Attempts have been made for the first time to produce a friction material with thermal sensitive modulus by the inclusion of combined plastic/rubber properties of thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) as viscoelastic polymeric materials into the formulation for the purpose of increasing the damping behavior. In order to evaluate the viscoelastic parameters such as loss factor (tan δ) and elastic m...

Dynamic mechanical properties including temperature effect, stress softening, and Payne effect are studied on the elastomer composites filled with soy protein or carbon black. The comparison of protein composite with well-known carbon black composites provides further insight into the protein composites. The elastomers filled with soy protein aggregates give substantial reinforcement effect whe...

The frequency-response curve of isolated canine arterial segments at transmural pressures between 140 and 40 mm Hg showed an initial constant-amplitude portion over the lower frequency range followed by one or two major amplitude peaks (resonances) at higher frequencies. At lower transmural pressures, the response was more damped and resonances were infrequent. The amplitude of the flat portion...

The objective of the present study is to systematically characterize a nonlinear viscoelastic behavior of petroleum jelly in large amplitude oscillatory shear flow fields correspondent to the rubbing condition onto the human body. With this aim, using a strain-controlled rheometer, the dynamic viscoelastic properties of commercially available petroleum jelly have been measured at 37oC (body tem...

Implantation of intervertebral disc (IVD) allograft or tissue engineered disc constructs in the spine has emerged as an alternative to artificial disc replacement for the treatment of severe degenerative disc disease (DDD). Establishment of a bank of cryopreserved IVD allografts enables size matching and facilitates logistics for effective clinical management. However, the biomechanical propert...

The viscoelastic response of a material offers an alternative method for analyzing its microstructure, phase transformations and fatigue behaviour. In this work, the viscoelastic properties of commercial aluminium alloy (AA) 7075-T6 are studied with a Dynamic-Mechanical Analyzer (DMA), and results are combined with Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DS...

This paper presents a study of dynamic mechanical properties of Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) rapid prototyping processed material Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). It involves the measurement of modulus and damping properties of the material as it is deformed under periodic stress. In this study, frequency sweep is performed in DMA 2980 equipment to determine modulus, damping and visco...

This work presents design concepts to synthesize composite materials with special dynamic properties, namely, materials that soften at high frequencies. Such dynamic properties are achieved through the use of a two-phase material that has inclusions of a viscoelastic material of negative elastic modulus in a typical matrix phase that has a positive elastic modulus. A possible realization of the...

A dynamic crack will travel in a straight path up to a material-dependent critical speed beyond which its path becomes erratic. Predicting this critical speed and discovering the origin of this instability are two outstanding problems in fracture mechanics. We recently discovered a simple scaling model based on an effective elastic modulus that gives successful predictions for this critical spe...