scholarly journals Effects of core grain orientation on the mechanical properties of wood sandwich composite

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
Noor Sharina Azrin Zakari ◽  
Julie Juliewatty Mohamed ◽  
Nurul Basyirah Aryani Abdul Rahman ◽  
Slina Anjang Ab Rahman ◽  
Zairul Amin Rabidin
Keyword(s):  
Grain Orientation ◽  
Mechanical Performance ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Sandwich Composite ◽  
Supporting Cells ◽  
Parallel Direction ◽  
Plane Direction ◽  
Continuous Support ◽  
Strength And Stiffness ◽  
Core Materials

Utilization of sandwich composite during recent year has been driven by the fact that compositematerial has ultimately high strength and stiffness by weight than any other materials. The skins ofsandwich composites technically bear most of the applied loads, however, the core materials alsoplay an important role as it functions in providing continuous support to resist the shear stress.Hence, proper selection of core materials is required to establish a sturdy sandwich compositestructure. This paper presents an experimental investigation on the sandwich structure consists offibreglass/epoxy face skins and a mahang wood core. Sandwich composite with core grain orientedin parallel and perpendicular to the flat plane direction were tested for mechanical performance intension, compression and flexure. The results indicate that sandwich composite with grain orientedin parallel direction performed better in tensile properties with strength of 201.98 MPa whereassandwich composite with perpendicular core grain produced a higher value of compressionproperties with strength of 70.11 MPa. However, no significant effect of grain orientation wasobserved in flexural strength. The strength of sandwich composite is dependent on the grainalignment of the wood core as it functions exclusively as mechanical supporting cells to supportthe wood structure.

Mechanical Properties of Hydrogen Functionalized Graphyne - A Molecular Dynamics Investigation

2012 ◽  
Vol 472-475 ◽  
pp. 1813-1817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Lin Yang ◽  
Zhe Yong Fan ◽  
Ning Wei ◽  
Yong Ping Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Young’S Modulus ◽  
Mechanical Performance ◽  
Young's Modulus ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Strength And Stiffness ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Structure Engineering

In this paper the mechanical properties of a series of hydrogen functionalized graphyne are investigated through acting tensile loads on the monolayer networks. Molecular dynamics simulations are performed to calculate the fracture strains and corresponding maximum forces for pristine graphyne along both armchair and zigzag directions. Furthermore, hydrogen functionalized graphynes with different functionalization sites are analyzed to investigate the effect of functionlization on the mechanical performance. Finally, Young's modulus of all the investigated architectures are computed. The obtained results show that monolayer graphyne is mechanically stable with high strength and stiffness, and the mechanical performance can be tuned through structure engineering and functionalization.

scholarly journals Preparation of High Strength Plywood from Partially Delignified Densified Wood

Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1796 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Jakob ◽  
Gregor Stemmer ◽  
Ivana Czabany ◽  
Ulrich Müller ◽  
Wolfgang Gindl-Altmutter
Keyword(s):  
Bending Strength ◽  
Mechanical Performance ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Densified Wood ◽  
Thickness Swelling ◽  
Resorcinol Formaldehyde ◽  
Absolute Strength ◽  
Interlaminar Shear ◽  
Strength And Stiffness

Wood and natural fibers exhibit an advantageous combination of good mechanics at comparably low density. Nevertheless, comparing absolute strength and stiffness, wood is clearly inferior to materials such as metals and engineered composites. Since there is a strong correlation between wood density and wood mechanical performance, densification by transversal compression suggests itself as a route towards improved mechanics. Partially delignified densified spruce veneers with excellent tensile properties were produced by means of an alkaline (AL) and an organosolv (OS) approach. Plywood specimens were manufactured using treated veneers glued with a phenol-resorcinol-formaldehyde adhesive and were compared with plywood samples made of native spruce veneers (Ref) and spruce veneer densified after plasticization by water impregnation (H2O). Roughly, the bending strength and the modulus of elasticity of plywood from partially delignified densified wood were improved by a factor of 2.4 and 3.5, respectively. Interlaminar shear strength did not match this improvement after partial delignification. Together with excessive thickness swelling, this might be a drawback of partially delignified densified wood in need for further research.

scholarly journals Mechanical Properties of Fibre Reinforced Polymers under Elevated Temperatures: An Overview

Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 2600
Author(s):  
Milad Bazli ◽  
Milad Abolfazli
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Mechanical Performance ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Civil Infrastructures ◽  
Frp Composites ◽  
Frp Composite ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Strength And Stiffness

Fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite is one of the most applicable materials used in civil infrastructures, as it has been proven advantageous in terms of high strength and stiffness to weight ratio and anti-corrosion. The performance of FRP under elevated temperatures has gained significant attention among academia and industry. A comprehensive review on experimental and numerical studies investigating the mechanical performance of FRP composites subjected to elevated temperatures, ranging from ambient to fire condition, is presented in this paper. Over 100 research papers on the mechanical properties of FRP materials including tensile, compressive, flexural and shear strengths and moduli are reviewed. Although they report dispersed data, several interesting conclusions can be drawn from these studies. In general, exposure to elevated temperatures near and above the resin glass transition temperature, Tg, has detrimental effects on the mechanical characteristics of FRP materials. On the other hand, elevated temperatures below Tg can cause low levels of degradation. Discussions are made on degradation mechanisms of different FRP members. This review outlines recommendations for future works. The behaviour of FRP composites under elevated temperatures provides a comprehensive understanding based on the database presented. In addition, a foundation for determining predictive models for FRP materials exposed to elevated temperatures could be laid using the finding that this review presents.

scholarly journals Microstructure and Mechanical Performance of Resistance Spot Welded Martensitic Advanced High Strength Steel

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1021
Author(s):  
Yunzhao Li ◽  
Huaping Tang ◽  
Ruilin Lai
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Mechanical Performance ◽  
Strong Dependence ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Weld Nugget ◽  
Resistance Spot ◽  
Pull Out ◽  
Cross Tension ◽  
Spot Welded

Resistance spot welded 1.2 mm (t)-thick 1400 MPa martensitic steel (MS1400) samples are fabricated and their microstructure, mechanical properties are investigated thoroughly. The mechanical performance and failure modes exhibit a strong dependence on weld-nugget size. The pull-out failure mode for MS1400 steel resistance spot welds does not follow the conventional weld-nugget size recommendation criteria of 4t0.5. Significant softening was observed due to dual phase microstructure of ferrite and martensite in the inter-critical heat affected zone (HAZ) and tempered martensite (TM) structure in sub-critical HAZ. However, the upper-critical HAZ exhibits obvious higher hardness than the nugget zone (NZ). In addition, the mechanical properties show that the cross-tension strength (CTS) is about one quarter of the tension-shear strength (TSS) of MS1400 weld joints, whilst the absorbed energy of cross-tension and tension-shear are almost identical.

Mechanical performance of honeycomb sandwich structures built by FDM printing technique

2021 ◽  
pp. 089270572199789
Author(s):  
S Gohar ◽  
G Hussain ◽  
A Ali ◽  
H Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Fused Deposition Modeling ◽  
Mechanical Performance ◽  
Sandwich Structures ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Core Material ◽  
Interfacial Bond Strength ◽  
Fused Deposition ◽  
Competitive Prices ◽  
Composite Face

Honey Comb Sandwich Structures (HCSS) have numerous applications in aerospace, automobile, and satellite industry because of their properties like high strength to weight ratio, stiffness and impact strength. Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is a process which, through its flexibility, simple processing, short manufacturing time, competitive prices and freedom of design, has an ability to enhance the functionality of HCSS. This paper investigates the mechanical behavior (i.e. flexural, edgewise compression and Interfacial bond strength) of FDM-built HCSS. The influence of face/core material was examined by manufacturing four types of specimens namely ABS core with Composite (PLA + 15% carbon fibers) face sheets, ABS core with PLA face sheets, TPU core with composite face sheets and TPU core with PLA face sheets. To measure the effect of face sheets geometry, raster layup was varied at 0°/90° and 45°/−45°. The mechanical characterization revealed that an optimum combination of materials is ABS core with composite face sheets having raster layup of 0°/90°. This study indicates that HCSS with complex lamination schemes and adequate mechanical properties could be manufactured using FDM which may widen the applications of FDM on an industrial scale.

scholarly journals Accelerated discovery of high-strength aluminum alloys by machine learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaheng Li ◽  
Yingbo Zhang ◽  
Xinyu Cao ◽  
Qi Zeng ◽  
Ye Zhuang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Aluminum Alloys ◽  
Mechanical Performance ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Alloy System ◽  
Processing Route ◽  
Specific Strength ◽  
Cu Alloy ◽  
High Strength Aluminum Alloys

Abstract Aluminum alloys are attractive for a number of applications due to their high specific strength, and developing new compositions is a major goal in the structural materials community. Here, we investigate the Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy system (7xxx series) by machine learning-based composition and process optimization. The discovered optimized alloy is compositionally lean with a high ultimate tensile strength of 952 MPa and 6.3% elongation following a cost-effective processing route. We find that the Al8Cu4Y phase in wrought 7xxx-T6 alloys exists in the form of a nanoscale network structure along sub-grain boundaries besides the common irregular-shaped particles. Our study demonstrates the feasibility of using machine learning to search for 7xxx alloys with good mechanical performance.

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