclusion structure without a network skeleton does not. In contrast, the transmittance of the ABS resin first increased and then decreased with increasing MMA content. 相似文献
Initialization speed is one of the most important factors in network real time kinematic (NRTK) performance. Owing to the low correlation among the error s 相似文献
This work proposed a new path to synthesize Ni-phyllosilicate through the reaction of nickel hydroxide and silica sol on the surface of Ni-foam to form the monolithic Ni-phyllosilicate/Ni-foam catalyst. Ni-phyllosilicate could reprint the morphology of nickel hydroxid and firmly anchor on the framework of Ni-foam, which obtained fine Ni particles of 2.8 nm after reduction in H2 at 650 °C, resulting in high catalytic activity for CO2 methanation. In addition, the Ni-phyllosilicate/Ni-foam catalyst showed high long-term stability in a 100 h-lifetime test owing to the combined effects of surface confinement of Ni-phyllosilicate, firm anchoring between Ni-phyllosilicate and Ni-foam, as well as the high heat transfer property of Ni-foam.
Recently, ceramic matrix composites reinforced by short carbon fibers (CFs) attracted increasing attentions. To further improve mechanical properties and oxidation resistances, CFs were subjected to oxidation and acidification followed by sol-gel dip-coating to deposit ZrO2 on their surfaces. ZrO2-Cf/SiC composites were fabricated by joint hot compression molding and sintering, compared to Cf/SiC and SiC prepared by the same method. Microstructural analyses indicated that ZrO2 coatings were successfully deposited on CF surfaces, formed strong bonding and interfaces between CF and the matrix. Meanwhile, CFs were found uniformly distributed in SiC matrix with random orientations. Flexural curves of ZrO2-Cf/SiC and Cf/SiC revealed the presence of “false plasticity” regions after sharp drops, which were quite different from brittle flexural behavior of SiC ceramic. Compression strength of the three samples showed step-up growth. ZrO2-Cf/SiC exhibited the highest value, indicating the introduction of CFs and ZrO2 coatings do have great influence on mechanical performances. After heat treatment, ZrO2-Cf/SiC exhibited better oxidation resistance than Cf/SiC, with weight loss ratios estimated to ??3.76% and ??6.43%, respectively. These improved properties indicated that ZrO2-Cf/SiC would be excellent alternatives to other existence materials under ultra-high temperature environments. 相似文献
Quality of service (QoS) support for multimedia services in the IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN is an important issue for such WLANs
to become a viable wireless access to the Internet. In this paper, we endeavor to propose a practical scheme to achieve this
goal without changing the channel access mechanism. To this end, a novel call admission and rate control (CARC) scheme is
proposed. The key idea of this scheme is to regulate the arriving traffic of the WLAN such that the network can work at an
optimal point. We first show that the channel busyness ratio is a good indicator of the network status in the sense that it
is easy to obtain and can accurately and timely represent channel utilization. Then we propose two algorithms based on the
channel busyness ratio. The call admission control algorithm is used to regulate the admission of real-time or streaming traffic
and the rate control algorithm to control the transmission rate of best effort traffic. As a result, the real-time or streaming
traffic is supported with statistical QoS guarantees and the best effort traffic can fully utilize the residual channel capacity
left by the real-time and streaming traffic. In addition, the rate control algorithm itself provides a solution that could
be used above the media access mechanism to approach the maximal theoretical channel utilization. A comprehensive simulation
study in ns-2 has verified the performance of our proposed CARC scheme, showing that the original 802.11 DCF protocol can
statically support strict QoS requirements, such as those required by voice over IP or streaming video, and at the same time,
achieve a high channel utilization.
Hongqiang Zhai received the B.E. and M.E. degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in July 1999 and January
2002 respectively. He worked as a research intern in Bell Labs Research China from June 2001 to December 2001, and in Microsoft
Research Asia from January 2002 to July 2002. Currently he is pursuing the PhD degree in the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, University of Florida. He is a student member of IEEE.
Xiang Chen received the B.E. and M.E. degrees in electrical engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 1997
and 2000, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville,
in 2005. He is currently a Senior Research Engineer at Motorola Labs, Arlington Heights, IL. His research interests include
resource management, medium access control, and quality of service (QoS) in wireless networks. He is a Member of Tau Beta
Pi and a student member of IEEE.
Yuguang Fang received a Ph.D degree in Systems and Control Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in January 1994, and a Ph.D
degree in Electrical Engineering from Boston University in May 1997.
From June 1997 to July 1998, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor in Department of Electrical Engineering at the University
of Texas at Dallas. From July 1998 to May 2000, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. In May 2000, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
at University of Florida where he got the early promotion with tenure in August 2003 and has been an Associate Professor since
then. He has published over one hundred (100) papers in refereed professional journals and conferences. He received the National
Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Award in 2001 and the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award in 2002.
He is currently serving as an Editor for many journals including IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on
Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, and ACM Wireless Networks. He is also actively participating
in conference organization such as the Program Vice-Chair for IEEE INFOCOM’2005, Program Co-Chair for the Global Internet
and Next Generation Networks Symposium in IEEE Globecom’2004 and the Program Vice Chair for 2000 IEEE Wireless Communications
and Networking Conference (WCNC’2000). 相似文献