Investigating the thermal stability of 1-3 piezoelectric composite transducers by varying the thermal conductivity and glass transition temperature of the polymeric filler material [PDF]
, 2002 The thermal behaviour of a number of 1-3 piezoelectric composite transducers is discussed. In particular, devices manufactured from a polymer filler with a relatively high glass to rubber transition temperature (T-g), and from polymer systems with ...
Benny, C.G. +6 more
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Transient Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Resilin-based Elastomeric Hydrogels
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2014 The outstanding high-frequency properties of emerging resilin-like polypeptides (RLPs) have motivated their development for vocal fold tissue regeneration and other applications.
Linqing eLi +3 more
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Journal of Natural Fibers, 2022 Damping characteristics and viscoelastic behavior of flax/epoxy composites reinforced with carboxyl-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (COOH-MWCNT) were investigated in this study.
Balaji Rajendran +3 more
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Simplified modelling of the behaviour of 3D-periodic structures such as aircraft heat exchangers [PDF]
, 2008 In this paper, experimental, analytical and numerical analysis are used to study and model the mechanical behaviour of a heat exchanger core consisting of a 3D-periodic structure.
Chieragatti, Rémy +3 more
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Structured Linearization of Discrete Mechanical Systems for Analysis and Optimal Control [PDF]
, 2017 Variational integrators are well-suited for simulation of mechanical systems because they preserve mechanical quantities about a system such as momentum, or its change if external forcing is involved, and holonomic constraints.
Johnson, Elliot +2 more
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Study of selected thermoplastics using dynamic mechanical analysis
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018 The aim of given paper is to study selected polymers using dynamic mechanical analysis method (DMA). DMA is one of the most useful techniques for the study of the viscoelastic behaviour of thermoplastic polymers. In relation to DMA, an oscillatory stress
Kohutiar Marcel +6 more
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Shape Memory Polyurethane-Based Smart Polymer Substrates for Physiologically Responsive, Dynamic Pressure (Re)Distribution. [PDF]
, 2019 Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are an exciting class of stimuli-responsive smart materials that demonstrate reactive and reversible changes in mechanical property, usually by switching between different states due to external stimuli.
Kumar, Bipin +7 more
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Is Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) a non-resonance technique?
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2010 Dynamic Mechanical Analysis is an experimental technique commonly used to study the viscoelastic behaviour of materials over a range of temperatures and frequencies.
Foltête E., Placet V.
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The effect of alumina nanofillers size and shape on mechanical behavior of PMMA matrix composite [PDF]
Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2014 Composites with the addition of alumina nanofillers show improvement in mechanical properties. The PMMA polymer was used as a matrix and two different types of nanofillers, having extremely different shapes were added in the matrix to form the ...
Ben Hasan Somaya Ahmed +6 more
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The thermo-mechanical performance of glass-fibre reinforced Polyamide 66 during glycol-water hydrolysis conditioning [PDF]
, 2010 Injection moulded glass-fibre reinforced polyamide 66 composites based on two glass fibre products with different sizing formulations and unreinforced polymer samples have been characterised by dynamic mechanical analysis and unnotched Charpy impact ...
Ali, J.Z., Anderson, J., Thomason, J.L.
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