In this work, post-consumer polypropylene and wood flour from Pinus elliottii were used to produce wood plastic composites. The effect of polypropylene grafted with itaconic acid used as a coupling agent on mechanical properties, thermal stability and morphology of the composites was investigated and compared with the composite developed with polypropylene grafted with maleic anhydride, commonl...

An analytical method for predicting elastic–plastic stress distribution in a cylindrical pressure vessel has been presented. The vessel material was a ceramic/metal functionally graded material, i.e. a particle–reinforcement composite. It was assumed that the material’s plastic deformation follows an isotropic strain-hardening rule based on the von-Mises yield criterion, and that the vessel was...

The work presents the analysis of the character of a simultaneous plastic fl ow of composite material of a hard coresoft sleeve structure. Experimental research work using model composite material Aluminium-Lead and theoretical analysis allowed to identify the initial cracking conditions, its character and localization, depending on geometrical parameters of the composite materials and the extr...

in many cases, a torsional shaft may be a thick-walled radially inhomogeneous cylindrical object. the hollow shafts made of functionally graded materials (fgms) are such kind of compositions which were studied in this paper. cylindrical fg shafts are composed of ceramic and metallic parts with power function distribution across the radial direction. the ceramic phase is isotropic elastic and th...

Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have revolutionized the sector due to their benefits, such as design flexibility, ease of operation, and wide material selection. The use AM in composites production has also become quite popular leverage these benefits produce products with customized properties. In this context, thermoplastic materials are widely used development plastic-based affordab...

Interfacial strength between polymeric matrix and natural filler reinforcement has direct effects on the properties of wood plastic composites. There are some approaches to improve the interfacial adhesion between two phases in wood plastic composites. One of them is using coupling agents to improve the composite properties. In this study, the effect of maleic anhydride as a coupling agent on t...

The densification response of aluminium powder reinforced with nanometric SiC particles (50 nm) during uniaxial compaction was studied. To determine the effect of SiC nanoparticles on the compressibility of the matrix, monolithic Al powder was also examined. The effect of SiC nanoparticles on the densification mechanisms, i.e. particle rearrangement and plastic deformation, was analysed using m...

We have developed an instrument for directly measuring the emissivity of reflective surfaces at near-millimeter wavelengths. The thermal emission of a test sample is compared with that of a reference surface, allowing the emissivity of the sample to be determined without heating. The emissivity of the reference surface is determined by one's heating the reference surface and measuring the incre...

We analyze plane strain deformations of a representative volume element (RVE) to evaluate effective thermophysical parameters of a particulate composite comprised of two perfectly bonded heat conducting elasto-thermo-visco-plastic constituents. It is assumed that the composite is also isotropic and its response elasto-thermo-visco-plastic. Effective values of material parameters so computed are...

A study of the mechanical behaviour of a composite ®lm-substrate material during the hardness test is undertaken. An analytical calculation is proposed applying the kinematic model to the case of the coated spherical cavity problem. The aim of this paper is to discuss the parameters that in ̄uence the mechanical behaviour, in order to understand the observed experimental results. The parameters ...