Advanced Materials Research Vols. 129-131

Abstract: By data mining from 3DFEM simulation and Rough Set Theory (RST), it was performed that the extrusion process and die structures effect on the quality of AZ80 magnesium extrudate. The weights of the effect can be obtained. The results show that the effect of the billet temperature on the product quality is dominate, and its average weight is 0.27. The second important parameter is the ram speed and its average weight is 0.22. In addition, it was also found that the effect of the die characteristic parameters on the extrudate is insignificant.

Abstract: According to integration requirements of design, process and manufacturing in railway vehicle manufacturing enterprises, an integration solution centered at material quota and key technologies are proposed, which includes the data integration technology between PDM, CAPP, FastCut/Nest, ERP on the server layer; the Data Pre-process technology for design and process integration; the automatic nesting optimization technology meeting practical production requirements; the method to calculate material quota based on nesting optimized layouts; and the sharing of general NC codes. Considering automatic nesting optimization and material quota computing, a solution for split/combination data pre-processing and post-processing is proposed and implemented. And practical production conditions are taken into account in the nesting algorithm. All these technologies and solutions support the integration centered at material quota for design, process and manufacturing.

Abstract: Fe3Si layer was prepared by pulse eletrodeposition of Si on the surface of non-oriented steel in molten salts. With an orthogonal test the optimal process parameters were determined: the formulation of salts was NaCl:KCl:NaF:SiO2=1:1:3:0.3(mole ratio), current density of 60 mA/ cm2, duty cycle of 30%, pulse period of 1000 s and a deposition time of 50 min, respectively. The compositional depth profile, the structure, the surface morphology and cross sectional micrograph of the layer were studied by glow discharge spectrometry (GDS), X ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and optical microscope (OM). The results showed that Si in the layer existed in the form of the gradient distribution. The phase structure of the layer was composed of the single-phase Fe3Si. The layer composed of equiaxed grains. The surface appeared smooth and dense, and with uniform thickness.

Abstract: Aim at energy consumption for oil production increased year by year and the generally low energy utilization. this paper is based on the model of three-box energy analysis, take the oil gathering and transferring system of the 4th combined-station of Shuguang Oil Production as the object of study, established the "three-box" combinative energy model, analysed and evaluated of its energy usage and found out the weak links of energy usage in the system. The evaluation results indicate that the energy utilization of the 4th combined-station of Shuguang Oil Production system is low, the major parts of energy loss are in a furnace, tanks, pipe network and pumps. The study provides a reliable scientific basis for the energy saving reform of gathering and transferring system of oilfields.

Abstract: Based on 3D elastic-plastic finite element method (FEM), the geometry size effect on strength in aluminum alloy adhesive joints is presented in this paper. The numerical and experimental results show that with the adhesive thickness increased, the adhesive joint strength first increases then decreases, and in a certain range, with the adhesive thickness increased, the adhesive joint strength is nonlinear to the overlap length but linear to the overlap area. In the case of the same overlap area, the adhesive joint strength can be increased by increasing overlap length and decreasing overlap width.

Abstract: Fuzzy logic is a mathematical theory of inexact reasoning that allows modeling of the reasoning process of humans in linguistic terms, and it is an effective method approved to deal with the fuzzy objects in many areas of engineering application. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between grinding process parameters and surface quality parameters of sapphire wafer by using fuzzy theory and to obtain optimization parameters to enhance the processing efficiency and higher the surface quality of the sapphire in ultra-precision grinding. This paper sets up the triangular fuzzy logic model between processing parameters and surface quality parameters for precision lapping of sapphire, and 2 groups of optimization parameters are selected. Finally, the experimental results verified that the optimization parameters of sapphire lapping obtained by using fuzzy logic which can improve the grinding efficiency and the surface quality of sapphire.

Abstract: Single Point Incremental Forming (SPIF) is a novel sheet metal forming process. The formability (i.e. spif-ability) in this process is determined through Varying Wall Angle Conical Frustum (VWACF) test. In this paper, the effect of variation in the curvature radius, a geometrical parameter of test, on the test results is investigated. A series of VWACF tests with a variety of curvature radii is performed to quantify the said effect. It is found that the spif-ability increases with increasing of curvature radius. However, any variation in the curvature radius does not affect the spif-ability when the normalized curvature radius (i.e. curvature radius/tool radius) becomes higher than 9.

Abstract: Nanocomposite polymer films were produced from composites comprising LDPE /nanosilver and LDPE/nano-ZnO by melt compounding. The mechanical properties of the films prepared were characterized by using stress-strain analysis. Dispersion quality of nanomaterials into the polymer matrix film was monitored using the Transmission Electron Microscopy. The results showed the nanocomposites as possessing lower elongation at break and more antimicrobial activity with the increase of each of nanofillers content.

Abstract: Using ferric nitrate, zinc nitrate, ammonia liquor and binder as main raw materials, five kinds of zinc ferrite sorbents were prepared by the co-precipitation method. The effects of the different binders on the structure and texture of zinc ferrite sorbents were investigated. The morphology, composite structure, pore properties, and mechanical strength were studied by using modern several physicochemical techniques such as powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electronic microscopy (SEM), strength tester and gas absorption meter. It is showed that spinel structure ZnFe2O4 is not affected by different binders，and its particle diameter is in micron leve1. The spinel structures are present in the sorbents that have been calcined at 750 0C.. The sorbent employed kaolinite as binder is the best one of the five types of sorbents for desulfurization, while the one employed diatomite is the worst.Different binders modify the textural properties, modifying consequently the sorbent reactivity. Furthermore, the reactivity and sulfur capacity of sorbents are increasing with an increase in the pore volume.

Abstract: Two forms of perform were prepared by a Glass fiber/Polypropylene fiber commingled yarn. One was a three-dimensional woven fabric with an angle-interlock structure, and another was a two-dimensional plain woven fabric laminate. The three-dimensional woven fabric reinforced thermoplastic composites(3-DWRC) and two-dimensional woven fabric reinforced thermoplastic composites(2-DWRC) were fabricated by hot-press process. The Impact and tensile performances of both 3-DWRC and 2-DWRC were examined. Compared to the 2-DWRC, the 3-DWRC have better impact properties, the energy required to initiate cracks, the threshold force of the first oscillation and maximum load increased by 41.90%, 54.41%, 38.75% respectively under the low-energy impact conditions. The tensile tests shown that the 3-DWRC presented batter fracture toughness than the 2-DWRC. The use of thermoplastic composites is growing rapidly because of their excellent properties, a high toughness and damage tolerance, short processing cycles, and the ability to be reprocessed. But thermoplastic materials usually have a difficulty to impregnate between reinforcing fibers, due to high melt polymer viscosity. It is a technology innovation that the commingled yarns composed of reinforced fibers and thermoplastic fibers are used as prepreg for thermoplastic composite materials. Because thermoplastic fiber and reinforced fiber are closely combined, which reduces distances of resin’s infiltration, this can effectively overcome the difficulties of resin’s impregnation. The commingled yarns can be woven and knitted, and can facilitate the processing of complex structural composites. Three-dimensional fabrics reinforced composites are ideal materials with excellent integrity because it is linked with yarns between layers. Its shearing strength between layers, damage tolerance and reliability are better than the two-dimensional fabric laminated composites. At present, the researches of thermoplastic materials with two-dimensional fabric reinforced structure made from commingled yarns are much more, such as manufacturing technology, material properties ,effects of process conditions on properties, relationship between structures and properties, and so on [1-8]. However, only a few studies appear in literature on the structure-property relationships of three-dimensional fabric reinforced thermoplastic composite materials made of commingled yarns [9-10]. Byun, Hyung Joon et al. [9] undertook the impact test and the tensile test on 3-D woven thermoplastic composite materials and 2-D plain woven laminate which is made by CF/PEEK mixed yarn. Dong Weiguo and Huang Gu[10] studied the porosity, tensile and bending properties on 3-D woven thermoplastic composites which make from core-spun yarn containing glass fibers and polypropylene fibers. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact behavior of and tensile properties of 3-D woven fabric thermoplastic composites made by a GF/PP commingled yarns. Attempts was made to identify the damage mode of the 3-D woven fabric thermoplastic composites under the low energy impact and tensile conditions.