• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.275-282
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• 2014

Particle-reinforced metal matrix composites exhibit a strengthening effect due to the particle size-dependent length scale that arises from the strain gradient, and thus from the geometrically necessary dislocations between the particles and matrix that result from their CTE(Coefficient of Thermal Expansion) and elastic-plastic mismatches. In this study, the influence of the size-dependent length scale on the particle-matrix interface failure and ductile failure in the matrix was examined using finite-element punch zone modeling whereby an augmented strength was assigned around the particle. The failure behavior was observed by a parametric study, while varying the interface failure properties such as the interface strength and debonding energy with different particle sizes and volume fractions. It is shown that the two failure modes (interface failure and ductile failure in the matrix) interact with each other and are closely related to the particle size-dependent length scale; in other words, the composite with the smaller particles, which is surrounded by a denser dislocation than that with the larger particles, retards the initiation and growth of the interface and matrix failures, and also leads to a smaller amount of decrease in the flow stress during failure.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.187-194
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• 2012

The strength of particle-reinforced metal matrix composites is, in general, known to be increased by the geometrically necessary dislocations punched around a particle that form during cooling after consolidation because of coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatch between the particle and the matrix. An additional strength increase may also be observed, since another type of geometrically necessary dislocation can be formed during extensive deformation as a result of the strain gradient plasticity due to the elastic-plastic mismatch between the particle and the matrix. In this paper, the magnitudes of these two types of dislocations are calculated based on the dislocation plasticity. The dislocations are then converted to the respective strengths and allocated hierarchically to the matrix around the particle in the axisymmetric finite-element unit cell model. The proposed method is shown to be very effective by performing finite-element strength analysis of $SiC_p$/Al2124-T4 composites that included ductile failure in the matrix and particlematrix decohesion. The predicted results for different particle sizes and volume fractions show that the length scale effect of the particle size obviously affects the strength and failure behavior of the particle-reinforced metal matrix composites.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.40 no.5
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• pp.427-432
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• 1997

감자전분의 수분함량에 따라 가열하는 동안 전분의 점탄성 성질의 변화를 조사한 결과 전분의 농도가 증가할수록 더 높은 storage modulus (G#)와 loss modulus (G@) 값을 보여주었으며, 호화개시온도 및 호화최대값을 나타내는 온도는 전분농도에 따라 낮은 온도로의 이전을 보여주었다. 20%의 감자전분과 옥수수전분을 비교한 결과, 옥수수전분은 $68^{\circ}C$, 감자전분은 $60^{\circ}C$에서의 호화개시온도를 나타내었으나, G#와 G@값은 옥수수전분이 높게 나타났고 이와 같이 서로 다른 호화개시온도, 호화정도 및 그 최대값을 나타내는 온도변화는 아밀로즈/아밀로팩틴의 함량과 전분 입자의 크기에 따른 것으로 여겨진다. 감자와 옥수수 전분을 각각 3%씩 첨가하여 만든 생선단백질 젤의 파손강도를 측정한 결과 전분들을 첨가한 단백질 젤이 무첨가한 젤보다 더 강하게 나타났으며, 옥수수 전분의 첨가가 감자전분 첨가보다 더 강한 젤의 강도를 나타내었다 혼합비를 달리 첨가하여 만든 겔을 응력완화현상을 측정한 결과 감자 및 옥수수 전분을 첨가한 경우는 초기순간응력, 평형응력 뿐만 아니라 전체적인 응력의 증가현상이 일어났으나 3요소 일반화된 Maxwell 모형으로 분석한 결과는 감자 전분과 옥수수전분에 의한 탄성을 (elastic modulus) 상승효과는 첨가농도의 의존성을 보여 주었다.