A thermal elastic-plastic stress analysis is carried out on steel fiber reinforced aluminum metal-matrix composite arch under uniform temperature distribution. The arch is fixed at both ends. The composite material is assumed to be strain hardening linearly. First yielding temperature, thermal residual stresses and the distribution of these stresses under thermal loading are investigated by usi...

This study deals with the effect of coupled thermal and cyclic mechanical loadings on the viscoelastic response of carbon black filled nitrile rubber. For this purpose, cyclic loading tests were performed at different temperatures by means of Dynamic Mechanical and Thermal Analysis (DMTA). The type and level of the thermomechanical loadings applied were chosen in order to determine the relative...

In this article, thermal stability of beams made of functionally graded material (FGM) is considered. The derivations of equations are based on the one-dimensional theory of elasticity. The material properties vary continuously through the thickness direction. Tanigawa's model for the variation of Poisson's ratio, the modulus of shear stress, and the coefcient of thermal expansion is considered...

We investigated the thermal and electrical conductivity of water seeded with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) synthesized using the alcohol catalytic chemical vapour deposition method. Sodium deoxycholate was used as the surfactant to prepare stable nanofluids, which we then thoroughly characterized by microscopic and spectroscopic methods. Electrical conductivity measurements showed powe...

Thermal load calculations have been performed for multi-layered walls that are composed of three different parts; a common (sand and cement) plaster, and two types of locally produced soft and hard bricks. The masonry construction of these layered walls was based on concrete-backed stone masonry made of limestone bricks joined by mortar. These multilayered walls are forming the outer walls of t...

Polymer nanocomposite materials of higher thermal and electrical transport properties are important to nanotech‐ nology applications such as thermal management, packag‐ ing, labelling and the textile industry. In this work, thermal and electrical conductivities in nanocomposites of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) and isotactic polypro‐ pylene (iPP) are investigated in terms of MWCNT loadin...

Composites with nanoparticles and polymers can improve the functionalities and existing formulations. In this work we synthesized Graphene Oxide and is incorporated into an epoxy based negative tone photoresist in different weight percentages. Thermal conductivity studies were carried out on those composites and it was found that 13 % by weight is the optimized loading to have an enhanced therm...

In this paper, the thermal buckling analysis of a circular plate made of FGM materials with actuator/actuator piezoelectric layers based on neutral plane, classical plate theory and first order shear deformation plate theory is investigated. Reddy's model is assumed for material properties of FGM plate. Plate under the thermal loading, nonlinear temperature rise through the thickness and clampe...