We provide a worked example on how to obtain the total neutron scattering cross section of organic polymers at thermal energies by means Average Functional Group Approximation. Within this framework, polymer is rationalised as composed hydrogen atoms belonging specific functional groups,therefore taking into account material-specific incoherent inelastic contributions section. Such simplified m...

This study investigates the characteristics of Fiber Braggs Grating (FBG) sensors with respect to their feasibility for use in additive manufactured materials under fatigue loading. was done through tensile testing both standard Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) specimens and ABS containing FBG sensors. These were incorporated into material using two different techniques: inserting embeddin...

Acrylonitrilebutadiene-styrene (ABS) thermoplastic is evaluated as a potential fuel for hybrid rocket motors and compared to the widely used fuel material Hydroxyl-Terminated Polybutadiene (HTPB). For this project Nitrous Oxide (N2O) is used as the matching oxidizer. ABS is widely mass-produced for non-combustion applications including household plumbing and structural materials. Analytical pre...

Composites of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) block copolymer with multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) were processed by solution casting in order to investigate the influence of filler content, the different ratio of styrene/butadiene in the copolymer and the architecture of the SBS matrix on the electrical, mechanical and electro-mechanical properties of the composites. It was found that fille...

the thermally stimulated discharge (tsdc) current is studied for acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (nbr) loaded with different high abrasion furnace carbon black (haf). tsdc peak appears only for higher haf contents > 60phr (70 and 80phr of haf contents), the tsdc spectra consist of a sharp peak corresponding to a peak temperature tm which is slightly shifted to higher temperature for 70phr ...

A novel IMRT phantom was designed and fabricated using Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) plastic. Physical properties of ABS plastic related to radiation interaction and dosimetry were compared with commonly available phantom materials for dose measurements in radiotherapy. The ABS IMRT phantom has provisions to hold various types of detectors such as ion chambers, radiographic/radiochromic...

AddJoining technique has been recently introduced to produce metal–polymer composite hybrid layered structures. The methodology combines the principles of joining and polymeric additive manufacturing. This paper presents three process-variants investigated demonstrated for material combination aluminum 2024-T3 acrylonitrile butadiene styrene form single lap joints. microstructure mechanical per...