• Advances in nano research
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.515-527
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• 2022

The application of fibers in concrete obviously enhances the properties of concrete, also the application of natural fibers in concrete is raising due to the availability, low cost and environmentally friendly. Besides, predicting the mechanical properties of concrete in general and shear strength in particular is highly significant in concrete mixture with fiber nanocomposite reinforced concrete (FRC) in construction projects. Despite numerous studies in shear strength, determining this strength still needs more investigations. In this research, Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) have been employed to determine the strength of reinforced concrete with fiber. 180 empirical data were gathered from reliable literature to develop the methods. Models were developed, validated and their statistical results were compared through the root mean squared error (RMSE), determination coefficient (R²), mean absolute error (MAE) and Pearson correlation coefficient (r). Comparing the RMSE of PSO (0.8859) and ANFIS (0.6047) have emphasized the significant role of structural parameters on the shear strength of concrete, also effective depth, web width, and a clear depth rate are essential parameters in modeling the shear capacity of FRC. Considering the accuracy of our models in determining the shear strength of FRC, the outcomes have shown that the R² values of PSO (0.7487) was better than ANFIS (2.4048). Thus, in this research, PSO has demonstrated better performance than ANFIS in predicting the shear strength of FRC in case of accuracy and the least error ratio. Thus, PSO could be applied as a proper tool to maximum accuracy predict the shear strength of FRC.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.239-245
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• 2023

Cellulose is an abundant biodegradable material in nature with excellent properties, but due to its poor processability, it has been widely studied for processing through modification. Cellulose acetate propionate (CAP) is a cellulose derivative in which the hydroxyl group of cellulose is replaced by acetyl and propionyl groups. CAP has several advantages, such as excellent solubility, structural stability, light and weather resistance, and good transparency. Porous nanofibers with excellent specific surface area, which can be applied in various fields, can be easily formed by the phase separation method using highly volatile solvents. High speed centrifugal spinning is a nano/micro fiber preparation method with advantages such as fast spinning and easy alignment control. In this study, a CAP/polybutylene succinate (PBS) spinning solution with chloroform as solvent was prepared to prepare porous microfibers and the fiber morphology was examined as a function of the disk rotation speed in an high speed centrifugal spinning device.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.315-328
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• 2023

The main goal of the present study was to assess the effects of eggshell powder (ESP) and halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) on the mechanical properties of abaca fiber (AF)-reinforced natural composites. For this purpose, a limited number of indentation tests were first performed on the AF/polypropylene (PP) composites for different HNT and ESP loadings (0 wt.% ~ 6 wt.%), load amplitudes (150, 200, and 250 N), and two types of indenters (Vickers or conical). The Young's modulus, hardness and plasticity index of each specimen were calculated using the indentation test results and Oliver-Pharr method. The accuracy of the experimental results was confirmed by comparing the values of the Young's modulus obtained from the indentation test with the results of the conventional tensile test. Then, a feed-forward shallow artificial neural network (ANN) with high efficiency was trained based on the obtained experimental data. The trained ANN could properly predict the variations of the mentioned mechanical properties of AF/PP composites incorporated with different HNT and ESP loadings. Furthermore, the trained ANN demonstrated that HNTs increase the elastic modulus and hardness of the composite, while the incorporation of ESP reduces these properties. For instance, the Young's modulus of composites incorporated with 3 wt.% of ESP decreased by 30.7% compared with the pure composite, while increasing the weight fraction of ESP up to 6% decreased the Young's modulus by 34.8%. Moreover, the trained ANN indicated that HNTs have a more significant effect on reducing the plasticity index than ESP.

• 폴리머
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.486-493
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• 2013

고분자 색전 코일을 제조하기 위하여 교대배열 PVA(s-PVA) 용액을 제조하고 젤방사 조건의 최적화를 위해 고분자용액의 유변학적 특성을 분석하였다. 현탁중합을 통해 비누화도 99%, 교대배열기 함량 56%인 s-PVA를 제조하였고 고분자 용액의 농도에 따른 점도 변화 측정을 통해 최적의 방사농도를 13 wt%로 선정하였다. S-PVA 젤 섬유의 연신비에 따른 구조, 형태, 인장 특성을 측정하였다. S-PVA 젤 섬유의 연신비가 증가함에 따라 인장강도가 증가하였고, 최대 연신비인 15배 연신하였을 때 인장강도는 580 MPa이었고 절단신도는 연신비가 증가함에 따라 감소하는 경향을 나타냈다. S-PVA 젤 섬유는 연신비에 따라 결정구조가 발달하고 배향도가 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 색전 코일 제조 시의 열처리온도에 따른 코일의 형태 안정성을 살펴 본 결과 열처리온도가 높을수록 코일의 형태안정성이 우수하였으며 금속 색전 코일로 제조되는 1차 코일 및 2차 코일 형태를 s-PVA 섬유를 이용해 제조하였고 이를 통해 금속 색전 코일의 고분자로의 대체 가능성을 확인하였다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.297-309
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• 2012

나노보강제의 하나인 아연 메타아크릴레이트 (ZMA)로 보강된 천연고무(NR)/부타디엔고무(BR) 블랜드에 발포제 함량을 달리하여 적용하여 발포거동을 관찰하였다. ZMA 첨가에 따라 전반적인 발포고무의 물성은 향상되었지만, 발포입자크기, 밀도, 발포도 등 발포입자의 모폴로지에는 크게 영향을 미치지 않았다. 발포제의 함량에 따라 발포고무의 기계적 물성은 크게 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 발포제 함량 증가에 따라 발포도가 증가하였고, 이는 발포고무의 밀도감소로 나타났지만, 발포입자의 크기나 분산성은 크게 영향을 받지 않았다. 고함량 스티렌-부타디엔 고무(HSBR)의 영향도 함께 조사하였다. HSBR 함량 증가에 따라 발포입자의 크기는 작아졌고 분산성은 향상되었다. 발포고무는 대변형에서 에너지 흡수성이 뛰어난 것으로 나타났다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제20권
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• pp.39-46
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• 2016

In this work, the effects of maleic anhydride (MA) content on mechanical properties of chopped carbon fibers (CFs)-reinforced MA-grafted-polypropylene (MAPP) matrix composites. A direct oxyfluorination on CF surfaces was applied to increase the interfacial strength between the CFs and MAPP matrix. The mechanical properties of the CFs/MAPP composites are likely to be different in terms of MA content. Surface characteristics were observed by scanning electron microscope, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and single fiber contact angle method. The mechanical properties of the composites were also measured by a critical stress intensity factor (K_IC). From the K_IC test results, the K_IC values were increased to a maximum value of 3.4 MPa with the 0.1 % of MA in the PP, and then decreased with higher MA content.

• Composites Research
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.192-201
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• 2018

3D 프린팅 기술의 활용은 복잡한 형상의 제품을 보다 손쉽게 생산 가능하게 하며, 시간적 경제적 이점을 제공함으로써 기존 제조업의 형태를 변화시킬 차세대 핵심 제조 기술로 부상하고 있다. 그러나 순수 고분자 소재 출력물의 기계적/전기적 특성 및 기능은 해당 기술의 확산에 있어 한계점으로 작용하였고, 이것은 고성능 고분자 복합재료 개발에 대한 수요로 이어졌다. 이에 본 논문에서는 고성능 3D 프린팅용 고분자 복합재료 개발의 최신 연구 동향을 소개하고, 응용 분야와 가능성 및 향후 연구방향에 대해 논하고자 한다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.215-224
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• 2020

In the present study, according to the important of porosity in low specific weight in comparison of high stiffness of carbon nanotubes reinforced composite, buckling and free vibration analysis of sandwich composite beam in two configurations, of laminates using differential quadrature method (DQM) is studied. Also, the effects of porosity coefficient and three types of porosity distribution on critical buckling load and natural frequency are discussed. It is shown the buckling loads and natural frequencies of laminate 1 are significantly larger than the results of laminate 2. When configuration 2 (the core is made of FRC) and laminate 1 ([0/90/0/45/90]_s) are used, the first natural frequency rises noticeably. It is also demonstrated that the influence of the core height in the case of lower carbon volume fractions is negligible. Even though, when volume fraction of fiber increases, the critical buckling load enhances smoothly. It should be noticed the amount of decline has inverse relationship with the beam aspect ratio. Investigating three porosity patterns, beam with the distribution of porosity Type 2 has the maximum critical buckling load and first natural frequency. Among three elastic foundations (constant, linear and parabolic), buckling load and natural frequency in linear variation has the least amount. For all kind of elastic foundations, when the porosity coefficient increases, critical buckling load and natural frequency decline significantly.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.295-307
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• 2020

The vibrational characteristics of Multi-Phase Nanocomposite (MPC) reinforced annular/circular plate under initially stresses are presented using the state-space formulation based on three-dimensional elasticity theory (3D-elasticity theory) and Differential Quadrature Method (DQM). The MPC reinforced annular/circular plate is under initial lateral stress and composed of multilayers with Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) uniformly dispersed in each layer, but its properties change layer-by-layer along the thickness direction. The State-Space based Differential Quadrature Method (SS-DQM) is presented to examine the frequency behavior of the current structure. Halpin-Tsai equations and fiber micromechanics are used in the hierarchy to predict the bulk material properties of the multi-scale composite. A singular point is investigated for modeling the circular plate. The CNTs are supposed to be randomly oriented and uniformly distributed through the matrix of epoxy resin. Afterward, a parametric study is done to present the effects of various types of sandwich circular/annular plates on frequency characteristics of the MPC reinforced annular/circular plate using 3D-elasticity theory.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.388-395
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 구조물의 사용성 및 사용하중에 큰 영향을 미치지 않으며 기존에 개발되어진 재료를 활용하여 재료들의 방호 방폭 성능을 최대한 발휘할 수 있도록 복합패널을 구성하였다. 재료 각각의 특성이 발휘될 수 있도록 여러겹의 레이어 층으로 패널을 구성하였으며 구조물의 손상을 최소화 하고 강도와 내구성을 극대화 하여 일반 구조물 유지 보수에도 활용 가능한 보강용 패널의 제작을 위한 실험적 연구를 수행하였다.