Papers by Keyword: Mixing Ratio

Abstract: Glass fiber-reinforced composites (GFRC) are widely used in structural applications due to their high strength-to-weight ratio and excellent fatigue resistance. Nevertheless, the mechanical integrity of adhesive joints remains a critical challenge in composite structural engineering. This study aims to investigate the influence of varying epoxy resin mixing ratios on the lap shear strength of glass fiber-reinforced composite joints. Two experimental schemes were conducted by varying the resin-to-hardener composition in the range of 10:50 to 70:50 (by weight). Single-lap joint specimens were fabricated and tested in accordance with ASTM D5868-95. The results demonstrated that a resin-to-hardener ratio of 50:50 yielded the maximum lap shear strength, reaching 5.71 MPa for resin system A and 5.28 MPa for resin system B. This ratio indicated a stoichiometric balance between epoxy groups and active amine groups, resulting in optimal curing with maximum cross-linking density. Deviations from this optimal ratio, either due to excess or deficiency of one component, led to a significant reduction in joint strength, as indicated by brittle fracture or weak adhesive bonding. These findings highlight the importance of precise control over epoxy adhesive formulations to ensure reliable mechanical performance in composite structures. The implications of this research contribute to the development of more durable and efficient adhesive systems, particularly for GFRC applications in the automotive, aerospace, and marine industries.

Abstract: This study investigated the effects of mixing ratio and temperature on the electrical conductivity of a GNP-Al2O3 hybrid nanofluid. The results showed that an increase in the mixing ratio reduced the electrical conductivity ratio of the nanofluid, while an increase in temperature improved the electrical conductivity ratio. Additionally, an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) was used to predict the electrical conductivity of the nanofluid based on the mixing ratio and temperature. The optimal number of neurons in the hidden layer was found to be four neurons, with a low root mean square error (RMSE) value of 0.00696. The regression plot for the training, validation, and test data exhibited high correlation coefficients, indicating the reliability of the ANN model. These findings provide valuable insights into the behaviour of hybrid nanofluids and highlight the potential of using ANN for predicting their electrical conductivity.

Abstract: This paper presented an experimental and numerical study of functionally graded materials made by the permanent casting method and in three models with different mixing ratios between aluminum and zinc alloys (FGM1, FGM2, and FGM3) as in figure 1. In the permanent casting process, three models of the functionally graded material were produced and mechanical tests were conducted on them such as tensile and hardness tests, and the behavior of tensile strength, yield strength, elastic modulus, and fatigue was analyzed on them. The fatigue test was conducted at six levels of load and at room temperature. Simulations were carried out for the three models and a simulated fatigue test for the functionally graded material into the Ansys program. The results of the fatigue test showed an apparent effect of the different mixing ratios of the functional-grade material. As well as the numerical results were, close to the experimental results. There was an improvement in the fatigue life compared to FGM3, by 23% to FGM2. In addition, the fatigue life of the FGM3 of 11% higher than from the FGM1 model. In addition to that, which is important, the improvement in the fatigue life characteristics of the third type was 36% compared to the alloys from which the functionally graded materials were made.

Abstract: For enlarging and promoting usage of blast furnace slag sand and improving construction performance of concrete with it, the behavior of the mortar under both static and dynamic, using vibrator, conditions were confirmed from the viewpoint of plastic viscosity, filling property and bleeding rate. As the results, within the scope of this experiment, by investigating the mixing ratio at which the plastic viscosity changes from the vibration plasticity viscosity obtained by the feather penetration type viscosity measurement test, it was considered that the appropriate fine aggregate mixing ratio can be estimated. Furthermore, the pore water pressure was measured for a sample in which the mixing ratio of the fine aggregate was changed, and the possibility of evaluating the fresh properties from the tendency of disappearance of pore water pressure after stopping the vibration was indicated.

Abstract: Wood-plastic composites (WPCs) which consist of wood flour and plastics have been widely used as architectural materials for a long time. However, the impact resistance is not always high and basic mechanical properties at high strain rate are not fully understood. In order to clarify the tensile behavior at high strain rates, split Hokinson pressure bar method was used for WPCs consisting of polypropylene. The effects of mixing ratio on the maximum stress and elongation at break were examined at high strain rates.

Abstract: This paper analyses the origins of deep natural gas in Qianbei Subsag using a variety of analytical data such as the natural gas components, the isotope and the light hydrocarbon analysis combining with the development characteristics of hydrocarbon source rocks. The study results show as the following: The abundance of organic matter from hydrocarbon source rocks in Qianbei Subsag is high and dominated by humus type. Part of good hydrocarbon source rocks of Type II1 and Type II2 are developed in Yingcheng Formation and these are the major gas source rocks that is in the stage of postmaturity in evolution degree. The natural gas component is dominated by methane and non-hydrocarbon gas content is low. The isotope values of ethane are lighter and methane and ethane have an obvious phenomenon of carbon isotopic reversal. Parent material types of methane and ethane are from different sources. The sources of methane are biased to humic parent material while the sources of ethane are biased to sapropelic parent material.

Abstract: In this paper, the effect of varying mixing ratio of Diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA)/aliphatic amidoamine hardener on the behavior of dynamic cure profile and mechanical properties of the resulting thermoset was investigated. Epoxy/hardener sample with a stoichiometric mixing ratio of 2:1 are tested against non-stoichiometric ratios of 3:1 and 4:1. The tensile, flexural, and hardness properties of the specimens were measured while SEM is employed to investigate the fracture surface and analyze the failure. Results showed that epoxy enriched samples (non-stoichiometric) has a much brittle behavior and the DGEBA/hardener samples tend to fail under relatively small strain.

Abstract: This paper test the strength intensity,water absorption property of 10 baking—free bricks using the matrix cementing component in waster concrete as the material,studies the effect of m~ing ratio and maintenance time on pmpe~y to get the best mKing ratio of this kind of brick.It also analyzes the intension resources of this brick.

Abstract: Concrete carbonation resistance is an important embodiment of concrete durability. This article takes National Road 209 line the Shibi Mountain Bridge as the research object. A series of carbonation experiments were did to test the concrete durability. The results show that: under a certain mixing radio, the concrete of T beams, bridge deck, pad stone and thin-walled pier taken from the Shibi Mountain Bridge, which was added admixtures, has a less carbonation depth. According to the theoretical calculations, protective layer resists the carbonation erosion effectively which gives a good protection on steel reinforcement.

Abstract: The Gannan region is the largest navel orange planting area in the world and has the largest production in China. However, about 5 million tons of navel orange waste (NOW) produced annually. NOW has a great environmental risk because of its high content of organic matter and moisture. Anaerobic digestion of NOW with high nitrogen content waste is a promising alternative to treat these wastes. The effect of swine manure (SM), waste active sludge (WAS) as co-substrates and different mixing ratio were examined in three batch-scale studies. In the first investigation, co-digestion of NOW with SM resulted low methane yield and high concentration of VFAs. In the second investigation, NOW was co-digested with WAS, the methane yield was improved by 260% when the mixing ratio of NOW to WAS (VS/VS) was shifted from 1:2 to 2:1. In the third investigation, the co-digestion of NOW with SM and WAS was conducted. Co-digestion of three substrates has higher methane yield than that of previous two studies, with the exception of equal amounts of NOW with co-substrates (mixing ratio of NOW to SM to WAS was 2:1:1). The highest methane yield of all experiments was 0.20 m³ kg^-1VS added while the mixing ratio of NOW to SM to WAS was 1:2:1. It seemed to obtain stable digestion performance, the mixing ratio of co-substates to NOW should not be lower than 1:1. WAS was a better co-substrate than SM, as WAS was capable to supply more organic nitrogen to create positive synergistic effects.