Papers by Keyword: High Heating Rate

Abstract: This work is devoted to the experimental assessment of the Textile Reinforced Mortar (TRM)-to-masonry residual bond characteristics as a function of temperature. For this purpose, shear bond tests on single-lap/single-prism specimens were conducted after their exposure at different temperature levels, namely at 100°C, 200°C and 300°C. Specimens consisted of a strip of cementitious mortar reinforced with an uncoated alkali-resistant (AR) glass fiber textile unilaterally bonded on a fired clay brick masonry wallette (prism). For each heating event, a sharp temperature rise rate was opted for the achievement of the target temperature at which the specimens remained for one hour. Reference specimens were also tested at ambient conditions (20°C). Tests were carried out by varying both bond lengths and exposing temperatures. Two specimens were tested for each combination of bond length and exposing temperature. Material characterization tests were also carried out at each temperature level including ambient. The experimental results provide valuable insight on the degradation of the TRM-to-masonry bond capacity following a heating event and on the related failure modes.

Abstract: In this paper, a carbothermal reduction and nitridation (CRN) synthesis for cubic aluminum oxynitride (γ-AlON) powders is reported. The CRN reaction was conducted via a two-step synthesis procedure at a heating rate of 100 °C/min. In the first step, the mixture of fine γ-Al2O3 and soluble starch was annealed at 1550~1580 °C for different duration. It is found that the mixture of α-Al2O3 and AlN with an appropriate ratio can be obtained by CRN reaction. The content of AlN in mixture is closely related with the reaction condition. In the second step, the as-received mixture of α-Al2O3 and AlN was heat-treated at 1700 °C for 10 min. The single phase γ-AlON powders with particle size less than 3 µm were obtained.