The progress of wear associated with the compound and diffusion layers of nitrided samples was studied by employing laboratory tests at low, medium and high contact pressures, simulating the conditions occurring during the hot extrusion of aluminium. It was found that with increasing of contact pressure also wear rates increase that indicates on predominately frictional removal of compound layer . Testing at medium contact pressures reveals some common features observed at testing at lower as well as at higher contact pressures. The essential difference between the testing at medium and low contact pressures is in the density of the obtained micro-craters and appearance of their extension in sliding direction at medium contact pressures. At higher contact pressure, removal of compound layer is already preferentially oriented in sliding direction in the first stage, while at medium contact pressure, this is observed only in later stages of degradation progress.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1452895
The effects of various drying techniques, such as air, oven, freeze, and spray drying, on the morphological, thermal, and structural behaviors of two different nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) materials were investigated. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) observations indicated an interlaced network formation of predominantly in-plane fibrillar orientation for air- and oven-dried samples, while freeze and spray drying resulted in the formation of coarse and fine powder fractions. Comparison of redispersed powders obtained by freeze and spray drying indicated that aggregation phenomena are significantly reduced in freeze-dried specimens. Rheological and sedimentation analysis revealed that the freeze-dried NFC powders are more stable than spray-dried NFC powders when redispersed in water. Aggressive dehydration processes, such as freezing or heating, significantly influence the thermal stability of the dried cellulose samples. On the contrary, the crystallinity properties of dried NFC materials are very similar regardless of the drying treatment
COBISS.SI-ID: 2176905
Sensitivity analysis of an XFEM crack propagation model is developed for shape and material parameters, where the direct differentiation method is applied to large strain problems with hyperelastic neo-Hookean materials. The presence of level set functions to describe the crack position requires the development of a proper differentiation technique which is also addressed. In order to compute the analytical derivatives of such a complex numerical model the capabilities of the symbolic system AceGen are employed. The techniques presented in this paper can be extended to anisotropic materials and non-linear materials exhibiting plasticity and viscoplasticity. Additionally, this formulation constitutes a base for further analysis of crack branching and crack joining problems.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1418335
This research aimed to create multifunctional cellulose fibres with water- and oil-repellent, self-cleaning, and flame retardant properties. A sol mixture of fluoroalkyl-functional siloxane, organophosphonate and methylol melamine resin was applied to cotton fabric by the pad-dry-cure method. Successful coating was verified by atomic force microscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The results demonstrate the synergistic activity of the compounds in the coating, which resulted in the creation of a “lotus effect” on the fabric surface as well as excellent flame retardancy and thermal stability.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2936432