Dinesh Balgude, Anagha Sabnis^*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.2, No.3, pp. 235-245, 2014, DOI:10.7569/JRM.2014.634115

Abstract Renewable resource-based hybrid crosslinker was successfully synthesized via sol-gel technology. The synthesis involved malenization of Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL) followed by its silane modifi cation and subsequent hydrolysis and condensation with tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS). The synthesized crosslinker was characterized by spectroscopic analysis (FT-IR, ¹ H-NMR, ¹³C-NMR and ²⁹Si-NMR) for structural elucidation. The crosslinker was further formulated in a conventional stoving system. Fully-cured coatings were obtained after stoving at 120°C for ½ hr and were then evaluated for physical, mechanical, chemical, optical, accelerated weathering, electrochemical and morphological properties. The incorporation of hybrid crosslinker in a conventional stoving More >

Ramos G¹, RH Lira¹, RD Peralta², GY Cortez², A Cárdenas¹

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.83, pp. 139-143, 2014, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2014.83.139

Abstract Tomato fruits are perishable products that require treatments such as coating films to extend their shelf life. Because of this and to avoid use of synthetic chemicals to prevent physical deterioration during postharvest, we evaluated the effects of an edible coating polymer latex poly (vinyl acetate-co-vinyl alcohol), P (VAc-co-VA), at three concentrations (0, 50 and 100%) in tomato fruits. The trial was conducted at room temperature conditions (31 ± 4 °C; with RH of 30 ± 5%) and temperature-controlled (12 ± 1 °C; with RH of 75 ± 5%). Fruits coated with P (VAc-co-VA) at More >

Thomas J. Nelson, Lindsey Bultema, Neal Eidenschink, Dean C. Webster^*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.1, No.2, pp. 141-153, 2013, DOI:10.7569/JRM.2013.634113

Abstract Bio-based polyols with high functionality were successfully synthesized by ring-opening epoxidized sucrose esters of soybean oil with methanol under acidic conditions, and were subsequently formulated with blocked isocyanates to form one package polyurethanes (1KPU). The bio-based polyols were characterized by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1 H-NMR) spectroscopy, and Brookfi eld viscosity. Bio-based coatings were prepared by formulating the polyols with blocked polyisocyanates based on isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) and hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI). Two types of bio-based polyols were synthesized and the ratio of NCO:OH functional groups was More >

Hui Zheng¹, Wen Chen^1,2,3, Chuanzeng Zhang⁴

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.90, No.3, pp. 179-195, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2013.090.179

Abstract This paper develops a multi-domain boundary knot method (BKM) formulation to solve the heat conduction problems of ultra-thin coatings. This approach overcomes the troublesome singular integration difficulty in the boundary element method in the simulation of such ultra-thin coating problems. Our numerical results show that the present BKM is very promising with sufficient accuracy in predicting the temperature distributions and the other physical quantities in thin coated layers even when the thickness ranges from 10-1m to 10-9m. The present method can also easily be extended to the three-dimensional problems. More >

Sina Alavi, Mohammad Passandideh-Fard^*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.2, No.2, pp. 1-9, 2011, DOI:10.5098/hmt.v2.2.3007

Abstract In this paper, a numerical study is performed to investigate the effects of thermal shrinkage on the deposition of molten particles on a substrate in a thermal spray process using the Volume-of-Fluid (VOF) method. Thermal shrinkage is a phenomenon caused by the variation of density during cooling and solidification of a molten metal. The Navier-Stokes equations along with the energy equation including phase change are solved using a 2D/axisymmetric mesh. The VOF method is used to track the free surface of molten particles, and an enthalpy-porosity formulation is used to model solidification. For the normal More >

Hai Trieu Phan^b, Nadia Caney^a,†, Philippe Marty^a, Stéphane Colasson^b, Jérôme Gavillet^b

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.2, No.1, pp. 1-6, 2011, DOI:10.5098/hmt.v2.1.3002

Abstract Experiments were performed to study the effects of surface wettability on flow boiling of water at atmospheric pressure. The test channel is a single rectangular channel 0.5 mm high, 5 mm wide and 180 mm long. The mass flux was set at 100 and 120 kg/m² s and the base heat flux was varied from 30 to 80 kW/m². Water enters the test channel under subcooled conditions. The sample surfaces are titanium (Ti) and diamond-like carbon (DLC) surfaces having a contact angle of 49° and 63°, respectively. The experimental results show different flow patterns that impact More >

Li Jicheng, Lin Li, Wu Di, Li Ximeng

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.17, No.2, pp. 43-44, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.017.043

Abstract Two kinds of plasma sprayed Cr2O3 coating specimens are tested with electro-mechanical impedance (EMI) method. Quantitative investigation on the relationship between PZT excitation voltage and sensitivity of EMI method is performed in the frequency range of 100-110 kHz, with WK 6500B precision impedance analyzer and high excitation voltage electric impedance measurement system (HEVEIMS). A series of excitation voltage are designed from 0.01 to 15 V. Root mean square deviation (RMSD) of the PZT electric impedance signatures is used as an evaluation indicator. The results show that in the frequency range of 100-110 kHz, the RMSD More >

Lin Li, Li Jicheng, Wu Di, Li Ximeng

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.17, No.2, pp. 39-40, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.017.039

Abstract Two kinds of plasma sprayed Cr2O3 coatings are tested with electro-mechanical impedance (EMI) method. The influence of frequency band on the testing sensitivity of EMI method is investigated in kHz and MHz frequency ranges. The frequency shifts and root mean square deviation (RMSD) of the PZT electric impedance signatures are used as evaluation indicator. The variation of EMI sensitivity is investigated on 8 frequency bands with high mode density in the frequency ranges of 0.1-600 kHz and 1-10 MHz. The results show that in the low frequency range, the frequency shifts increase and the RMSD More >

LIN Xiao-Ping, LEI Zhen-Kun, LIU Zeng-Hua, WU Zhan-Jun

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.17, No.1, pp. 29-30, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.017.029

Abstract Recently, a technology named ultrasonic guided wave has a rapid development and wide application. It is more and more popular for the advantage compared with traditional detection. An enormous amount of work has contributed to our current understanding of wave propagation. The case of a hollow cylinder loaded by the outside liquid has been considered by Rose et al. Kwun investigated the propagation of guided waves in water filled pipes. C. Aristegui discussed propagation of guided waves in fluid-filled pipe surrounded by different fluids. Lafleur and Shields have studied the propagation of low frequency modes… More >

T. Fu, C.P. Wang, B. Hou, X.D. Zhu, Z.F. Zhou, K.Y. Li, J. Lu

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.20, No.3, pp. 91-92, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.020.091

Abstract Structural steels are widely used in engineering fields. Generally, they have the advantage of lower prices due to less precious alloy elements contained; however, their properties, especially the surface properties are inferior to high alloy steels. Surface engineering are of importance in improving surface properties of steels, and even a 'new' surface layer with high performances can be produced by surface technologies on low cost structural steels with ordinary properties.
The researches of last decade have shown that surface nanocrystallization (SNC) can markedly improve surface mechanical properties of metallic materials and accelerate thermal diffusion of N,… More >