Papers by Keyword: Modulus of Elasticity (MOE)

Abstract: This research is carried out to investigate the performance of concrete containing Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottle waste as fiber. PET bottle waste was chosen because it is being thrown after single use and cause environmental problem. One way to recycle wasted PET bottles is grinded into irregular fiber. Then, it was incorporate with the concrete and test the performance of the concrete. The study was conducted using cylindrical mold of concrete to investigate the performance of the concrete in term of mechanical properties. A total of four batches of concrete were produced namely, normal concrete and concrete containing PET fiber of 0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5% fraction volume. In this research, the mechanical properties that were measured are compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and modulus of elasticity (MOE) following British Standard method. The results revealed that the presence of PET fiber in concrete will increase the concrete performance. Nevertheless, the content of PET fiber was specified in a specific limit to avoid effect of concrete strength.

Abstract: The paper discusses the modulus of elasticity of plain concrete for a wide range of compressive strength. A large volume of selected experimental data has been collected from existing literature and then analyzed. Particular emphasis has been given to studying the effects of concrete compressive strength and the type of coarse aggregate on the modulus of elasticity of plain concrete. The adequacy and applicability of the existing models for predicting the modulus of elasticity of high-strength concrete has been critically examined, and a new empirical model is proposed to cover concrete strength up to 125 MPa. The new empirical model seems to perform much better when applied to the published experimental data on normal weight concrete over a wide strength range.

Abstract: This study focuses on the effect of impregnation process on the main mechanical properties in the production of veneer composite plank. The results showed that:①Under the normal pressure and temperature the drug absorption of impregnated veneer shall extend the volume with the growth in impregnation time, but growing faster early, the later change slowly. In the impregnation process under pressure, its absorption rate and speed are greatly increased. ②The Modulus of rupture (MOR) and modulus of elasticity (MOE) of veneer composite plank are gradually increased with the drug absorption increased, but after reached a certain peak value they gradually decrease, and the variation of MOE is smaller than MOR.

Abstract: Longitudinal and transverse modulus of elasticity(MOE) tests of plybamboo form with different moisture content were performed. The results show that both longitudinal MOE and transverse MOE decrease with the increasing of the moisture content of the plybamboo form, which decrease linearly at low moisture content stage. Curve regression equations of longitudinal and transverse MOE of plybamboo form were constructed by the method of numerical fitting, and linear regression equations at low moisture content stage were also constructed. Decline of plybamboo form strength itself and bonding invalidation lead to the decrease of MOR The results of variance analysis and significance test of four regression equations show that all the regression equations achieve very significant level.

Abstract: During maintenance of ancient timber architectures, it is important to determine mechanical properties of the wood component materials non-destructively and effectively, so that degraded members may be replaced or repaired to avoid structural failure. Experimental materials are four larch (Larix principis-rupprechtii Mayr.) components, which were taken down from the drum-tower of Zhengjue Temple of Yuanmingyuan (Old Summer Palace), Beijing, China. The larch components were cut into standard specimens first, and then stress wave transmission times, resistograph and densities were tested. Product of resitograph and stress wave speed squared is defined as modulus of stress-resistograph. Comparing with the modulus of elasticity (MOE) of the specimens tested by the traditional bending test method, it is found that there is a linear relationships between the modulus of stress-resistograph and modulus of elasticity (MOE), and the correlation coefficients are 0.7111. In order to better evaluate the modulus of elasticity (MOE) with the modulus of stress-resistograph, 95% confidence regression lines are suggested to be used for the future calculation.

Abstract: Using the flexural vibration method of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) non-destructive testing, the dynamic MOE of glass fiber reinforced soybean straw particleboard has been determined. The regression analysis among the dynamic MOE, the static MOE and MOR has been done, the significant correlation exists among the three values. And the prediction model has been built, the dynamic MOE can be used to realize the quality assessment by using the model. Using glass fiber to reinforce the soybean straw particleboard, the structure forms and positions of glass fiber have different effects on particleboard performance.

Abstract: Quad Flat No-Lead or QFN is able to provide lighter, thinner and higher performance packaging requirement with its exposed pad and leads at the package bottom for better heat dissipation. However, QFN packages possess certain weaknesses. QFN package failures are related to crack and delaminating, such as die cracking, moulding compound and solder mask interfacial delaminating. From previous projects, the epoxy thickness and die thickness plays an important role in reducing failures in QFN package. The objective of this project is to observe the effects of die and epoxy thickness. The effects on QFN are measured in the die and lead frame part. Stress towards the die is also measured: including thermal, first principle and Von Misses stress. The structural optimization is based on the Finite Element Analysis (FEA). By using ANSYS 10.0, six models were constructed, where three models were built to analyse in thickness of epoxy, and another three to study the effects on die thickness. The effect was measured by the value stress (first principle stress and Von Misses stress) and thermal strain effect, which will lead to a result of how the dimensions of the packaging will give a better tolerance towards stress.

Abstract: The dynamic modulus of elasticity (MOE) of forty one small Acer mono clear wood specimens was tested via stress wave, ultrasonic wave, edgewise vibration and flatwise vibration method respectively in laboratory. Then the static MOE of these specimens was measured with static bending test. The correlations between dynamic and static MOE were analyzed using linear regression method, and the difference of various methods was discussed using paired t test. The results show that the dynamic MOE of wood measured by four methods described above are higher than the static MOE, but their linear correlation is significantly strong. Thus, it is feasible to estimate static MOE using these four methods. Additionally, the mean of paired difference between static MOE and dynamic MOE tested by flatwise vibration method is least, and the correlation highest. Therefore, it is better to use flatwise vibration method to estimate static MOE of wood.

Abstract: SEM observations of coir fiber microstructure have been carried out. Uneven surface characteristics are conducive to the bonding between coir fibers and resin materials. The unique advantages of coir fiber have been verified. Doing orthogonal experiment design for coir fiberboard, the coir fiberboard can meet the mechanical properties of National Standards of China. The various factors optimization plan on the performance of coir fiberboard has been obtained. FFT nondestructive testing has been done for the coir fiberboard. Nondestructive testing results show that the good correlation exists between dynamic mechanical properties and the static test results.

Abstract: To effectively and quickly estimate the dynamic modulus of elasticity (MOE) of wood, ultrasonic and vibration test techniques are employed to measure the intact and damaged wood specimens. The ultrasonic and vibration signals in time domain are obtained respectively. Then, the time of flight is received by picking up the position of ultrasonic head wave and it is used to compute the dynamic MOE of wood. Simultaneously, the frequency response functions of wood are received by analyzing the frequency domain signals transformed from time domain using Fourier formulas, and they are used to pick up the intrinsic frequencies to calculate the dynamic MOE measured by vibration test. Finally, the correlations of dynamic MOE tested by these two methods are discussed. The research results show that it is feasible to estimate the dynamic MOE of wood via ultrasonic and vibration signal processing.