Analytical pyrolysis as a tool for the study of plastic coals

The technique of analytical pyrolysis has been used to characterize 40 similar mid-rank western Kentucky coals of widely differing ASTM Gieseler plasticity. Certain pyrolysis/g.c. variables were shown to correlate well with both ASTM Gieseler and isothermal plasticity. Highly plastic coals were shown to exhibit certain characteristic peaks in the 450 °C pyrogram which were absent in the pyrogram of the non-plastic coals. Two coals, representing the two extremes in plasticity, were selected for further study. After extraction with solvents such as DMF the characteristic peaks were absent in the 450 °C pyrogram of the extraction residue of the highly plastic coal. These peaks were also shown to decrease with increasing severity of air oxidation of the plastic coal. This technique appears to be a useful tool for the analysis of mid-rank plastic coals and supports the view that the substances contained in the bitumen fraction of these coals are involved in the development of the plastic state.     

无间隙原子钢的微观结构特征和塑性应变比

采用Ｘ射线衍射的ＯＤＦ和ＬＰ分析技术，ＳＥＭ电子通道花样和蚀坑技术观测，研究了超深冲无间隙原子钢板的微观结构特征。结果表明：控制化学成分、保证基体纯净、优选工艺参数，促进强的γ－〈１１１〉∥Ｎ．Ｄ纤维织构的形成是获得优异成型性的关键。用ＣＭＴＰ方法，由ＯＤＦ织构数据从理论计算了塑性应变比（ｒ），表明ｒｍ值高达３．１８。文中讨论了再结晶织构形成机制。     

N.m.r. study of the ferroelectric phase transition in a 7030mol% copolymer of vinylidene fluoride (VF2) and trifluoroethylene (TrFE)

Nuclear magnetic resonance (n.m.r.) studies of ¹⁹F nuclei in a $\text{70}\text{30}\text{mol}\text{\%}$ random copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and trifluoroethylene were performed at 9.14 MHz and 20.0 MHz. The free induction decays (FIDs) were analysed in terms of two T₂ components attributed to the amorphous and crystalline portions of the polymer. The changes in crystallinity as well as the effects of the ferroelectric transition were observed during cycles of heating and cooling between 20°C and 140°C. The crystalline component of the FID lengthens by a factor of 2 at 100°C on heating and decreases by this factor at 60°C on cooling, thus exhibiting the thermal hysteresis of this ferroelectric transition. The spin-lattice relaxation was also investigated. From measurements at 9.14 MHz the observed longitudinal relaxation time T₁ appears to be dominated by the dynamics of the amorphous phase and exhibits no anomaly through the phase transition. However, from measurements at 20 MHz, well defined minima of T₁ were observed, which are associated with the ferroelectric transition (especially after repeated annealing of the samples). Results are discussed in terms of the crystalline phase structure, which appears dynamically disordered above the ferroelectric phase transition. An analogy is considered with the plastic phase transitions encountered in molecular crystals.     

Finite element simulation of the mechanics of flat contact pad fretting fatigue tests

An understanding into the macro kinetic and kinematic behaviour of fretted surfaces is provided. Making use of a modified version of a previously developed in‐house two‐dimensional elastic–plastic finite element analysis numerically simulates flat contact pad fretting fatigue tests. Basic macro mechanics concepts are adopted to idealise two bodies with rough contact surfaces and loaded at two different sites with arbitrary axial loading profiles. A time scale factor is devised to recognise the earliest candidate out of the events possibly accommodated at each loading increment. The present analysis utilises a relevant experimental set up developed in the Structural Integrity Research Institute of the University of Sheffield as an application. Computational results accurate to within 1.2% and corresponding to one contact pad span and six constant normal loads acting individually with four amplitudes of two sinusoidal axial load cycles are presented. The present computations include (1) the development of the global and local normal and tangential reactions and relative sliding displacement acting along the fretting surfaces and (2) contact pad deformation, generated stress fields and plasticity development within the neighbouring region of the fretted area.     

考虑塑性铰外移的钢框架梁柱连接设计

介绍美国联邦突发事件管理局 (FEMA)对 1 994年北岭地震中焊接钢框架节点破坏原因的正式解释 ,说明塑性铰外移的必要性。此外 ,还介绍了塑性铰外移的两种基本形式以及狗骨式 (RBS)连接的有关设计规定和适用条件 ,其设计方法可供我国工程设计人员参考。     

The importance of the compression test procedure for plastic drums for dangerous goods

Packagings for the transport of dangerous goods are tested by four tests:- free fall, leakproofness, hydraulic pressure and stacking. However, the test procedures can be interpreted in different ways, particularly the stacking test. Some test authorities apply a guided load to the top of the package and others, including the LNE in France, use non-guided loads. The objective of recent research carried out at LNE was to evaluate the risk (in terms of stack stability for dangerous goods packagings) if the stacking tests are performed with guided loads rather than non-guided loads. The stacking tests were carried out on a limited number of plastic drums (200 of four types) submitted for qualification testing using the above four tests, with either guided or non-guided loads. From the results we conclude that:

• i for the transport of dangerous goods of Danger Group I, the field of use is not altered when tested by either procedure.
• ii with goods of Danger Groups II and III, the use of either procedure does not alter the position as far as transport is concerned. However, there is a risk in warehousing: the non-guided procedure being preferred.

     

Evaluation of Polyester Resin as a New Compatibilizer for SBR/PVC Blends

A polyester (PE) based on the glycolyzed products of PET was prepared and added in different concentrations to a series of SBR/PVC blends. The addition of the polyester showed that all properties of SBR/PVC blends were improved by incorporation of PE. Highest mechanical strength values were obtained at a polyester concentration of 7.5 phr. Thermal analysis as well as dynamic mechanical properties of SBR/PVC blends after the addition of 7.5 and 10 phr polyester indicated one single glass transition temperature. The dielectric losses (?") were analyzed in the frequency domains in the two terms of Fröhlich related to the Maxwell Wagner effect and the orientation of the aggregates caused by the movement of the main chain. The permittivity (?') values were found to increase by increasing the polyester content. This increase was followed by a decrease in the ?" up to a 7.5 phr polyester content after which no pronounced change was noticed.     

梁端翼缘扩大型梁柱节点抗震性能和设计方法

为使钢框架梁柱节点满足强柱弱梁的抗震设计原则,并使梁上塑性铰远离梁柱节点区,对梁端翼缘扩大型(包括侧板加强型和翼缘端部放大型)钢框架梁柱节点进行了往复荷载下的试验研究,得到了节点类型和梁端翼缘扩大尺寸对节点滞回性能、延性和耗能能力等指标的影响规律.在使用非线性有限元程序对试验结果进行数值模拟的基础上,研究了梁端翼缘扩大段的长度及宽度等参数对节点性能的影响规律和有效取值范围,给出了实用设计方法.使用梁端翼缘扩大型钢框架节点可以有效实现梁端塑性铰外移,是一种在抗震设计中值得推广的具有良好延性和塑性转动能力的新型节点形式.     

型钢翼缘狗骨式削弱在型钢混凝土节点的作用

为了防止地震时型钢混凝土节点核心区发生剪切破坏以及梁柱连接焊缝发生脆性断裂,提出对型钢混凝土节点核心区附近梁端型钢的上、下翼缘采取狗骨式削弱,并系统研究翼缘削弱对提高型钢混凝土节点抗震性能的作用.研究表明,由于在梁端型钢翼缘采取狗骨式削弱,不仅能够将塑性铰控制在梁型钢削弱的位置,从而有效地降低了节点核心区所受的剪力以及梁柱连接焊缝的应力;而且能够改善节点塑性铰区的转动能力和抗剪性能,提高节点的延性和耗能能力.     

考虑桩顶水平反力的水平受荷单桩弹塑性解析解

基于线性地基反力法和土体的弹塑性本构关系,对桩顶水平反力系数不为零时的水平受荷桩进行了研究,给出了桩顶土屈服临界荷载（水平力、弯矩）的耦合关系式。研究结果表明,当荷载大于临界荷载时,桩顶土发生塑性屈服,其塑性屈服深度随荷载的增加而增加,但其塑性区扩展速率随桩顶荷载的增加而逐渐减小。给出了弹性区与塑性区桩内力耦合的矩阵方程及其迭代求解格式;利用曲面拟合软件给出了塑性区换算深的计算公式。通过工程算例验证,证明该方法可靠快捷,便于手算,值得推广。 