Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-141). Also available in electronic version.

Thesis (M.S.)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2007. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Douglas S. Cairns. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-107).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in electronic version.

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Thesis (PH. D.)--Oregon State University, 2010. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 173-184). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:27:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-07-08Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:47:37Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 brocks_t_me_guara.pdf: 1127902 bytes, checksum: d3d7631f1ee3c081efb6530997375ebd (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / A indústria aeronáutica nacional tem intensificado sua busca por materiais alternativos, com características e propriedades que permitam a substituição segura do material metálico. Com o objetivo de ganhar competitividade no mercado internacional e contribuir para o desenvolvimento tecnológico no país, o presente trabalho apresenta a técnica de processamento de moldagem por transferência de resina (RTM), utilizada na fabricação de materiais compósitos estruturais e ainda pouco estudada no Brasil. Os compósitos processados por essa técnica apresentam maior fração volumétrica de fibras, melhor acabamento superficial e pouca ou nenhuma necessidade de acabamento do componente produzido. Este trabalho compreende o processamento e a caracterização de compósitos produzidos com resina epóxi monocomponente Cycom 890 e dois tipos de tecidos, plain weave e twill 2x2, ambos de fibra de carbono. Para a determinação dos parâmetros de processamento, a resina foi caracterizada quanto aos seus comportamentos térmico e viscoso. Com base nos resultados e testes preliminares foi determinada a temperatura mais adequada de injeção em 100°C, a pressão de injeção entre 0,2 e 0,4 MPa e de vácuo em 250 mPa.s. Os compósitos produzidos foram analisados pela técnica de ultrassom C-Scan e os resultados mostraram que os laminados processados estão homogêneos quanto à impregnação. Testes de tração mostram que os laminados com tecido tipo Twill apresentam maior média de resistência à tração, enquanto que a diferença de trama não influencia significativamente às propriedades de flexão e cisalhamento, que se mostraram superiores as propriedades de compósitos produzidos em autoclave com maiores porcentagens de reforço. Em fadiga, ambos os laminados apresentaram um curto intervalo, com tensões próximas à de tração, no entanto, o laminado PW/Cycom apresentou maior... / The national aeronautical industry has intensified your search for alternative materials, with characteristics and properties that allow the safety replacement of metallic material. The goal is to gain competitiveness on international market and contribute with technological development in the country. This work presents a processing technique of resin transfer molding (RTM), used on manufacture of structural composites and understudied in Brazil. Composites processed by this method have a higher fibers volume fraction, better surface finish and little or no finishing require of produced component. This work includes the processing and characterization of composites made with monocomponent epoxy resin Cycon 890 and two types of carbon fiber fabrics, plain weave and twill 2x2. To determine processing parameters, the resin was characterized regarding thermal behavior and viscosity. Based on this results and preliminary tests, it was determined the most appropiate injection temperature at 100°C, the injection pressure between 0.2 and 0.4 MPa and vacuum pressure in 250 mPa.s. Composites produced were analyzed by C-scan ultrasound technique showing a homogeneous impregnation of processed panels. Tensile and flexural tests characterized mechanically composites, allowing seeing that Twill fabric has higher medium tensile performance, while the difference of weft does not influence significantly the flexural and shear properties, that are superior than properties of composites made by autoclaving with higher reinforced volume. In fatigue, both composites showed short interval, close to ultimate tensile strength (uts), however, the PW/Cycom laminated showed higher fatigue resistance, with an interval between 85-92% of uts. About the thermal behavior, it was observed an improvement in properties with the addition of carbon... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Attempts have been made to synthesise a novel siloxane-containing dicyanate ester, 1,3-bis(4-cyanatophenyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane, commencing from 4-bromophenol or 4-methoxyphenol. Most of these syntheses have involved the use of a Grignard reaction to form a disiloxane group, followed up subsequent cleavage of an alkyl-protecting group to yield a free phenol. Several different ethers have been attempted, but none was successful. The extreme susceptibility of the aryl silicon-carbon bond to cleavage under acidic conditions has been demonstrated by these reactions. A novel phosphazene-containing dicyanate ester, 1,3-bis(4-cyanatophenyl)-1,3,5,5-tetraphenoxycyclotriphosphazene has been successfully synthesised in a four-step procedure with an overall yield of ca. 35%. The cyanate ester has been characterised by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric (TG) analysis, thermomechanical analysis (TMA), 1H, 13C and 13P NMR spectroscopy, and Fourier-Transform Infra-red (FT-IR) and Raman spectroscopy. The thermal data collected showed a surprisingly low glass transition temperature (59 °C) and enthalpy of polymerisation (ca. 36-5 kJ mol-1 of cyanate). The former figure was confirmed by TMA and modulated DSC. However, the cured cyanate showed reasonably high thermal stability: no mass loss was observed before 300 °C. Total decomposition did not occur until about 650 °C.

The increase in demand for corn ethanol has caused an increase in distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS), which is a byproduct of ethanol production. DDGS is a cheap byproduct and is primarily used for livestock feed filler. DDGS contains oils and proteins from corn and in this research we showed that corn oil and proteins could be extracted with ethanol. Zein protein is the main protein in DDGS and has been shown to have good adhesive properties. This protein was used as a binder in biocomposites with the DDGS after extractions and soy protein isolate (SPI). Mechanical properties and water resistance of the composites were studied. A wood adhesive was also prepared using the zein and cellulose nano-fibrils (CNF) as the adhesive reinforcement. Rheological tests were performed to study the flow property of the adhesive. This research demonstrated the potential of DDGS to be used as a raw material for multiple value-added industrial uses.

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