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    Selected Abstracts

    Influences of the Process Chain on the Fatigue Behavior of Samples with Tension Screw Geometry,

    ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS, Issue 4 2010
    Marcus Klein
    To analyze the influence of the material batch, the structure of the manufacturing process chain, and the process parameters, four different material batches of the quenched and tempered steel SAE 4140 were used to manufacture samples with tension screw geometry. Five different, manufacturing process chains, consisting of the process steps heat treatment, turning, and grinding, were applied. After selected process steps, light and SEM micrographs as well as fatigue experiments were performed. The process itself as well as the process parameters influences the properties of the surface layers and the fatigue behavior in a characteristic manner. For example the variation of the feed rate and cutting speed in the hard-turning process leads to significantly different mechanical properties of the surface layers and residual stress states, which could be correlated with the fatigue behavior. The cyclic deformation behavior of the investigated components can be benchmarked equivalently with stress,strain hysteresis as well as high precision temperature and electrical resistance measurements. The temperature and electrical resistance measurements are suitable for component applications and provide an enormous advantage of information about the fatigue behavior. The temperature changes of the failed areas of the samples with tension screw geometry were significantly higher, a reliable identification of endangered areas is thereby possible. A new test procedure, developed at the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering of the University of Kaiserslautern, with inserted load-free-states during constant amplitude loading, provides the opportunity to detect proceeding fatigue damage in components during inspections. [source]

    Ultrasonic Metal Welding of Aluminium Sheets to Carbon Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites (Adv. Eng.

    ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS, Issue 1-2 2009
    Mater.
    The Cover shows a hybrid joint for multi-material lightweight components realized by ultrasonic metal welding at the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Kaiserslautern. Ultrasonic welding is one innovative technology for joining carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRP) with sheet metals like aluminium alloys or aluminium plated steels. The achievable mechanical properties of the ultrasonic welded joints were carried out by using statistical test methods. One example for the evaluation of the welding results is presented on the left hand side of the Cover. Additionally a scanning electron micrograph of the bonding zone of an aluminium/CFRP-joint is shown in the background. More details about the ultrasonic welding technique can be found in the article of F. Balle, G. Wagner and D. Eifler on page 35 of this issue. [source]

    Stretchable, Curvilinear Electronics Based on Inorganic Materials

    ADVANCED MATERIALS, Issue 19 2010
    Dae-Hyeong Kim
    Abstract All commercial forms of electronic/optoelectronic technologies use planar, rigid substrates. Device possibilities that exploit bio-inspired designs or require intimate integration with the human body demand curvilinear shapes and/or elastic responses to large strain deformations. This article reviews progress in research designed to accomplish these outcomes with established, high-performance inorganic electronic materials and modest modifications to conventional, planar processing techniques. We outline the most well developed strategies and illustrate their use in demonstrator devices that exploit unique combinations of shape, mechanical properties and electronic performance. We conclude with an outlook on the challenges and opportunities for this emerging area of materials science and engineering. [source]

    Optimization of multicomponent photopolymer formulations using high-throughput analysis and kinetic modeling

    AICHE JOURNAL, Issue 5 2010
    Peter M. Johnson
    Abstract While high throughput and combinatorial techniques have played an instrumental role in materials development and implementation, numerous problems in materials science and engineering are too complex and necessitate a prohibitive number of experiments, even when considering high throughput and combinatorial approaches, for a comprehensive approach to materials design. Here, we propose a unique combination of high throughput experiments focused on binary formulations that, in combination with advanced modeling, has the potential to facilitate true materials design and optimization in ternary and more complex systems for which experiments are never required. Extensive research on the development of photopolymerizable monomer formulations has produced a vast array of potential monomer/comonomer, initiator and additive combinations. This array dramatically expands the range of material properties that are achievable; however, the vast number of potential formulations has eliminated any possibility of comprehensive materials design or optimization. This limitation is addressed by maximizing the benefits and unique capabilities of high throughput experimentation coupled with predictive models for material behavior and properties. The high throughput experimentation-model combination is useful to collect a limited amount of data from as few as 11 experiments on binary combinations of 10 analyzed monomers, and then use this limited data set to predict and optimize formulation properties in ternary resins that would have necessitated at least 1000 high throughput experiments and several orders of magnitude greater numbers of traditional experiments. A data analysis approach is demonstrated, and the model development and implementation for one model application in which a range of material properties are prescribed, and an optimal formulation that meets those properties is predicted and evaluated. © 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2010 [source]

    An Integrated Model-Based Analysis of Polymer Chemistry and Polymerisation Reactors

    MACROMOLECULAR SYMPOSIA, Issue 1 2006
    Charles D. Immanuel
    Abstract In this paper, a simple demonstration is presented on the analysis of the combined effect of polymer chemistry and the polymerisation reactor on the polymer properties. The model would ideally account for the raw material and end-product characteristics and properties on the one hand; the polymerisation kinetics and reaction engineering on the other hand. This system-wide model-driven approach enables the interlinking of the widely disparate facets of polymer science and engineering, and thereby provides a tool for rapid and efficient identification and scale-up of new polymeric materials that would be exploited in future studies. The ideas are demonstrated with regard to a hyper-branched polymerisation chemistry. [source]