The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of light-curing devices (Halogen/HAL, Light Emitting Diodes/LED, Argon Laser/LAS and Plasma Arc/PAC) and aging procedures (Mechanical Cycling/MC, Thermal Cycling/TC, Storage/S, MC+TC and MC+TC+S) on the micro-hardness of bottom/B and top/T surfaces of 2-mm-high composite resin cylinders. The Knoop microhardness test (25 g, 20 s) on both B and T w...

Structural development of BPDA-PPD polyimide thin film has been investigated by in situ grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXD) at the BL24XU beamline of the SPring-8. Optimizing the sample shape, two-dimensional images were measured successfully without sacrificing angle resolution. It has been clearly shown that the crystallization first begins in the in-plane direction, at the curing temp...

The thermal conductivity of the diglycidyl ethers bisphenol-A (DGEBA)/4,4′-diaminodiphenylmethane (DDM)/polyethersulphone (PES)/silver (Ag) filler composites has been investigated. DGEBA/DDM/PES blend as matrix for polymer formed co-continuous phase structures at micrometer scale via reaction-induced separation during curing process. Ag fillers were selectively localized in epoxy-rich phases, a...

Abstract Repair and maintenance operations of wind turbines constitute a significant part costs energy. In this paper, technologies structural repair damaged turbine blades are reviewed. Costs repair, technological contribution to the discussed. Technologies compared, including hand layup lamination, vacuum with infusion, ultraviolet curing high temperature thermal systems. Computational models...

In this research, the incremental slitting method was employed to determine throughthickness residual stress profile of a carbon/epoxy laminate. The method involves measuring strains at the back surface of the stressed specimen, while a narrow slit is cut by a CNC milling machine progressively from the top surface of the specimen. "Pulse Method" was selected as the computational approach for th...

the present work reports and discusses the results of a 3d simulation of the injection molding process of a rubber compound that includes the mold flling stage and  material curing, using the computer code is developed in “udf” part of the fluent 6.3 cae software. the data obtained from a rheometer (mdr 2000) is used to characterize the rubber material in order to fnd the cure model parameters ...

Next-generation additive manufacturing processes based on UV-curing acrylate photopolymers extend the barriers of functional part production by deploying rapid processing speeds, complex geometries with high resolutions, and an extended material spectrum. Many technologies introduce temperature-dependent curing decomposition behavior acrylates to list process-related challenges. This investigat...