Production and properties of micro‐porous glas bubble zinc and aluminium composites

Micro‐porous syntactic foams were produced by means of integration of glass bubbles into aluminium and zinc matrices. Preforms of glass bubbles were pressure infiltrated with the alloys AlSi9Cu9 ans ZnAl4Cu using squeeze casting. The preforms were sintered thermically without the use of bonding agents. Using the combination of different sintering steps syntactic foams with locally different densities could be produced. The mechanical properties of the foams were tested indicating a high compression strength of the foams and a very good compression energy absorption. Furthermore, corrosion behaviour and behaviour at higher temperatures were investigated.     

An extension of the Secant Method for the homogenization of the nonlinear behavior of composite materials

We discuss the consequences of a different application of the principle the Modified Secant Method is [C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Sér. IIb 320 (1995) 563] based on. In fact, we directly compute the second-order averages of the local fields available from the linear elastic homogenization procedure exploited in order to evaluate the effective elastic moduli. This method, which can be seen either as a simplification of the Modified Secant Method or as an extension of the Secant Method [J. Mech. Phys. Solids 26 (1979) 325], may be useful for any composite whose overall elastic constants need to be estimated by modeling the microstructure through Morphologically Representative Patterns [J. Mech. Phys. Solids 44 (1996) 307], which is for instance the case of syntactic foams [Int. J. Solids and Structures 38/40-41 (2001) 7235]. In order to show the accuracy of the proposed method, we apply it to several examples and compare its results with those obtainable by means of other analytical methods available in the literature, with numerical results of Finite Element simulations, and with experimental results. Closed-form solutions are derived for the effective yield stress of porous metals and incompressible composites reinforced with rigid spheres.     

(CO2 + 2‐propanol) mixture as a foaming agent for polystyrene: A simple thermodynamic model for the high pressure VLE‐phase diagrams taking into account the foam vitrification

The equation of state model developed by Lacombe and Sanchez (J Phys Chem 1976, 80, 2352) is used in the form proposed later by Sanchez and Stone (Polymer Blends, Vol. 1: Formulation, 2000; Chapter 2) to correlate experimental vapor‐liquid equilibrium (VLE) data for the three binaries and the ternary systems. Experimental data from the binary systems carbon dioxide‐isopropyl alcohol (CO₂‐IPrOH), isopropyl alcohol‐polystyrene (IPrOH‐PS), and carbon dioxide‐polystyrene (CO₂‐PS) are used to calculate VLE properties for the ternary system CO₂‐IPrOH‐PS. Two‐dimensional VLE‐phase diagrams were calculated and used to describe from a thermodynamic point of view the pressure, volume, and temperature values that characterize a thermoplastic foam evolution process, from the extruder to the foaming die. For different initial mixture CO₂ + IPrOH concentrations, pressure reduction produces liquid foaming until the vitrification curve arrests the final foam volume expansion. The dependence of the vitreous transition with the system CO₂ + IPrOH concentration while foaming is represented by the Chow (Macromolecules 1980, 13, 362) equation. The calculation procedure is proposed as a design tool to reduce the amount of experimental data usually needed as a requirement previous to the design stage. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 104: 2663–2671, 2007     

丙烯酸酯改性双环戊二烯酚型环氧树脂及其性能研究

通过FT－IR光谱表征了丙烯酸酯改性的DCPD酚型环氧树脂／DDM体系结构，并通过测定改性体系的凝胶时间和分析凝胶时间的影响因素，研究了该体系的反应特性，同时，对改造前后DCPD酚型环氧树脂体系的性能做了分析。     

TDE-85环氧树脂丙烯酸酯的合成及其UV固化特性的研究

本文研究了TDE-85环氧树脂丙烯酸酯的合成方法，讨论了合成条件（催化剂的种类与用量，反应温度及时间，投料比，反应类型及不饱和酸种类的选择等）对合成反应及合成产物性状的影响。另外，还考察了该合成产物的UV固化特性。     

Constitutive modeling of HDPE polymer/clay nanocomposite foams

A constitutive model for tensile behavior of high density polyethylene (HDPE)/clay nanocomposite foams was proposed. The elastic modulus of HDPE/clay nanocomposite was developed using micromechanics theory, and the modulus for foams was obtained by using representative volume element (RVE) concept. In order to describe the tensile behavior of the foams, a constitutive equation obtained from a viscoelastic model was proposed. The constitutive model was expressed in terms of microstructural properties of polymer, and physical properties of the foams. The effects of the material parameters and processing conditions on the foam morphologies and mechanical properties of HDPE/clay nanocomposite foams were investigated. Microcellular closed-cell nanocomposite foams were manufactured with HDPE, where the nanoclay loadings of 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 wt% were used. The effect of clay loading and foaming conditions on the volume expansion ratio, elastic modulus, tensile strength, and elongation at break was investigated. Except for the elongation at break, the mechanical properties were improved with nanoclay loading. The tensile experimental data of the foams were compared with the prediction by the theoretical model. It was demonstrated that the tensile behaviors of HDPE/clay nanocomposite foams were well described by the constitutive model.     

水性聚氨酯/丙烯酸酯复合乳液的合成及其性能研究

通过自由基乳液聚合,合成具有核壳结构的水性聚氨酯/丙烯酸酯复合乳液(PUA)。用IR、DSC和TEM对产物结构进行了表征,证明水性聚氨酯(PU)与丙烯酸酯单体在实验条件下发生了共聚反应;考察了PVA乳液及其胶膜耐热性和耐溶剂性。结果表明具有核壳结构的PUA乳液的各项性能均比水性聚氨酯有明显提高。     

有机硅/丙烯酸酯共聚物乳液性能的研究

采用反应型乳化剂烷基乙烯基磺酸钠 ( DNS-86)合成了有机硅改性丙烯酸酯共聚乳液 ,考察了乳液的表面张力、稳定性及流变性能。结果表明硅丙乳液的表面张力随有机硅单体用量的增加而减小 ;乳液的冻融稳定性和储存稳定性良好 ,符合涂料的使用要求 ;乳液为非牛顿流体 ,乳液的表观黏度随着有机硅含量的增加而降低。     

Analysis of sequence distribution in methyl methacrylate-methyl acrylate copolymers by C NMR spectroscopy

Methyl methacrylate (MMA)-methyl acrylate (MA) copolymers, prepared in bulk at 50 °C using AIBN as initiator, were characterized by 150 MHz ¹³C NMR spectroscopy, including use of the Distortionless Enhancement by Polarization Transfer (DEPT) experiment to obtain methylene and methine carbon resonances as subspectra. Dyad, triad, tetrad and partial pentad distributions were measured from the α-methyl, methine and methylene carbon resonances. These were in good agreement with distributions calculated for the copolymers based on monomer feed compositions, conversions and reactivity ratios of 2.60 and 0.27 for methyl methacrylate and methyl acrylate, respectively.     

泡沫金属的力学性能研究

利用Gibson—Ashby模型,对泡沫金属的基本参量（弹性模量和泊松比）进行了理论分析,建立了泡沫金属在弹性范围内的弹性模量和泊松比随相对密度变化的关系式,通过与Nieh等人的实验结果和Roberts等人的有限元分析结果比较表明,得到的关系式能较好地反映泡沫金属特性。研究表明,对于同一模型中,在相时密度相同的情况下,开孔泡沫金属材料的筋条截面惯性矩越大,其弹性模量越大,而泊松比越小。