Y. Gonzalez, Jorge Mario Mendoza, Jair Restrepo Durán, Luis Carlos Tapia Vertel, J. D. Rhenals-Julio
{"title":"Effect of printing parameters on mechanical properties and processing time of additively manufactured parts","authors":"Y. Gonzalez, Jorge Mario Mendoza, Jair Restrepo Durán, Luis Carlos Tapia Vertel, J. D. Rhenals-Julio","doi":"10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0111","url":null,"abstract":"Fused deposition modeling (FDM) has gained popularity recently due to its versatility and low cost. Considering that the quality of printed parts depends on many variables, a 3^3 factorial design of experiments was conducted, where three influential parameters in the process were studied: layer height (0.15, 0.2, and 0.25 mm), infill per - centage (30%, 60%, and 90%), and shell count (2, 3, and 4), using polylactic acid as the material. Their effects on tensile strength, flexural strength, printing time, and interactions were measured. The maximum tensile and flexural stress obtained were 33.5 MPa and 87.3 MPa, respectively, at a 90% infill percentage. It was found that layer height does not significantly affect mechanical strength, while infill percentage has the most significant influence, followed by the number of shells. The latter two factors show a meaningful interaction. Furthermore, all the studied parameters have a significant impact on printing time.","PeriodicalId":18246,"journal":{"name":"Matéria (Rio de Janeiro)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82174917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Isis Siqueira Fernandes, Laís da Costa Saboia, Vinicius Soares Gonçalves, Jorge Luiz Siqueira da Costa Neto, A. Moreira, Natália Dias Souza, Alexandre Miguel do Nascimento, D. Chaves, L. Rosado, L. Silva, G. Bauerfeldt, A. Middea, R. N. Oliveira
{"title":"Delivery kinetics of natural active agents by PVA hydrogels intended for wound care","authors":"Isis Siqueira Fernandes, Laís da Costa Saboia, Vinicius Soares Gonçalves, Jorge Luiz Siqueira da Costa Neto, A. Moreira, Natália Dias Souza, Alexandre Miguel do Nascimento, D. Chaves, L. Rosado, L. Silva, G. Bauerfeldt, A. Middea, R. N. Oliveira","doi":"10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0071","url":null,"abstract":"Acute wound dressings can be based on PVA hydrogels, which present many characteristics of an ideal dressing, e.g., fluid uptake, a moisturized environment, etc. The lack of antimicrobial properties leads to the addition of natural active agents. The present work aims to manufacture and compare PVA gels loaded with Barbatimão bark extract, Leucaena bark extract, Aloe vera, and Lavender essential oil. They were characterized by FTIR, swelling tests, SEM, actives release. There were interactions between PVA and the active agents. The addition of Leucaena and Barbatimão increased the PVA ability to swell, but the opposite was found for Aloe vera and Lavender essential oil. PVA-Lavender essential oil samples presented interconnected pores, while samples with essential oil or extracts presented high crystallinity. Lavender essential oil and Aloe vera presented the highest release. The Barbatimão and Leucaena samples’ release may be related to the samples’ swelling, but the initial release of Aloe vera and Lavender samples was diffusion controlled by swelling. Their long-term release was dose-dependent for Aloe vera, while it was a non-Fickian diffusion for Lavender essential oil related to the hydrogel’s relaxation step. There is a synergistic effect when Aloe vera and Lavender essential oil are loaded in PVA hydrogels.","PeriodicalId":18246,"journal":{"name":"Matéria (Rio de Janeiro)","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91204901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of zinc sulphate in microstructure and strength properties of blended cementitious concrete system","authors":"Archana Murugan, Ramasamy Vasudevan","doi":"10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0128","url":null,"abstract":"In recent decades, greenhouse gas emission and global warming are the major threat to climatic change variability. The quality of concrete can be enhanced by the addition of a supplementary cementitious material to portland cement. In this study, fly ash is utilized as a supplemental cementitious material (SCM). The purpose of this research is to test and study the mechanical and thermal properties of blended concrete containing ordinary portland cement, fly ash and zinc sulphate as well as to investigate the microstructure in order to study the influence of zinc sulphate on the hydration process of concrete. This research mainly focused on the changes occurring in the strength, retarding mechanism, setting time, mineralogy, and microstructure caused by the addition of zinc sulphate in concrete. Ordinary portland cement, fly ash, pulverized fly ash and zinc sulphate are used in the blended concrete. The varied proportions of fly ash and zinc sulphate in the mix are 15%, 30%, 45%, and 60% respectively. The strength characteristics can be increased by fly ash pulverization. Hence the research focuses in exploring the addition of fly ash, pulverized fly ash and zinc sulphate anhydride to the concrete mix.","PeriodicalId":18246,"journal":{"name":"Matéria (Rio de Janeiro)","volume":"93 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73928933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rehabilitation of damaged RC exterior beam-column joint using various configurations of CFRP laminates subjected to cyclic excitations","authors":"Gopalakrishnan Palanisamy, Vidhya Kumarasamy","doi":"10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0110","url":null,"abstract":"In this research, an investigational study on the use of CFRP laminates with 4 types of configurations (Series-A: laminated with confinement wrap, Series-B: single flat & L wrap, Series-C: confinement wrap, and Series-D: double flat & confinement wrap) to repair partially damaged reinforced cement composite column-beam joints is presented. The project’s primary goal was to examine how retrofitting configurations affected the behaviour of repaired RC column-beam junctions when subjected to cyclic loads (FL + RL). To examine the effectiveness of repairs for enhancing the stiffness, strength capacity, and behaviour of damaged RC joints (Partially – 25%, 50%, and 75%), seventeen samples were fabricated and investigated. Cyclic loading was used to test the control specimen all the way to failure. Sixteen samples were subjected to a load level that was around 75% of the projected pre-failure load (26 kN) under seismic condition. The maximum load, ductility index, and load versus displacement were all used to analyse the data. Also, CFRP debonding and the failure modes due to fracture pattern were observed. The findings highlighted the significance of repairing and improving joint performance. All repaired joints have increased strength that is virtually as strong as the beam-column joint’s actual shear strength. As a result, compared to the reference specimen, the Series-D joints had a substantially greater strength capacity (30.77%).","PeriodicalId":18246,"journal":{"name":"Matéria (Rio de Janeiro)","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78085269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Davi Cavalcante de Oliveira, J. Vaz, Marcelo de Oliveira e Silva, Edson Bruno Soares de Abreu, M. Galhardo, Leonam Ferreira de Araújo
{"title":"™Small steam turbine operating at low pressure for generating electricity in the Amazon","authors":"Davi Cavalcante de Oliveira, J. Vaz, Marcelo de Oliveira e Silva, Edson Bruno Soares de Abreu, M. Galhardo, Leonam Ferreira de Araújo","doi":"10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0059","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In the Amazon, local electrical energy production is very important due to the large number of isolated communities, usually far from the conventional grid. In this context, steam turbines are relevant technologies to be used in the region, since waste biomass is widely available in several communities, besides, where sustainable agricultural activities take place, such as the use of açaí seeds, sugarcane bagasse, among others. Currently, there are not many relevant studies in the literature for small steam turbines operating at low pressure, conditioned to the reality of the Amazon region. Hence, the main goal of this work is to develop an experimental study of a small steam turbine operating at low pressure, in order to apply it to small energy demand, typically found in the Amazon. We developed measurements on the behavior of mechanical and electrical powers in relation to the shaft rotational speed of the small steam turbine, taking into account pressures of 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3 MPa. We concluded that the preliminary experimental survey, made in this work, demonstrates a good mechanical behavior of the small turbine and could be an alternative for electricity generation system to supply small demands in isolated communities in the Amazon, taking advantage of biomass from sustainable agricultural activities.","PeriodicalId":18246,"journal":{"name":"Matéria (Rio de Janeiro)","volume":"4 4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89951943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Figueiredo, I. Pietra, Luís Antônio Guimarães Bitencourt Júnior
{"title":"Influence of low content of steel fibre on concretes produced with recycled coarse aggregates with varying densities","authors":"A. Figueiredo, I. Pietra, Luís Antônio Guimarães Bitencourt Júnior","doi":"10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0109","url":null,"abstract":"The use of construction and demolition (C&D) waste as aggregate in concrete results in a reduction in strength due to its porosity. To compensate, mix designs often require higher cement contents, which increase the material's environmental impact. This study presents an experimental and numerical analysis of the effect of steel fibres on the mechanical properties of the concrete produced with recycled C&D aggregates with varying densities. The variation in fibre content did not present any influence on the compressive strength of concrete, which is significantly affected by the lower density of the recycled C&D aggregate. The fibres collaborate to mitigate the loss of flexural strength of the steel fibre reinforcement in recycled coarse aggregate concrete (SFRRCAC) provoked by lower density of recycled aggregates when the water-to-cement ratio is lower. When the water-to-cement ratio is above 0.65, there is a great reduction of the matrix strengths due to the paste porosity and the influence of aggregate density and fibre content was insignificant.","PeriodicalId":18246,"journal":{"name":"Matéria (Rio de Janeiro)","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74709963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. B. D. Silva, Rafaela Miranda da Silva, Andresa de Freitas Silva, Emanuel Laurertan Tavares França, E. P. Hernández, Patrícia Maria Albuquerque de Farias
{"title":"Concreto de cimento Portland dopado com quitosana: propriedades mecânicas e microestrutural","authors":"J. B. D. Silva, Rafaela Miranda da Silva, Andresa de Freitas Silva, Emanuel Laurertan Tavares França, E. P. Hernández, Patrícia Maria Albuquerque de Farias","doi":"10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0037","url":null,"abstract":"RESUMO A construção civil exerce função importante no consumo de energia em todo o mundo e influência, de forma significativa, o consumo total de recursos naturais e as emissões de CO2. A utilização de materiais renováveis está intrinsecamente relacionada à pesquisa e à inovação. A reutilização, a reciclagem, bem como o desenvolvimento de novos materiais e a descoberta de novas aplicações para materiais renováveis já conhecidos, podem contribuir de maneira expressiva para o desenvolvimento sustentável. A quitosana (CS) é um biopolímero com uma estrutura química e características únicas aliadas à sua farta disponibilidade como derivado da quitina, fazem com que suas possibilidades de aplicação nos mais diferentes campos tecnológicos, tenha se expandido consideravelmente. No presente trabalho, a utilização da quitosana para produção de concretos por meio de teores ótimos é investigada. Os valores de quitosana incorporados na dosagem foram 0,1%; 0,3% e 0,4%, com relação à massa de cimento. Os diferentes concretos obtidos foram submetidos a ensaios de propriedades mecânicas e microestrutural. Os resultados mostraram que a microestrutura foi favorecida com a utilização da quitosana. Bem como, apresentaram resultados favoráveis à incorporação dos teores utilizados de quitosana (se desatacando as amostras com 0,1% de substituição), sendo positivos quanto às propriedades mecânicas para a maioria das técnicas utilizadas, o que indica fortemente que a quitosana pode ser considerada como material promissor a ser incorporado na produção de concreto.","PeriodicalId":18246,"journal":{"name":"Matéria (Rio de Janeiro)","volume":"2011 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82600416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Luiza Molin, Bruna Segat, Michele Cristina Formolo Garcia, A. P. Pezzin, M. L. L. Silveira, A. Schneider
{"title":"Development and characterization of bacterial cellulose membrane incorporated with Witch hazel extract","authors":"Maria Luiza Molin, Bruna Segat, Michele Cristina Formolo Garcia, A. P. Pezzin, M. L. L. Silveira, A. Schneider","doi":"10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0008","url":null,"abstract":"Bacterial cellulose (BC) has stood out in the biomedical field for its biocompatibility, non-toxicity and high liquid absorption capacity. Thus, studies have been conducted aiming at the functionalization of BC with sub-stances that add properties, such as anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial action. Hamamelis virginiana plant extract is known for its astringent, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties. Thus, the present work aimed to incorporate aqueous (AE) and glycolic (GE) extracts of witch hazel in different concentrations to BC, aiming at its application as a curative. BC membranes incorporated with the extracts were characterized by thermo - gravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and antimicrobial activity. The TGA results indicated a reduction in thermal stability and the appearance of a new stage of degradation in the samples that underwent incorporation. Furthermore, the FTIR showed the presence of aromatic compounds not found in the BC, corroborating the TGA. The micrographs revealed that the incorporation of the extracts resulted in the formation of a film on the surface of the membranes, covering the nanofibers. These results show that incorporating the aqueous and glycol extracts in the BC membrane was successful. However, despite the crude extracts’ antimicrobial potential, antimicrobial activity in the function - alized BC samples was not observed.","PeriodicalId":18246,"journal":{"name":"Matéria (Rio de Janeiro)","volume":"317 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78291470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Surya Raj Gopala Krishnan, Prince Muthiah, Maniraj Jaganathan
{"title":"Optimization of boriding process on AISI 1015 steel using response surface methodology","authors":"Surya Raj Gopala Krishnan, Prince Muthiah, Maniraj Jaganathan","doi":"10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0086","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of this study is to increase the impact toughness of the borided steel without much compromising the surface microhardness. An optimization technique known as Response Surface Methodology was employed to achieve the goal of this work. The pack borided specimens at optimized conditions were analyzed in terms of microstructure, microhardness, XRD, and Impact toughness and compared with borided specimens treated for 950°C for 180minutes. The poly-phase iron borides zone, transition zone, and base metal were all evident. In the iron borides zone, the microhardness was 1745HV, then 345HV in the transition zone, and lastly 245HV in the matrix area. The XRD technique was used to identify the growth of Fe 2 B and FeB phases. The impact toughness was 44.182 J when the specimens treated at optimized conditions.","PeriodicalId":18246,"journal":{"name":"Matéria (Rio de Janeiro)","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82022008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paula Lage Agrize, Beatriz Dantas Lourenço da Silva, Betina Carvalho Veiga, Camila Aparecida Abelha Rocha, F. G. Garcia Filho, Fábio de Oliveira Braga
{"title":"Structure and mechanical behavior of lignosulfonate-treated piassava (Attalea funifera) fibers","authors":"Paula Lage Agrize, Beatriz Dantas Lourenço da Silva, Betina Carvalho Veiga, Camila Aparecida Abelha Rocha, F. G. Garcia Filho, Fábio de Oliveira Braga","doi":"10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1517-7076-rmat-2023-0041","url":null,"abstract":"The use of natural lignocellulosic fiber (NLF) biocomposites for the construction industry has been growing over the years, due to technical and environmental advantages. However, fiber-matrix incompatibility remains a major challenge. Various surface treatments have been investigated to improve fiber-matrix bonding, including sodium lignosulfonate (SLS), a potentially effective and environmentally friendly chemical. In this study, SLS treatment protocols were applied to piassava fibers to evaluate their influence on the fibers. Thermogravimetric Analysis (TG/DTG), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM/EDS), Fourier-transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), moisture absorption measurements and tensile tests were performed to character - ize the modifications. Results demonstrated, for the first time, the efficiency of SLS to remove extractives from the piassava surface. In general, partial degradation of the cellulosic structure was observed, noticeable by the slight drop in crystallinity index (from 42.80 to 39.82%), and an increase in the TG residual mass (from 21.35 to 31.90%), along with changes in DTG curves. However, a particular SLS treatment using ultrasonic bath was able to fully clean the surface preserving the cellulosic structure, and increasing the strength of fibers (from 386 ± 140 MPa to 524 ± 126 MPa).","PeriodicalId":18246,"journal":{"name":"Matéria (Rio de Janeiro)","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87270051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}