High temperatures caused by partial discharge results in the decomposition of insulating epoxy resins in electrical equipment. In this paper, the ReaxFF force field is used to investigate the decomposition process of epoxy resins cured by anhydride and the formation mechanisms of small-molecule gases. Results show that the initiation reaction is the cleavage of an ester bond linked with an epox...

The energy release rate for propagation of a debond in either a single-fiber pull-out test or a microbond test was derived analytically. The key finding was that an accurate analysis can be derived by a global energy analysis that includes effects of residual stresses and interfacial friction but does not need to include the details of the stress state at the interfacial crack tip. The analytic...

The current route in the UK for the conditioning and immobilization of most intermediate level waste for interim storage and geological disposal is to encapsulate in a cementitious matrix. However, certain waste materials, such as those containing reactive metals (e.g. uranium and aluminium), can corrode in the presence of the highly alkaline water in a cementitious environment. In their initia...

Abstract The gear is an essential part of every mechanical power transmission system, as well most industrial rotating machinery. Gears may grow to dominate the effective mechanism for transmitting in future machines due their high degree durability and compactness. vinyl ester resin have strength low frictional porous carbon material. Vinyl used a reinforced material plastic gear. In this work...

In this work, the influence of trimethylolpropane tris-(3-mercaptopropionate) and a vinyl epoxy compound (4-vinyl-1-cyclohexene 1,2-epoxide) over the photocuring and subsequent thermal curing of an epoxy resin (CYRACURE UVR-6105) is studied. The photoinitiator used is CYRACURE UVI-6976. The techniques used in this study have been DSC (differential scanning calorimetry) and FTIR (Fourier transfo...

olyester and vinyl ester resinbased linings are known for their solvent and chemical resistance. The different resins in these linings have broad resistance ranges, with acid resistance being a major strength. Some of the specific resins resist 1 or more chemicals or types of chemicals better than other resins, so systems often are finetuned by the choice of resin for a particular chemical envi...

Abstract This work presents a numerical approach to multi-routines based on experiments, and, with target analyse strength of cross-ply glass fibre reinforced plastics (GFRP) composite after immersion in sulphuric acid solution under pressure (5% H 2 SO 4 solution, 95 °C, 15 bar). Two alternative vinyl ester resins (bisphenol A diglycidyl ether and epoxy phenol novolac) were investigated. After...