The Interaction of Temperature and Bending Load on Structural Performance of Chinese Larch Wood

2012 ◽  
Vol 531-532 ◽  
pp. 122-126
Author(s):  
Hai Bin Zhou ◽  
Chuan Shuang Hu ◽  
Jian Hui Zhou

Wood is being used extensively in timber construction in China. In fire-resistant design for timber construction, the main goal is to ensure that enough structural integrity is maintained during a fire to prevent structure collapse. It is important to understand its structural performance when exposed to elevated temperatures and loaded by stress levels. To study the interaction effect of Chinese larch wood, a total of 72 small clear wood samples were observed under constant stress levels when the wood temperature was elevated. The results indicated that Chinese larch wood was more susceptible to the coupling effect of temperature and stress. The interaction promoted a temporary stable flexural structure to collapse during a short exposure time.

2012 ◽  
Vol 557-559 ◽  
pp. 1563-1566
Author(s):  
Hai Bin Zhou ◽  
Chuan Shuang Hu ◽  
Jian Hui Zhou

Wood is being used extensively in timber construction in China. It is important to understand its response when exposed to elevated temperatures. In fire-resistant design for timber construction, the main goal is to ensure that enough structural integrity is maintained during a fire to prevent structure collapse. To study the effect of temperature on bending strength (MOR) and stiffness (MOE) of solid clear wood from Chinese larch, a total of 108 samples with various target temperatures were tested in static bending under same temperatures to ensure the wood temperature to be sustained. The results indicated that exposure to sustained temperatures caused significant degradation of bending strength and stiffness. The degradation of chemical composition of larch wood happened after 170 °C and caused a serious drop in mechanical properties of larch wood after 225 °C. The bending strength and MOE of larch wood behaved negative linear relationship with temperatures before 100 °C.


2021 ◽  
Vol 230 ◽  
pp. 01018
Author(s):  
Andriy Syrotyuk ◽  
Oleg Vytyaz ◽  
Rostyslav Leshchak ◽  
Jan Ziaja

The gravimetric method was used to determine the corrosion rate of a pipe for coiled tubing. Scanning electron and optical microscopy were used to study the microstructure and to determine the nature of corrosion damages. It has been found that corrosion processes of different nature occurred in the studied systems “metal – environment”, in particular, in acid solutions, corrosion was caused by the of hydrochloric acid and the ambient temperature of 70°С. In solution with a smaller acid content, along with the general corrosion, there is a significant localization of the corrosion process (deep corrosion damage is formed: macro pitting and corrosion ulcers). The general corrosion was observed in the HCl solution (13 mass %), which destroys the pipe walls after 576 h of exposure. The neutral solutions caused the general corrosion of smaller intensity in comparison with the acidic environments, even taking into account the temperature factor. The surface-active substances or petroleum products that are present in the solutions, form barrier films on the steel surface, which prevent the access of corrosive components from the environment to the surface of the material, especially during the short exposure time. With the increase of the exposure at the elevated temperatures, the barrier films break down and the steel surface undergoes the general corrosion.


Author(s):  
Oleg Bostanjoglo ◽  
Peter Thomsen-Schmidt

Thin GexTe1-x (x = 0.15-0.8) were studied as a model substance of a composite semiconductor film, in addition being of interest for optical storage material. Two complementary modes of time-resolved TEM were used to trace the phase transitions, induced by an attached Q-switched (50 ns FWHM) and frequency doubled (532 nm) Nd:YAG laser. The laser radiation was focused onto the specimen within the TEM to a 20 μm spot (FWHM). Discrete intermediate states were visualized by short-exposure time doubleframe imaging /1,2/. The full history of a transformation was gained by tracking the electron image intensity with photomultiplier and storage oscilloscopes (space/time resolution 100 nm/3 ns) /3/. In order to avoid radiation damage by the probing electron beam to detector and specimen, the beam is pulsed in this continuous mode of time-resolved TEM,too.Short events ( <2 μs) are followed by illuminating with an extended single electron pulse (fig. 1c)


1967 ◽  
Vol 17 (01/02) ◽  
pp. 112-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Dintenfass ◽  
M. C Rozenberg

SummaryA study of blood coagulation was carried out by observing changes in the blood viscosity of blood coagulating in the cone-in-cone viscometer. The clots were investigated by microscopic techniques.Immediately after blood is obtained by venepuncture, viscosity of blood remains constant for a certain “latent” period. The duration of this period depends not only on the intrinsic properties of the blood sample, but also on temperature and rate of shear used during blood storage. An increase of temperature decreases the clotting time ; also, an increase in the rate of shear decreases the clotting time.It is confirmed that morphological changes take place in blood coagula as a function of the velocity gradient at which such coagulation takes place. There is a progressive change from the red clot to white thrombus as the rates of shear increase. Aggregation of platelets increases as the rate of shear increases.This pattern is maintained with changes of temperature, although aggregation of platelets appears to be increased at elevated temperatures.Intravenously added heparin affects the clotting time and the aggregation of platelets in in vitro coagulation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 722-729
Author(s):  
Usman Sani ◽  
Bashir Gide Muhammad ◽  
Dimas Skam Joseph ◽  
D. Z. Joseph

Poor implementation of quality assurance programs in the radiation industry has been a major setback in our locality. Several studies revealed that occupational workers are exposed to many potential hazards of ionizing radiation during radio-diagnostic procedures, yet radiation workers are often not monitored. This study aims to evaluate the occupational exposure of the radiation workers in Federal Medical Centre Katsina, and to compare the exposure with recommended occupational radiation dose limits. The quarterly readings of 20 thermo-luminescent dosimeters (TLDs') used by the radiation workers from January to December, 2019 were collected from the facility's radiation monitoring archive, and subsequently assessed and analyzed. The results indicate that the average annual equivalent dose per occupational worker range from 0.74 to 1.20 mSv and 1.28 to 2.21 mSv for skin surface and deep skin dose, measured at 10 mm and 0.07 mm tissue depth respectively. The occupational dose was within the recommended national and international limits of 5 mSv per annum or an average of 20 mSv in 5 years. Therefore, there was no significant radiation exposure to all the occupational workers in the study area. Though, the occupational radiation dose is within recommended limit, this does not eliminate stochastic effect of radiation. The study recommended that the occupational workers should adhere and strictly comply with the principles of radiation protection which includes distance, short exposure time, shielding and proper monitoring of dose limits. Furthermore, continuous training of the radiation workers is advised.


2009 ◽  
Vol 79-82 ◽  
pp. 2223-2226
Author(s):  
Ayman S. Mosallam

One of the major limitations for wider use of pultruded fiber reinforced polymeric (PFRP) composites in the civil engineering sector has been their behavior under elevated temperature and ultimately fire. This limitation arises not only due to the reduction in mechanical properties at high temperatures, including increased propensity to creep, but also due to limitations on the continuous working temperature causing permanent damage to the material as a result of thermal and oxidative degradation. Significant gains in property retention at high temperatures with crystalline polymers have been derived from the incorporation of fibrous reinforcement, but the development of new polymer matrices is the key for further elevation of the useful temperature range. This paper presents summary results of a research project focused on characterizing the viscoelastic behavior of commercially-produced, off-the-shelf unidirectional PFRP materials subjected to elevated temperature environments.


2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 (HITEC) ◽  
pp. 000359-000366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick McCluskey ◽  
Chandradip Patel ◽  
David Lemus

Elevated temperatures can significantly affect the performance and reliability of MEMS gyroscope sensors. A MEMS vibrating resonant gyroscope measures angular velocity via a displacement measurement which can be on the order on nanometers. High sensitivity to small changes in displacement causes the MEMS Gyroscope sensor to be strongly affected by changes in temperature which can affect the displacement of the sensor due to thermal expansion and thermomechanical stresses. Analyzing the effect of temperature on MEMS gyroscope sensor measurements is essential in mission critical high temperature applications, such as inertial tracking of the movement of a fire fighter in a smoke filled indoor environment where GPS tracking is not possible. In this paper, we will discuss the development of the high temperature package for the tracking application, including the characterization of the temperature effects on the performance of a MEMS gyroscope. Both stationary and rotary tests were performed at room and at elevated temperatures on 10 individual single axis MEMS gyroscope sensors.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 (HITEN) ◽  
pp. 000014-000020 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Galipeau ◽  
George Slama

As more electronics are used in down-hole energy exploration, under the hood automotive applications, and in other environments where temperatures exceed 200 °C; there is a need for compact passive magnetic components that operate reliably at elevated temperatures. Most ferrites used to make multi layer ceramic inductors have Curie temperatures in the 100–200 °C range. As temperatures rise above the Curie point ferrites lose their magnetic properties and become paramagnetic. This means that traditional multi-layer ceramic inductors suffer severe performance degradation when operated at elevated temperatures. Therefore, ferrite materials with higher Curie temperatures need to be developed to increase device performance and reliability at these high temperatures. In this work inductors were made from a low-temperature, co-fire compatible, ferrite with a Curie temperature of 350 °C. The inductors were first subjected to a 1000 hour life test at 300 °C during which the electrical parameters were found to change no more than 4 %. The inductance, resistance, core loss, and saturation flux density of the inductors were measured at various temperatures. Additional testing focused on the effect of temperature on the device's frequency profile and performance changes under thermal cycling and thermal shock.


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