Papers by Author: Yi Wang Bao

Abstract: Temperature and humidity cycles test of photovoltaic glass modules are carried out by different cycling time. The change of transmittance, interface and strength of photovoltaic glass modules are compared by different experiment time. With the increasing of temperature humidity cycle time of photovoltaic glass modules, the light transmittance of influence is more serious, and stress strength of the longest cycle is weakened 32.84% than one cycle. Therefore, the influence of photovoltaic glass modules under different temperatures and humidity conditions is more serious. So it is very necessary to study durability and safety under temperature and humidity cycles of photovoltaic glass, related to power generation efficiency of the photovoltaic glass modules.

Abstract: The Impulse Excitation technique is a nondestructive and very convenient testing method. It could be applied at different circumstances such as high temperatures, low temperatures and controlled humidity. The Impulse Excitation technique is based on the analysis of the vibration of a test sample after it was impulse excited. The elastic properties of a test specimen are related to its mechanical resonance frequency. In this paper, the regular of resonance frequency changed with specimen’s size was discussed. Elastic modulus of glass with different length, width and thickness were measured, and ceramic composite material with small size was tested. The results indicate that the resonance frequency of specimen changed with its size regularly, and the specimen with small size has poor accuracy of elastic modulus measurement.

Abstract: The existence of a temperature difference across a vacuum glazing causes dimensional differences between the hot and cold glass sheets, with associated mechanical stresses and bending. In order to understand the distribution characteristics of the stresses and deformation in vacuum glazing due to temperature difference, in this work, the mechanical models were established and the calculation formula of the shear stress in the edge seal and bending tensile stress on the surface of the two glass sheets of the vacuum glazing were given. A test device was designed and the maximum tensile stresses and deflection of the vacuum glazing with various temperature difference were tested by experimental, it was shown that they are identical between the experiments and the theories.

Abstract: This research employs pressureless sintering process to study the impact of different amount of titanium diboride on the performance of silicon carbide-titanium diboride composite. Results show that: no new phase was produced, and the whole process is a solid-phases sintering process. In this experiment, it has the smallest relative density and loss on ignition and porosity, and highest degree of densification of the silicon carbide-titanium diboride composite ceramics sintered body when the titanium diboride content is 50g, and the quality of SiC and TiB2 ratio is 1:1.

Abstract: The residual strength of dental porcelain discs were test after cycling fatigue compressive load in this study. Moreover, the effects of stress intensity and cycle frequency to the damage of porcelain were explored. The porcelain specimens were bonded to the epoxy resin blocks, with 12.5mm height. The cycling fatigue contact loads were subjected on the porcelain surfaces of the bi-layer composites with silicon nitride spheres of radius 2.5mm. The crosshead speed was 6mm/min. The top load value was varied from 10N-20N in every load cycles. The cycling number was from 50-300. After cycling test, the residual strength of all porcelain samples was measured by bi-axial bending test. Fractured pieces of the specimens were collected and examined with optical microscope and SEM. On the fracture surfaces of porcelain discs after bi-axial bending test, Hertz cone cracks were presented due to cycling fatigue load. The result showed that the residual strength of dental porcelain had negative correlation with the fatigue load values and cycles. When the fatigue load cycles were lower than 100, the residual strength of porcelain presented no significant different under 10 or 20N fatigue load. In contrary, when the fatigue load cycles were over 100, the residual strength of porcelain was much lower under 20N fatigue load than 10N fatigue load. Based on the limited results of this study, the conclusion could be drawn that the residual strength of porcelain under fatigue compressive stress was main determined by load cycles in the range of small load values. The porcelain could be destroyed after very few cycles if the load is up to a critical value.

Abstract: The conventional method of producing porcelain standard disc specimens is based on the dental lab method for bilayer ceramic crowns, in order to reflect the clinical using condition. However heavy task is facing to the researchers, which is producing a large amount of the specimens efficiently. The press molding method is used to produce dental porcelain disc specimens in this study. Then, the basic mechanical properties of two groups of porcelain specimens were tested respectively, comparing with handmade and press molding method. The density was measured by Archimedes' method, the flexural strength was tested by biaxial bending test, and the hardness was checked by microhardness tester. The micro features of the specimens before and after bending test were observed under optical microscope and SEM. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the flexural strength, microhardness and density of porcelain discs made by two methods. Air pores were found in all specimens with size between 5-50 micrometers. The size and distribution of pores in the specimens by press molding method are more homogeneous than handmade method. Producing dental porcelain discs for laboratory testing specimens by press molding method was much easy than handmade method. Furthermore, the mechanical properties and microstructures of the specimens made by handmade method and press molding method were almost same.

Abstract: A self-designed testing device for high-temperature elastic modulus was developed based on the principle of acoustical resonance, having great accuracy and repeatability. Experiment was made to test the elastic modulus of two kinds of glass. The experimental data showed that compared with normal glass, Al₂O₃•SiO₂ glass was the 1.2 times the value of elastic modulus of normal glass and had greater stability than normal glass in high temperature. The softening point temperatures of Al₂O₃•SiO₂ glass and normal glass were respectively 600°C and 400°C. The self-designed testing device was able to estimate the property of glass.

Abstract: Adhesion is one of the most important mechanical properties of ceramic coatings. Scratch testing is considered as a simple and effective method to evaluate adhesion of ceramic coatings. In this paper, the critical normal forces and scratch morphologies for different coating-substrate systems were studied by scratch testing. It is shown that the critical normal force obtained by acoustic emission (AE) signals decreases from 12 N to 7 N when the applied normal force rate increases from 20 N/min to 100 N/min for CVD SiC on C, and the failure area of this scratched sample increases with increasing maximum normal force; Based on scratch morphologies, spallation or delamination can be observed for hard-brittle coatings on glass or metal, while discontinuous or continuous ductile perforation can be observed for ductile coatings on metal; The critical normal force for hard-brittle coatings can be effectively obtained by AE signals.

Abstract: Hip joint simulator is a device, which is used to investigate the mechanical and frictional wear properties of the biological prosthesis under simulating physiological environment of human hip joint. The simulator is very useful for the final clinical application of the prosthesis. In this research, a data acquisition and control system, which was based on the Digital Signal Processor (DSP) and LabVIEW serial communication technology, was designed for the hip joint simulator. In order to monitoring the simulating mode of motion and stress state of prosthesis, the pressure stepping motor and the angle stepping motor were controlled by the micro-stepping step motor controllers. The angular displacement and pressure signals were collected by the sensors, respectively. Thus, the motion and stress state curves were abtained. This system provided a more accurate platform for in vitro study of the tribological properties of hip joint prosthesis.

Abstract: Developing efficient onsite damage detection and safety evaluation methods for glass curtain wall is still a challenging task. In this work, a simple approach to predict the failure and risk of falling down of curtain wall glass was developed through the relationship between the natural frequency changes and the declined reliability of the structures. Natural frequencies of the curtain wall glass under various clamping conditions were determined using dynamic tests. It was discovered that, with the decrease of the clamping force at the boundary of the glass specimen, the measured natural frequencies decreased linearly. Thus, the in-service capacity in edge clamping (e.g. boundary is loosed or failure of the supporting structure) of the curtain wall glass can be identified by its natural frequency changes. The expected lowest safety natural frequency of a curtain wall glass (given elastic parameters, shape and size) is given. The implementation of this detection method is described, and the practicability and feasibility validated.