Kaiwei Li, Bill Trompetter, M. Amirpour, T. Allen, S. Bickerton, P. Kelly
{"title":"Characterization of a soft magnetic composite for use in road-embedded wireless-charging systems","authors":"Kaiwei Li, Bill Trompetter, M. Amirpour, T. Allen, S. Bickerton, P. Kelly","doi":"10.1142/s2424913021430062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424913021430062","url":null,"abstract":"The ferrite magnetic core is an integral component of road-embedded wireless charging systems for electric vehicles. However, the brittleness of ferrite makes it susceptible to premature fracture due to cyclic wheel loading from vehicles. This has motivated the development of a soft magnetic composite (SMC) composed of a flexible polyurethane and crushed ferrite as an alternative. An experimental investigation was conducted into the trade-offs between mechanical, thermal and magnetic properties at ferrite volume fractions between 45.9[Formula: see text]vol% and 80.6[Formula: see text]vol%. A comparison was made between measured properties and predictions from analytical models in order to further investigate the characteristics of the composite. The investigation showed a trade-off between the increase in magnetic permeability and the reduction in strain-to-failure as ferrite volume fraction increased. In addition, a large increase in flexural modulus and thermal conductivity, along with a slight increase in flexural strength was observed. More importantly, the strain-to-failure of the composite was 20 times higher than that of ferrite even at the highest volume fraction, indicating that the SMC was successful in providing a more ductile and flexible alternative.","PeriodicalId":36070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44470312","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":"A study on the mechanical polishing technique by using shear thickening fluids","authors":"L. Chang, Ziyan Man, Lin Ye","doi":"10.1142/s2424913021430037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424913021430037","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reported the new polishing technique by using a shear thickening fluid (STF). In experiments, the steel workpiece was immersed into the STF under the static condition. When the workpiece started rotating at a certain speed, the surrounding STF became solidified due to the shear thickening effect. Consequently, the solidified STF held the abrasive particles and polished the surfaces of the workpiece. The surface roughness of the treated surfaces was clearly dependent on the size of the abrasive particles. Owing to the reversible phase transition between liquid and solid status for the STF, the polishing process can be conducted without the use of polishing pads. Moreover, the new polishing technique using the STF can polish some complex structures having the surfaces with different heights and/or orientations, which cannot be achieved by the traditional one-step polishing method.","PeriodicalId":36070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics","volume":"35 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41245553","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":"Thermal residual stresses in thermoplastic CFRP-steel laminates: Modification and influence on fatigue life","authors":"J. Hausmann, Stefan Schmidt","doi":"10.1142/s2424913021430050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424913021430050","url":null,"abstract":"Thermal residual stresses (TRS) in hybrid materials and structures occur by the mismatch of thermal expansion of different materials. Especially when combining metals with carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP), a significant level of internal stresses can be reached. High processing temperatures and high stiffness of the constituents are also responsible for high stress levels. Laminates of thermoplastic CFRP (unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced polyamide 6) and stainless steel foils are a suitable material system to examine the TRS in detail. Since TRSs in the steel fraction are of tensile nature, these superpose to externally applied loads, resulting in higher efforts for the material and thus reduced lifetimes under cyclic fatigue loading. Therefore, a reduction of TRS is desired. Two methods for TRS reduction were applied, and its influence on fatigue lifetime was investigated. Firstly, specimens were stretched by a preloading to reduce TRS by yielding of the metal. Secondly, non-symmetric laminates were gradually cooled down after consolidation to compensate TRS formation by non-symmetric shrinkage. While preloading of materials and structures is known for TRS modification, the gradually cooling is not established, yet. Both modification principles were numerically investigated before experimental validation. A significant increase of lifetime was reached by TRS reduction.","PeriodicalId":36070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49018643","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":"Preface: Special Issue of Professor Eringen's Centennial Anniversary — Part I","authors":"James D. Lee, Jiaoyan Li, Leyu Wang","doi":"10.1142/s2424913021020033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424913021020033","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44994883","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":"The effects of printing directions on the compression behavior of the Re-entrant structure produced by 3D printing technology","authors":"Hang Dong, L. Chang","doi":"10.1142/s2424913021410046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424913021410046","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, a re-entrant structure having a negative Poisson’s ratio (NPRs) was designed and produced with polylactic acid (PLA) using 3D printing technology. A series of samples was prepared with the different printing directions, namely, printed following (PF) the structure orientation, at 0[Formula: see text] (PZ) and at 90[Formula: see text] (PN). Results showed that the printing direction plays a crucial role in determining the mechanical properties of the printed meta-materials. In particular, PF specimens achieved the highest energy absorption at break, which is [Formula: see text]2 times as high as PZ or PN samples. The PF specimens also showed the highest stiffness under compression. However, the Poisson’s ratio was less sensitive to the changes in printing directions. The measured Poisson’s ratios for PF, PZ and PN samples are −1.68, −1.87 and −1.70, respectively. Based on the experimental results, the effects of the printing direction and the geometry configuration of the structure on the deformation behavior of the printed meta-material were further discussed.","PeriodicalId":36070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42945113","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":"Donnan equilibrium revisited: Coupling between ion concentrations, osmotic pressure, and donnan potential","authors":"Gang Chen","doi":"10.1142/s2424913021420145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424913021420145","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses the little-known fact that Donnan’s equilibrium criteria established over 100 years ago neglected the coupling between ion concentrations and the osmotic pressure. Such coupling can be treated based on general thermodynamic considerations including the solvent equilibrium, leading to a membrane potential that consists of not only the classical Donnan potential term but also an additional term due to the osmotic pressure, and the existence of a membrane potential even when the impermeable species are not charged. This coupled treatment conflicts with the well-established Poisson–Boltzmann equation and Nernst–Planck equation, but is consistent with the extension of these equations including the solvent effects by Freise and Schlogl, enables us to view the electrical double layer equilibrium as Donnan equilibrium.","PeriodicalId":36070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63853602","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":"Virial theorems and virial stresses of micropolar media","authors":"M. Ostoja-Starzewski","doi":"10.1142/s2424913021420066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424913021420066","url":null,"abstract":"A generalization of virial theorems and virial stresses to micropolar continuum mechanics is explored. The linear momentum balance in dyadic product with translation leads to (i) the first virial theorem of micropolar continuum mechanics involving the infinite-time limit of the kinetic translational energy and (ii) a classical formula for computing the virial force-stress known in molecular dynamics. The angular momentum balance in dyadic product with rotation leads to (i) the second virial theorem of micropolar continuum mechanics involving the infinite-time limit of the kinetic rotational energy and (ii) a virial couple-stress along with a formula for its computation. The latter stress is also uncovered in the dyadic product of linear momentum balance with rotation. The virial force-stress and virial couple-stress contain, respectively, the Reynolds force-stress and turbulent couple-stress.","PeriodicalId":36070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44923820","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":"3D printing of metallic micro-gears for micro-fluidic applications","authors":"C. Wang, S. Chandra, X. Tan, S. Tor","doi":"10.1142/s2424913021410022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424913021410022","url":null,"abstract":"Micro-fluidic devices are essential to handle fluids on the micro-meter scale (micro-scale), making them crucial to biomedical applications, where micro-gear is the key component for active fluid mixing. Rapid and direct fabrication of micro-gears is preferred because they are usually custom-made to specific applications and iterative design is needed. However, conventional manufacturing (CM) techniques for micro-fluidic devices are labor-intensive and time-consuming as multiple steps are required. Three-dimensional (3D) printing, or formally known as additive manufacturing (AM) offers a promising alternative over CM techniques in producing near-net shape complex geometries, given the micro-scale fabrication process. In this work, two types of powder-bed fusion (PBF) AM techniques, namely laser-PBF (L-PBF) and electron beam-PBF (EB-PBF) are used to benchmark 3D-printed micro-gears from stainless steel 316L micro-granular powders. Results showcase the preeminence of L-PBF over EB-PBF in generating distinguishable micro-scale features on gear profiles and superior micro-hardness in mechanical property. Overall, PBF metal AM shows significant promise in advancing the otherwise tedious state of CM for micro-gears.","PeriodicalId":36070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44915445","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":"An overview of entropy principle","authors":"I. Liu","doi":"10.1142/s2424913021420017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424913021420017","url":null,"abstract":"A brief overview of the development from classical linear irreversible thermodynamics to the modern rational thermodynamics with Coleman–Noll and Müller–Liu procedures is presented, emphasizing the basic assumptions and formulation details. The major arguments concerned are the improvement of physical assumptions and mathematical formulation differences. Extended thermodynamics is also briefly commented.","PeriodicalId":36070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46762978","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}
Nicole Motsch-Eichmann, F. Rieger, Thomas Rief, J. Hausmann
{"title":"Experimental investigation of modified co-curing process for carbon fiber/epoxy-laminates","authors":"Nicole Motsch-Eichmann, F. Rieger, Thomas Rief, J. Hausmann","doi":"10.1142/s2424913021430013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2424913021430013","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, thermoset-based carbon fiber-reinforced polymer structures manufactured by the so-called modified co-curing process are analyzed and compared to well-established co-curing and co-bonding. The modified co-curing process allows manufacturing geometrically complex parts without traditional core technologies by producing laminates from a un-cured half and a pre-cured half in contrast to using two un-cured halves (co-curing) or a fully cured half plus an un-cured half (co-bonding). The interlaminar fracture toughness under Mode I loading, [Formula: see text], was determined in double cantilever beam (DCB) tests. [Formula: see text] displays a correlation of the degree of cure and the joint properties, with the co-curing laminates having 11% and 33% higher fracture toughness than the modified co-curing configurations. However, modified co-curing in all cases results is superior or equal to co-bonding. To assess the influence of surface properties for the bonding quality, different peel plies were compared with respect to the resulting joint properties. The results with up to 50% loss in [Formula: see text] values indicate the high importance of appropriate surface preparation. Subsequent tests also show that the negative influence of the peel ply on the joint properties can be reversed by abrasive surface treatment. It was found that at higher degrees of partial curing before co-curing, crack growth increasingly occurs in the interface of the bonded laminates. Therefore, the properties of the surface before joining were analyzed and modified to assess its relevance for the bonding properties and the potential for improvement.","PeriodicalId":36070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48302315","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}